Runes for Beginners: A Guide to Reading Runes in Divination, Rune Magic, and the Meaning of the Elder Futhark Runes (The Divination Series: Tarot, Runes and More)

by Lisa Chamberlain

The Elder Futhark (pronounced “footh-ark”), and named for the first six runes in the script, is comprised of 24 symbols, each representing a sound in the Proto-Germanic language.