ELDER FUTHARK RUNES Runes were said to had come from the roots or Yggdrasil, the tree of, from the well of urd. Runes were more than just a regular alphabet system each rune had an in-depth meaning behind each one bringing supernatural powers and energies. Odin sacrificed himself by hanging himself on Yggdrasil for 9 days and 9 nights and then lastly impaling himself with gunginir(Odin’s spear). He did all of this for one reason, to learn the meanings behind the runes, bringing him wisdom and po