Lesson 2: The First Aett

[QS(DW)]

Note: Only for those who have not tried it yet!

Lesson 2: First Aett

First of all, a very happy New Year to all of my beloved students! I hope you all had a great Christmas and a good holiday! Right, now that holiday is over and that the new year has come, it is best if we go back to work on our Ancient Runes. Today?s lesson is about the First Aett. Remember that I told you that there are three Aetts and 8 runes in each Aett? If not, it would be better if you revise the first lesson.
Anyway, the runes that make the first Aett are Fehu, Uruz, Thurisaz, Ansuz, Raido, Kenaz, Gebo and Wunjo. Notice that the first 6 runes spell out the name of the Runes we are studying ie FUTHARK.
Now, on to the litreal meanings of the runes. Fehu literally means cattle, Uruz means Auroch, Thurisaz means giants, Ansuz means Odin, Raido means journey, Kenaz means torch, Gebo means gift and Wunjo means glory.
Ok, now that you all know the literal meanings of the runes, here is your homework:
1. I want you all to do some research on the web (I recommend going to www.futhark.com as it is the most basic site there is on the Elder Futhark runes and also it has bits on the Norse mythology, etc) and give me the divinatory meaning or symbolic meaning of each runes. I want you to give at least 4 meanings.
2. I want you to include 1 magical use of the each runes
For each answer (ie each meaning or magical use) you get correct, I will award you 1 point. So, this means that the total marks you can get for this homework is 40 points. Alright, that?s it! I hope you enjoy your time finding out about the runes! 40 points is a lot so I hope you all will try your best! This time, I want you to send me an owl to [e-mail]. Thank you!

[Sophia]

*Sophia, grateful that QS(DW) has again provided the information from the first class, re-takes her notes, as she had lost them.*

[QS(DW)]

I'm glad I didn't delete them too! But the rules page is gone cos I didn't save that into my computer! Oh well... We'll just live without em! I can already hear cheering!

[angelchiq]

lol, same here I saved my first lesson for Mythology but I didn't save the rules but hopefully we won't need the rules and students will behave themselves.

[Alexandra Dumbledore]

Alex noted some things she had missed the first time.

[Sophia]

"Oh absolutely! I lost everything! Luckily I made some notes on paper, but mostly I've had to rely on my memory! I'll get my homework to you later this week!"

"By the way, why is it that one of the Aett's is named after Tyr, and none are named after Odin? It seems like both Freyja and Heimdall were directly involved in the passing on of the FUTHARK runes, but what did Tyr do to get one of the three Aett's named after him?

[Melani]

Sits down and takes down notes and homework

[HermioneWeasley]

Hermione looking rather pail sits down and starts taking notes