Wednesday 30 March 2011

Golden Boy

So this has been done a thousand times over BUT ...

I need help deciding what the 'lighting bolt scar' should be in terms of Ancient Runes. (Nah, I'm not giving the poor boy a Bowie bolt, that's been done and done)

I sort of decided around book 4 that Harry's scar was not a lightning bolt, but a rune. Good one JK. Obscure. (Nah, loads of people guessed that.) BUT. I'm in 2 minds about which rune it is.

Either I covert it to Sowilo, which was my original intention. Or to Eihwaz, which also has potential to be the scar rune. (And the one Hermione starts talking about when she mixes up her runes)

This is Sowilo :


Pretty freaking close, huh? And it means "The sun" :

Success, goals achieved, honor. The life-force, health. A time when power will be available to you for positive changes in your life, victory, health, and success. Contact between the higher self and the unconscious. Wholeness, power, elemental force, sword of flame, cleansing fire. Sowilo Merkstave (Sowilo cannot be reversed, but may lie in opposition): False goals, bad counsel, false success, gullibility, loss of goals. Destruction, retribution, justice, casting down of vanity. Wrath of god.

And Eihwaz "Yew-Tree" which makes a little bit more sense. :


Oh lighting bolt shaped runes, you spoil us.

This rune means Yew tree and of course Voldemorts original wand was made of yew (the only one to have ever been apparently.)

Strength, reliability, dependability, trustworthiness. Enlightenment, endurance. Defense, protection. The driving force to acquire, providing motivation and a sense of purpose. Indicates that you have set your sights on a reasonable target and can achieve your goals. An honest man who can be relied upon. Eihwaz Reversed or Merkstave: Confusion, destruction, dissatisfaction, weakness.

So which Rune do I give him?

I'm also doing one for Hermione and Ron (But that's giving me a headache because the runes I've proposed for them are both very similar...meh.)

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