Category Archives: Norse

How to Make Your Own Rune Staff Calendar

Posted on April 2, 2017 by Steen

I’d recently been studying Rune Staves and how they were used as perpetual calendars on the 19-year Metonic Cycle, and I got to wanting to make my own. The idea is pretty simple: three rows convey all the information you … Continue reading →

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Who Were the Valkyries?

Posted on November 3, 2013 by Steen

Jump to an article in my Norse Backstory series: 1) Where did trolls come from? 2) Whatever are “Runes”? 3) Who were the valkyries? Ahh, the mysterious raven-women. After each battle, about half of the heroes slain would go to … Continue reading →

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Whatever are “Runes”?

Posted on October 22, 2013 by Steen

Jump to an article in my Norse Backstory series: 1) Where did trolls come from? 2) Whatever are “Runes”? 3) Who were the valkyries? Runes are a family of linguistically-related lettering systems, which were used by Germanic peoples. There are … Continue reading →

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