During the viking age and in some areas well into the 19th century writing was done by carving text into thin pieces of wood. For this purpose a special alphabet was used, the runes. This category is for sites dealing with the rune alphabet from a scientific/academic viewpoint.
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- Arild Hauges Runes Explanations on the different European Futharks, Norse art, religion and history. [Norwegian and English versions]
- Blekinge's Most Ancient Runic Inscriptions Located in southeast Sweden, exist some of the Old Futhark inscriptions written in Semitic language and intimately associated with a fertility cult, and includes images, a map, and related inscriptions.
- Your Name in Runes Your name in old Viking runes by javascript program.
- A Casting of Runes Webring A webring dedicated to sites about runes... their history, myths, and other information.
- The Elder Futark Information on the proper strokes to carve with images.
- Mystery of the Futhark Alphabet Claim that the futhark and the Turkish gokturk alphabet have a common origin.
- American Runestones A Yahoo Club for the discussion of the Kensington, Heavener, and other runestones.
- Runes Article on the background of the alphabet with illustrations.