Armanen Runes Rune Meanings www.therunesite.com /armanen-runes-rune-meanings/

After an eye operation Guido List claimed to have had a vision where he saw theoriginal set of runes. He claimed that these runes were the runes that all otherrune-rows were based on. Having 18 runes in his set, he identified each of hisrunes with one of the 18 spells in the Havamal1 in the Elder Edda. However, therewas no evidence to support his claim.

FaSound: fStands for: Primal FireCasting meaning: Symbolically this rune represents the power of spiritand change as well as the power of creativity.

UrSound: uStands for: ResurrectionCasting meaning: Ur is a physicians rune and represents resurrection,eternity, and continuity.

DornSound: thStands for: Lightning and ThunderCasting meaning: The rune represents the thunderbolt, but symbolicallyit stands for targeting goals, activity and the phallus.

OsSound: o as in coldStands for: MouthCasting meaning: Os represents the spiritual power that is gained

through speech. It is the breath of the world, its voice. It also signifies the strengththat a person needs to rise up in power.

RitSound: rStands for: Ritual (or Primal Laws)Casting meaning: This rune represents the orderliness in the world, theritual, primal law and things that are done correctly. It also stands forcynical events and rescue from an enemy.

KaSound: kStands for: World TreeCasting meaning: Lists version of this rune was simply for it torepresent the world tree. However, more modern versions of this runesay that it stands for power, generation, ability and artfulness.

HagalSound: hStands for: Hail (not positive)Casting meaning: Due to its shape Hagal is sometimes called theMother rune and is said that all other runes derive from its shape. It is arune of enclosure but contains a potential for growth.

NotSound: nStands for: Necessity of fateCasting meaning: This rune can be taken as the same idea as theHindu concept of karma. What is done in this lifetime will determine ourfuture existence.

Is

IsSound: i as in pieceStands for: EgoCasting meaning: Just like our ego, this rune is one that is used tocontrol ourselves. It represents the personal power of control, obedienceand our compelling will.

ArSound: a as in aahStands for: LeadershipCasting meaning: Modern meanings of this rune are of beauty, fame,intelligence and virtue. Lists version of this rune has it representingsunlight that washes away darkness as well as having it denote nobility andleadership.

SigSound: sStands for: Sun PowerCasting meaning: Like Ar this rune represents the power of the sun.The difference is that Sig is the power of the sun whereas Ar is thepower that the light of the sun contains. It is also a rune of success and victory.

TyrSound: tStands for: Rebirth of the Sun GodCasting meaning: Tyr is a rune that has the power to make situationsturn completely around. A rune of wisdom, spiritual understanding, andthe power of generation.

Bar

Sound: bStands for: BirthCasting meaning: This rune represents birth, but in a sense of the birth of thefuture life that is preordained for us. Modern versions of this rune say it stands forthe power of becoming as well as the power of creativity found in song.

Laf

Sound: lStands for: rlog (Primal Law)Casting meaning: List said this rune stood for the concepts of defeat and thelaws of nature. Today modern versions have this rune denoting life, water andprimal law.

Man

Sound: mStands for: Man (as in human, not gender)Casting meaning: The second mother rune of this set, Man was used in Armanentradition to represent birth. Modern versions say it stands for health, increase,maleness and man (gender this time).

Yr

Sound: y as in tinyStands for: Bow (or Rainbow)

Casting meaning: Modern interpreters see this as a female rune, the night, deathand instinct. List said it denoted anger, falsehood, error and the oppositions foundin man (as in human not gender).

Eh

Sound: e as in everyStands for: Duality (or possibly even Horse)Casting meaning: The rune Eh is said to symbolize duality where a pair is boundby primal law, love, trust and marriage.

Gibor

Sound: gStands for: Gift of lifeCasting meaning: This rune represents the giver of life and both the giver and thegift of life itself. It is also the cosmic consciousness and the divine principle.

Footnotes / Notes:1 - Hvaml is shown as Havamal to make searching easier.

Armanen Runes Rune MeaningsFaUrDornOsRitKaHagalNotIsArSigTyrBarLafManYrEhGibor