Rune Article-MWM #2

[Rick]

If you haven’t seen Mysticwicks Magazine #2 yet, you might wanna check out the article there on the history of the runes… http://mwm.mysticwicks.com/archive/2/20_divination.pdf

[seapearls]

I read your rune article last night while at work, good job, I enjoyed it.

[Rick]

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[Nantonos]

If you haven’t seen Mysticwicks Magazine #2 yet, you might wanna check out the article there on the history of the runes… http://mwm.mysticwicks.com/archive/2/20_divination.pdf

Nice article, very clear.

You state that the elder futhrk dates from the first century CE. Could you explain a little more where this dating comes from?

[Rick]

While it's speculated that the Elder Futhark rune row (that is, complete & in the form that we know it) is most likely older, the oldest known relic bearing that rune row (a sword) has been dated to approximately that time (I've seen estimates of last century BCE to first century CE, a two hundred year margin of error, I reckon :smile: ). Some form of runes (or at least proto-runes) have been in use much longer, probably for magical purposes (you might try googling the Alpine People, or check out Jan Fries's book Helrunar).

[Nantonos]

While it's speculated that the Elder Futhark rune row (that is, complete & in the form that we know it) is most likely older, the oldest known relic bearing that rune row (a sword) has been dated to approximately that time (I've seen estimates of last century BCE to first century CE, a two hundred year margin of error, I reckon :smile: ).
Thanks! Do you have a reference for that sword?

I had previously understood the 400 CE Kylver Stone to be the earliest dated inscription.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kylver_Stone

Some form of runes (or at least proto-runes) have been in use much longer, probably for magical purposes (you might try googling the Alpine People, or check out Jan Fries's book Helrunar).
Right, that takes us to the Negau helmet - but the alphabet there is North Italic (Etruscan), not Runic.

[Rick]

Umm... "Runes" by R. I. Page, maybe? Ya know, after nearly 35 years, it all sorta blurs together... :hehehehe: ...and I wrote the bulk of that article, oh, 10-12 years ago...