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During the viking age and in some areas well into the 19th century writing was done by carving text into thin pieces of wood. For this purpose a special alphabet was used, the runes. This category is for sites dealing with the rune alphabet from a scientific/academic viewpoint.

Subcategories

• Divination
• Kensington Runestone

Resources in This Category

• A Casting of Runes Webring

  http://vanaheim.faithweb.com/runewr.htm
  A webring dedicated to sites about runes... their history, myths, and other information.

• American Runestones

  http://groups.yahoo.com/group/americanrunestones/
  A Yahoo Club for the discussion of the Kensington, Heavener, and other runestones.

• Arild Hauges Runes

  http://www.arild-hauge.com/
  Explanations on the different European Futharks, Norse art, religion and history. [Norwegian and English versions]

• Blekinge's Most Ancient Runic Inscriptions

  http://home.swipnet.se/~w-93783/
  Located in southeast Sweden, exist some of the Old Futhark inscriptions written in Semitic language and intimately associated with a fertility cult, and includes images, a map, and related inscriptions.

• Mystery of the Futhark Alphabet

  http://www.antalyaonline.net/futhark/
  Claim that the futhark and the Turkish gokturk alphabet have a common origin.

• Runes

  http://www.crystalinks.com/runes.html
  Article on the background of the alphabet with illustrations.

• The Elder Futark

  http://mypage.direct.ca/d/darkrage/runes.html
  Information on the proper strokes to carve with images.

• Your Name in Runes

  http://izekube.tripod.com/runes.html
  Your name in old Viking runes by javascript program.

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