Runes - The origin and purpose behind the ancient symbols and alphabet
Author: Robert W. Benjamin
Ask six rune experts ' Where did the runes originate from ?' and you will probably get 6 different answers. There are different versions of runes for each culture and era they seemed to come from. One person told me they came from the vikings, another said they originated from the druids, yet another said they came from aliens, each person was serious and thought they had the correct origins of the runes, how can everyone have a different answer about them ? The answer appears to be ' time ', over the years folks have made up so many tales about the runes that nobody knows the true origin of them. The very name ' rune ', is a word derived from the Gothic word ' runa ', which means "mystery."
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