A look at the World's Oldest Runestone
So yesterday I had the pleasure of visiting the new exhibition of the World's Oldest Runestone. Is it a magical inscription or just simple words? Is the other word really a dirty word for a vulva ( ᚠ ᚢ ᚦ ) and not the first three letters of the Futhark, and does this mean it's got something to do with fertility rituals?
I am no expert in runes, but I see with interest that Jackson Crawford points to the origin of the runes in the Greek (or mediated Greek) alphabet (link below). I agree with him that with this find, the Roman origin story certainly doesn't fit anymore. If that's correct, then it might be time to revive some new and pretty wild ideas which connect early Scandinvians with the Mycenaean Greece back in the Late Bronze Age. More on that later. So this is interesting, indeed. I hope you'll enjoy this trip around the exhibition!
I hope you all are well!
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Here's more info about the exhibition:
https://www.historiskmuseum.no/englis...
Jackson Crawford's take on this stone: • The "Idiberug" Find (with Krister Vasshus)
For more on Runestones, check out the TV show American Runestone. I'm in a whole 8 episodes: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9072206/
There should also be some VERY DITRY RUNIC INSCRIPTIONS in the merch section below (if you dare to check it out).
Music: Daudir by Alexander Nakarada (www.serpentsoundstudios.com)
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