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The Runestone on Martha’s Vineyard in Massachusetts The Runestone on Martha’s Vineyard in Massachusetts is one of the least known and certainly least discussed of all potential runestones in North America, yet its story is one of the most entertaining of all The documentary evidence for the runic inscription is slim in the extreme, in fact we only have a fourth-hand version of the putative text
Arizona rune stone carved in phony Old Baltic | The Rune Blog This is a short version of my pre-publication draft with the same title: Arizona runestone carved in phony Old Baltic (pdf) In southern Arizona, some 30 miles north of the Mexican border, lie the Mustang Mountains
“Bite me” runestones - The Rune Blog Here, I would only like to pay attention to a detail of the ship prow’s animal head: its “rat-like” teeth This may not have any particular significance, but I notice that an even more impressive set of needle-like teeth is found on the Grällsta runestone (Vs 27) in the province of Västmanland
Archive | The Rune Blog A blog dedicated to all things runic New finds and scientific discoveries are presented, but also runic happenings such as lectures, seminars, excursions, and exhibitions
About The Rune Cast | The Rune Cast - runforum. nordiska. uu. se About The Rune Cast Maja and the Sparlösa runestone Photo: Maja Bäckvall From writing your name on a spear, to commemorating your parents with a runestone, to passing secret notes in church, runes were a central writing system in Northern Europe for centuries
Episode 1: Basics of runology and the origins of runic writing This episode’s featured inscription: The Krogsta Runestone from Uppland Sweden Foto: Marco Bianchi (CC BY) On the very first episode of the Rune Cast, I introduce some basics of runology: the difference between transliterating and transcribing, and how we refer to runic inscriptions
Runestone found in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland The Eigg Runestone Photo: Camille Dressler Late last year, a runic boulder was found by a resident on the island of Eigg, part of the Inner Hebrides Eigg has an ancient history, showing settlement by both Gaelic and Norse people It was a Viking habitation and a base for their trade with Ireland a thousand years ago
Kensington and the Greenland saga | The Rune Blog This entry was posted in Runic America and tagged James Knirk, Kensington, Leif Erikson, modern runes, The Greenland saga, The Kensington runestone, Thorgunn Snædal, Vinland Bookmark the permalink
The Runestone Creed | The Rune Blog Since we are in the season of Lent, I thought it appropriate to write a blog post on runestone Christianity