The Rune Primer Quotes

“The best value translations of the Poetic Edda are by Hollander from Texas Uni Press, or by Larrington of Oxford Uni Press.”
― Sweyn Plowright, The Rune Primer: A Down to Earth Guide to the Runes

“Hamingja is a Norse word perhaps best translated as “personal power”. It is a combination of luck, skill, and success, both earned and inherited.”
― Sweyn Plowright, The Rune Primer: A Down to Earth Guide to the Runes

“The three Norns weave the web of wyrd blindly according to Orlog.”
― Sweyn Plowright, The Rune Primer: A Down to Earth Guide to the Runes

“Heathens believed that we create our own fate. Although we cannot escape it, we do have the power to shape it.”
― Sweyn Plowright, The Rune Primer: A Down to Earth Guide to the Runes

“Ørlög is the Old Norse word meaning “primal law” or “primal layer”.”
― Sweyn Plowright, The Rune Primer: A Down to Earth Guide to the Runes

“Orlog, Wyrd, and Hamingja. These are inter-related but separate ideas”
― Sweyn Plowright, The Rune Primer: A Down to Earth Guide to the Runes

“To dabble in the Runes without a good knowledge of their cultural and religious background is disrespectful to the ancestors, their gods, and the Asatruar who are striving to live in harmony with those ancestors and gods.”
― Sweyn Plowright, The Rune Primer: A Down to Earth Guide to the Runes

“Asatru”, meaning true to the Aesir (Germanic Gods).”
― Sweyn Plowright, The Rune Primer: A Down to Earth Guide to the Runes

“The main modern Germanic languages are English, German, Dutch, Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, and Icelandic.”
― Sweyn Plowright, The Rune Primer: A Down to Earth Guide to the Runes

“The Runes were used by the Germanic tribes from at least 1800 years ago until about 1000 years ago, when they were increasingly replaced by the Roman alphabet we use today.”
― Sweyn Plowright, The Rune Primer: A Down to Earth Guide to the Runes