NORSE MAGIC · LESSON 4 OF 7 · 15 MIN
Runes in Magic
The words of power on amulets and bracteates, Egill's runes of poison and healing, and carving a rune with care.
The runes were letters for everyday writing — names, ownership, memorials. But from the beginning some inscriptions were clearly magical: words of power, charms and whole alphabets set where no living reader would see them.