#Huld manuscript update#

#Huld manuscript update#

Update : Over the years of thinking about this charm, I played with the idea that each stave might represent a ward against one of eight different kinds of threats to travel. Here's Charith's Vegvísir, done with some shading. Natalie put one on her leg! Safe travels! One of my readers, Cheradenine, sent an image of his tat, which he got several years ago. He decided that the round design was right for him. He elected to go with the original manuscript lines. Here is the tattoo of Rodrigo from Brasil. So I apologize if your tattoo was erased. Update : Thanks to Google, some of the updates I have been doing lately got wiped away.

Based on this, I do not believe that orientation is important. I believe the charm is intended to ward against 8 kinds of threats to promote safe travel, so long as the symbols on each stave are correctly drawn.

Those who are literate have been taught to understand context and do not need to apply rules of orientation. The goal of runes is to communicate by presenting information. It has been found written from top to bottom, bottom to top, left to right, right to left, in spirals and labyrinths. Runic writing was regularly written in any direction. This is seen frequently in the seals of Solomon as a small six-rayed star. Most of the time this is a symbol for the divine, which is commonly represented near the top as a gesture of respect. Where that kind of indication is not obvious, the charm will have a symbol to indicate the top. Most often, this is a string of text, the reading of which promotes a logic to the orientation of a charm. Most charms that are directional have some kind of indication of their orientation. I was questioned in the past if the charm must be presented in any particular orientation.