Runes in Sirius's "wanted" poster

[Dean]

--- In HPFGU-Movie at yahoogroups.com, "odilefalaise" 
<odilefalaise at y...> wrote:

I found slightly different means for the runes.

"Gifu represents the ability to sacrifice, to give without expecting 
anything in return"

"Algiz is a very important rune for many things, and mayby most of 
all protection. It represents the animal kingdom."

This somes up Sirus very well after the events of book five.

This has got me very interested does anyone know if there are any 
references to runes the the previous films.

Dean


> Hi Everyone,
> 
> I haven't seen this referenced yet, but did you guys take a close 
> look at the "wanted" poster?
> 
> http://www.the-leaky-cauldron.org/images/2003/11/usatoday-siri
> us.jpg
> 
> Sirius is holding a sign bearing what I presume is his Prisoner 
> ID number.  The first two symbols are the runes "gifu" (its symbol 
> looks like the letter X) and "algiz" (it looks like a capital 
letter Y 
> with an extra line in the middle.)  
> 
> Gifu is the rune of exchange - my friends and I call Christmas 
> "gifumas" (heh heh, aren't we clever).  It is used as the letter G.
> 
> Algiz is the gateway to the divine realms - it is the symbol of the 
> Rainbow Bridge that leads to the upper three worlds (where the 
> gods and others dwell).  When it is pointing downwards, it is 
> used to indicate death - strangely, in the 1960s, it was the 
> downwards representation (in a circle) that was used as the 
> famous peace sign!  Algiz is used for the letter Z.
> 
> Also, someone mentioned in a comment on the Leaky Cauldron 
> that these runes were among Sirius's tattoos (seen in the picture 
> that Warner Brothers asked to be taken down.)
> 
> My friend and I were just trying to hash out why these two 
> particular runes were chosen for a supposedly dangerous and 
> evil criminal.   Maybe a heavenly reward awaits the person who 
> catches him?  Then why are they part of his prisoner ID?
> 
> I'm thinking they were chosen randomly.  I'm also thinking that 
> Curaon et al. didn't count on real witches scrutinizing their 
> symbolism.  And I'm thinking that I am probably thinking too 
> much.  What are you thinking?
> 
> Odile  >^_^<