Introduction to Runes
Rune Discovery with Kari Tauring
Learn about the oldest known writing system in Scandinavia. A rune is a letter shape, a sound, and a word in of itself. The oldest runic inscriptions are written in Elder Futhark and date back to the second century AD.
Saturday, May 23rd from 10:00am to 12:00pm
Runes meaning Cow and Torch describe the culture living in the Northlands. At the onset of the “viking era” around 700 AD, the runes and words to describe them changed. Instead of Cow the meaning became Money. Instead of Torch the meaning became Cancer. Pandemics, globalism, climate change, and political/religious pressures stressed cultures in the Northlands and the language reflects that. Her book “The Runes: A Pandemic Journey” (2024) talks about the 16 Younger Futhark runes coming out of the chaos of the late Iron Age and what makes them relevant to the times we are living in now.
Read more in The Norwegian American
Instructor Bio:
Kari Tauring is a well known Nordic roots musician, author, and educator living in Minneapolis. A scholar of runes and Old Norse poetry since 1988, her first rune book was released at Ingebretsens in 2007. Kari travels widely singing, dancing, and telling the stories of her heritage from Bronze Age roots in Norway to her Norwegian American family in Minnesota and Wisconsin.
