Runes eihwaz and ehwaz (WAS: Re: Hey! Yew!)

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No: HPFGUIDX 90187

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Meghan Chalmers-McDonald 
<frost_indri at y...> wrote:
> Frost:
> So all the talk about EIHWAZ made me curiouse. I looked it up. 
SOme places it looked more like a bit of lightning than others, 
so... meh...  But then you read that it is the symbol for the "Yew 
tree."  
>  

Bookworm:
Or the Yew is the symbol for the rune. I did some searching on the 
meaning of the runes after reading another thread, but it relates to 
this one too. The similarities to our favorite characters are 
striking.

"I mistranslated 'ehwaz'," said Hermione furiously. It 
means 'partnership,' not 'defense.' I mixed it up with 'eihwaz.'" 
(OoP 715, Am. ed.). 

EIHWAZ
http://www.tarotcam.com/runes/eihwaz.html
Eihwaz (Yew tree.) 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 is the turning point in the runic journey, and represents the 
transformation phase of the initiatory process. All rites of 
passage, particularly those marking the transition into adulthood, 
contain the symbolism of death, the idea being that one's 
former 'self' has died and given birth to a new persona.  

EIHWAZ is the passage through which we must enter the realm of Hell 
in order to gain the knowledge and acceptance of our own mortality, 
as well as those mysteries which can only be learned from the dark 
Lady of the dead. The process is a truly frightening one, but it is 
something we all must go through if we are to confront our deepest 
fears and emerge with the kind of wisdom that cannot be taught but 
must be experienced.

Appearance: It looks like a enlongated ¡§Z¡¨, standing on the point. 
Like a stylized lightning bolt ļ

And from another site:
http://www.nordic-life.org/nmh/runes/Ihwaz.htm
It is a rare rune, hardly used in the texts, and one that is not 
found anywhere else before the year 400. Ihwaz was not commonly 
invoked. 

EHWAZ

http://www.tarotcam.com/runes/ehwaz.html
Ehwaz (Horse, two horses.) Transportation.  Movement and change for 
the better. Gradual development and steady progress are indicated. 
**Harmony, teamwork, trust, loyalty.** An ideal marriage or 
partnership. 

EHWAZ represents energy and motion. In this case, however, there is 
also respect for the source of the power to be considered. This is 
not merely an impersonal energy source - it is a living, breathing 
thing whose needs and desires must be taken into consideration, 
rather than be simply used as a slave. This is the balance that must 
be achieved on the path of pure magic.

Appearance: Like an elongated ¡§¡¨M¡¨

- - 
So we have ¡§an honest man who can be relied on¡¨, protection/defense, 
and a rite of passage, along with ¡§knowledge and acceptance of our 
own mortality¡¨ and ¡§mysteries¡¨.  Then there is 
Harmony/teamwork/partnership (SHIPPERS have fun here <g>), and a 
warning to keep things in balance and not to take them for granted. 

Don¡¦t you just love the hints and trivia JKR hides in the books?

Ravenclaw Bookworm