Ancient Runes, or as Sophocles would say, "Edifice Wrecks"

[Haggridd]

No: HPFGUIDX 25093

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., blpurdom at y... wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at y..., cynthiaanncoe at h... wrote:

> > Arithmancy/Ancient Runes (what are these, anyway?)
> 
> Arithmancy is a form of divination that is akin to numerology.  It 
> really shouldn't be a separate course from divination, except that 
> JKR has said that she doesn't hold with astrology and such, so she 
> may not have known this originally.  Arithmancy probably sounded 
like 
> a magical mathematics course to her.  Ancient Runes is probably more 
> useful, a way to learn to read dead or nearly dead languages which 
> may the the sources for very old spells.
> 
> --Barb

I always thought that Ancient Runs were those things that 
archaeologists dug up, with all the old buildings and stuff.

Haggridd