Eiwaz: Enduring the Passage — Transformation, Death, and Rebirth in the Old Norse Mind
Among the runes of the Elder Futhark, none are so enigmatic, so misunderstood, and so essential to the worldview of the ancient Germanic peoples as ᛇ Eiwaz. Unlike the more straightforward associations of runes like Fehu (wealth) or Tiwaz (justice), Eiwaz resists easy definition. Its sound value—an ancient ei or ī—has faded from most modern […]