March
10
/ 2018
Jötunvillur is a little-known runic code. Only nine known examples of Jötunvillur inscriptions have been found in northern Europe, making it extremely difficult to crack. When a runes expert managed to make sense of a message scratched into a piece of wood, it seemed that Vikings’ secrets codes would soon begin to unfold. The word rune simply means ‘letter’, ‘text’ or ‘inscription’ in Old Norse. On the other hand, Old Germanic languages defines it as ‘mystery’ or ‘secret’ – a description which is likely related to the Nordic runes’ roles in magic and rituals. There is not only one runic alphabet and the oldest date as far back as the 1st century AD. The Jötunvillur is one of the alphabets
