Armanen runes

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Image:RunicArmanenFutharkCirclecopyrightVictorOrdellLKasen.JPG The Armanen runes (or Armanen 'Futharkh' as List called them) are a row of 18 runes "revealed to", the Austrian occult mysticist and Germanic revivalist Guido von List in 1902.

The Armanen Runes have been very influential in German-speaking countries, where they are better known than the Elder Futhark (or common Germanic Futhark). However, the Armanen Runic system is making a big impact in the English speaking Western world. <ref>Pennick, Nigel Secrets of the Runes: Discover the Magic of the Ancient Runic Alphabet. 1992 ISBN 0-7225-3784-0</ref> <ref>Kasen, Victor Ordell L. [[1]]</ref> <ref>The Armanen Runes [[2]]</ref> <ref>The Armanen Rune Set [[3]]</ref> <ref>The Armanen [[4]]</ref> <ref>Karl Spiesberger Runenmagie</ref> <ref>Karl Hans Welz [5]</ref> <ref>Karl Hans Welz[[6]]</ref> <ref>Knights of Runes [7]</ref> <ref>Handbook of Armanen Runes by Larry E. Camp [8]</ref>

1 History and Runic revivalism
- 1.1 Futharkh spelling
2 Meanings
3 Notes
4 References
5 External links

[edit] History and Runic revivalism

The row of 18 so-called "Armanen Runes", also known as the "Armanen Futharkh" came to List while in an 11 month state of temporary blindness after a cataract operation on both eyes in 1902. This vision in 1902 allegedly opened what List referred to as his "inner eye", via which he claimed the "Secret of the Runes" was revealed to him. List stated that his Armanen Futharkh were encrypted in the Hávamál (Poetic Edda), specifically in stanzas 138 to 165, with stanzas 146 through 164 reported as being the 'song' of the 18 runes. It has been said this claim has no historical basis.

The Armanen runes are still used today by some Ásatrú adherents who consider the Armanen runes to have some religious and/or divinatory value.

List and many of his followers believed his runes to represent the "primal runes" upon which all historical rune rows were based. List claimed that his Armanen futhork was encrypted in the Hávamál of the Poetic Edda, specifically in stanzas 138 to 165, of which stanzas 146 through 164 are the "song of the 18 runes". Needless to say, this claim being based on a visionary's account exclusively, it is given no credence whatsoever in scholarly circles.

List's row is based on the Younger Futhark, with the names and sound values mostly close to the Anglo-Saxon Futhork. The two final runes, Eh and Gibor, added to the Younger Futhark inventory, are taken from Anglo-Saxon Eoh and Gyfu. Apart from the two additional runes, and a displacement of the Man rune from 13th to 15th place, the sequence is identical to that of the Younger Futhark.

[edit] Futharkh spelling

List noted in his book, The Secret of the Runes, that the "runic futharkh (= runic ABC) consisted of sixteen symbols in ancient times.".

As a side note to this, in the English translation of the work, Stephen Flowers notes that "(the designation futharkh is based on the first seven runes it is for this reason that the proper name is not futhark -- as it is generally and incorrectly written -- but futharkh, with the h at the end; for more about the basis of this, see the Guido von List Library number 6, The primal language of the Aryan Germanic people and their mystery language)".