[HPforGrownups] Rune Shape. was: The Scar. Was: Choices - or not.

[Silverthorne Dragon]

No: HPFGUIDX 89709

< Geoff:
> I wouldn't accept the idea of the eihwas rune. Having looked up
>runes to check - since I'm not into them - the rune mentioned
>doesn't look at all to me like the description at the beginning of
>PS: "they could see a curiously shaped cut like a bolt of
>lightning." (PS "The Boy Who Lived" p.16-17 UK edition).

Mandy here:
Actually they do. The Eihwas and the Sowilo both look like the letter
Z flipped around, or viewed in a mirror


Anne:

The Rune used for Harry's Scar is Sowilo, the rune for "wholeness". It looks
exactly like a simple depiction of a thunderbolt or 'sideways' 'z' when held
up to a mirror. According to 'The Book of Runes' by Ralph Blum (1982
Hardback, Pg 131), it symbolizes '...the impulse towards self -realization
and indicates the path you must follow, not from ulterior motives, but from
the core of your individuality...'

Actually very fitting for Harry and his entire life in the books if you
think about it--learning to become what he is meant to be without becoming
selfish or embittered like Voldy has done.


"Eihwaz' looks similar, but the outer 'arms' bend back in towards the rune,
so that it looks like a verticle line with opposing 'hooks' on either end of
it. It represents 'Defence', which is probably why most people confuse which
'rune' Rowling used (If, indeed, she even knew she was using a rune in the
first place).

As an extra note, because both runes look the same right side up or upside
down, they don't have a 'negative' reading when doing runes. Instead, it's
more of a call for internal introspection.

Third note, to further clear confusiomn as to which rune is which...

The third rune being discussed on this thread is 'Ehwaz' (similar in
spelling to Eihwaz--another reason to get all confused...lol)
This rune looks like an 'M' and represents 'Movement' or change--of self,
possession, living space, etc. Basically, your life is about to be
overhauled...

Hope this helps...

Anne