The runes were much more than just a written language, they were used as healing, protection, changing luck and fortune and divination. Although as a language tool they have little use today other than in an historic or Tolkien sense, they still have their uses in magic, healing and divinationin a wide arena of esoteric and neo-religions.
In this section are pages relating to those activities as well as some runic attributes for each of the common twenty-five Germanic runes.

The runes are arranged in 'families' also known as aetts, these are Freyr, Haegl and Tyr. Each pertaining to a Norse god/goddess.