Illustration: Ksenia Yakovleva / Unsplash Understanding runes Vikings used runes to attract good fortune or health. Runes were mostly carved in stone or wood, by axes, knives, and such tools, so they couldn't have curved forms - all of them consisted of straight lines. In later times, the advancement of trading, coins, and all the basics of economy, even though at such early times the economy was in the early phase of development, there was a growing need for written language, to have written proof of handling business. Runestones can be found throughout the whole of Scandinavia however, this was not the only pragmatic purpose. They also used runes as a sort of emblem or decoration, but with a certain energetic purpose.Īlso, runes were used on runestones – to help Vikings keep loving memories of those who passed away. Vikings believed runes helped them influence weather, grow healthier crops, and create abundance. On the other hand, there was a quite pragmatic use of runes – they were engraved on houses, entrance doors, and even on the things such as cups, cutlery, and pottery.
The notion that Vikings did truly believe adds another layer of strength to the power of runes. Vikings used them to attract fortune, or good health, to drive away spells they thought someone else cast on them, and in some cases, to cast spells or curse the potential enemies. The word rune itself means something of a mystery or a secret, and this was one of the two main purposes of the runes. On the other, it had a more mystical and ethereal purpose. On the one hand, it had its practical, pragmatic purpose. Creating runic alphabet, runes, came in the 2nd century AD. That was, however, not often the case, as the tradition of Vikings was to spread the language, especially the famous sagas, in oral form.
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