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Category: History
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What Are Runes?

Runes are an alphabetic script were first used over 1500 years ago by the East Goths, and later appeared throughout England and Scandinavia. As Christianity took hold, the use of runic alphabets in divination became reviled as a pagan practice. Runes used by the peoples of Northern Europe, Scandinavia, the British Isles, and Iceland from about 100 B.C.E. to 1600 C.E. (until well into the Middle Ages.) In addition to their use as a written alphabet, the runes also served as a system of symbols us
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