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 Posted: Tue Sep 14, 2010 9:55 pm
I have asked other people before, and no one really seems to know the answer. I have an old Rune set that has been passed down in my mother's family for generations. It is made of ivory, and it comes with an expanding board that is in the form of a bullseye. Really, its two circles within a square that my Grandma calls the field. That isn't really the unusual part. The unusual thing is that the runes are two sided. One side is carved and painted in red, the other in black.
My question is this.. Has anyone ever seen anything similar before, and if you have, do you know why the runes are double sided?
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Posted: Tue Sep 14, 2010 9:58 pm
Preference of the maker?
The red is, or should be, blood. That is, it may have been painted as well, as a representation thereof, but for runes to be complete they should be blooded. The black, I don't know. I'd suspect personally that that was simply the preference of the person making them, but there may be another reason for it I haven't come across.
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Posted: Wed Sep 15, 2010 7:36 am
I'd have to go with San on this one - the Runes themselves were black and the red represents the "blooding". So it's not so much that they are two-toned.
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Posted: Wed Sep 15, 2010 9:08 am
Sanguina Cruenta Preference of the maker? The red is, or should be, blood. That is, it may have been painted as well, as a representation thereof, but for runes to be complete they should be blooded. The black, I don't know. I'd suspect personally that that was simply the preference of the person making them, but there may be another reason for it I haven't come across. I don't know if they have been blooded or not. It is possible that they have been some time in the past. They are at least 100 years old... I cannot prove them older, though Grandma claims they are. I don't really use anything other than the board. I have a set of runes that are attuned to me personally, and I use them exclusively.
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Posted: Wed Sep 15, 2010 9:33 am
ncsweet I'd have to go with San on this one - the Runes themselves were black and the red represents the "blooding". So it's not so much that they are two-toned. They are two sided... Black on the back, red on the front.
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Posted: Wed Sep 15, 2010 8:14 pm
What are the runes? Maybe i can identifi them and process their meaning.
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Posted: Wed Sep 15, 2010 8:56 pm
Extuis What are the runes? Maybe i can identifi them and process their meaning. its the entire set that is this way.
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Posted: Wed Sep 15, 2010 9:05 pm
Eponishta ncsweet I'd have to go with San on this one - the Runes themselves were black and the red represents the "blooding". So it's not so much that they are two-toned. They are two sided... Black on the back, red on the front. But it's the carved side that is red correct? If one is blooding the Runes, then that is the side they would be blooded on. The red paint may represent the blooding, which is why they are red on the one side, and the rest is black.
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Posted: Thu Sep 16, 2010 8:31 am
ncsweet Eponishta ncsweet I'd have to go with San on this one - the Runes themselves were black and the red represents the "blooding". So it's not so much that they are two-toned. They are two sided... Black on the back, red on the front. But it's the carved side that is red correct? If one is blooding the Runes, then that is the side they would be blooded on. The red paint may represent the blooding, which is why they are red on the one side, and the rest is black. No. The Runes are carved in red on one side and in black on the other side. Each tablet has two representations of the same rune, a red one and a black one. Grandma has always said that the red side is the front, and the black is the back.
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Posted: Mon Nov 08, 2010 8:50 pm
Eponishta I have asked other people before, and no one really seems to know the answer. I have an old Rune set that has been passed down in my mother's family for generations. It is made of ivory, and it comes with an expanding board that is in the form of a bullseye. Really, its two circles within a square that my Grandma calls the field. That isn't really the unusual part. The unusual thing is that the runes are two sided. One side is carved and painted in red, the other in black. My question is this.. Has anyone ever seen anything similar before, and if you have, do you know why the runes are double sided? Where are the runes from, what religion do you think they belong to, and what material are the runes made of?
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Posted: Tue Nov 09, 2010 3:33 am
cwilder725 Where are the runes from, what religion do you think they belong to, and what material are the runes made of? The set is carved from ivory. My grandmother's family is Irish, and they are "Catholic" ...
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Posted: Tue Nov 09, 2010 3:37 am
Eponishta cwilder725 Where are the runes from, what religion do you think they belong to, and what material are the runes made of? The set is carved from ivory. My grandmother's family is Irish, and they are "Catholic" ... But Runes themselves are Teutonic in origin, religion and culture wink
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Posted: Tue Nov 09, 2010 3:10 pm
I don't think I can help, sorry...
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Posted: Tue Nov 09, 2010 9:18 pm
Sanguina Cruenta Eponishta cwilder725 Where are the runes from, what religion do you think they belong to, and what material are the runes made of? The set is carved from ivory. My grandmother's family is Irish, and they are "Catholic" ... But Runes themselves are Teutonic in origin, religion and culture wink And yet this particular Rune set belongs to an Irish family that married into a Native American tribe.
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