an interesting note about Kenaz

[Sequoia]

I noticed something a few weeks ago, and put it aside, but I was looking at my runes last night, and saw it again. So I thought I might share this :)

Kenaz stands for the "K" sound, right? The funny little thing I noticed. . . it's the same shape for the sound "Ku" in Hiragana (one of the Japanese alphabets). Co-incidence or not? (probably :p ) but I thought that was really cool to note.

What do you think? :)

[Flar's Freyja]

What does "Ku" mean? It's a component of one of the most important Reiki symbols. I'm sick and my tummy is spinning and I can't remember the meaning off the top of my head. Was wondering if the meaning is similar to that of Kenaz.

[Rick]

It's not really surprising... the human brain is pretty universally hardwired...

...and then there's that Ainu thing...

...and the blonde & red haired mummies along the old Silk Road in China...

OK, the Northmen did get around...

[Sequoia]

ku. . . *Frowns* I don't remember it's meaning as a word. So far as I know, the "letter" ku simply means the phonetic sound "ku" as in "ka, ki, ku, ke, ko" . . . I'll show you a little later if you like :)

[Flar's Freyja]

That's okay, I'll see if I can find anything in my Reiki materials when I get home. It is a component of the power/activation symbol.

[Sequoia]

well, it's sort of like. . . I think there may be a word pronounced "ku", but it's probably written with one of the Kanji (chinese characters, the complex pretty one), rather than the alphabet. "Ku" is a letter. . . the way C and Sea sound the same, but if I wrote "I like to sail on the C". . . not quite the same, is it? ;)

[Raevyn]

Originally posted by Rick
OK, the Northmen did get around...

*twiddling thumbs and whistling* :D

[Mythrel]

oh yea, those vikings traveled!!!