Liveable
Runelore
The horse is a joy to princes in the presence of warriors. A steed in the pride of its hoofs, when rich men on horseback bandy words about it; and it is ever a source of comfort to the restless.
Anglo-Saxon rune poem, Runic and Heroic Poems of the Old Teutonic People by Bruce Dickins
Ehwaz
Traditional meaning – horse
Association – movement, travel, Sleipnir, Yggdrasil
Pronunciation – Eh-wahz
Galdr – Eh, Ehwuh, Eh
Element – earth
Dates – 30 March-14 April
Verb – to bridge
Animistic Qualities – human-person and other-than-human-person bond; soul travel
Challenge – To sustain momentum.
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Traditional lore – Ehwaz is accepted as ‘horse,’ which implies their wildness, domestication as helper to human-persons, the bond between them, as well as their travels and work together.
Animistic lore – Ehwaz as horse also points to Sleipnir, Odin’s eight-legged steed who carried up up and down Yggdrasil. Sleipnir is also etomylogically associated with Yggdrasil, itself. The important note there is the bond of human-persons and Nature Spirits, together, creating movement between spirit realms. This reinforcement of animism as a core function of formed being indicates the importance of close human-Nature bonds. In Runic Book of Days, of Ehwaz I note, “With Ehwaz we again brush against the tension of ordeal, a process that harkens back to the traditional shamanic death.“
Ehwaz as runes oracle – live in alignment,reciprocity, and responsibility to Unseen.
When Ehwaz appears, initiation is upon us.
It brings a piercing of the heart with insight from which we cannot turn away.
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Bridging with Ehwaz Introspections
- How do you access Unseen?
- Where do you feel it in Body?
- What is your relationship to fylgja?
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Meet Kelley
S. Kelley Harrell, M. Div.
Kelley Harrell is an animist, author, deathwalker, and death doula held by Tuscarora, Woccon, and Sissipihaw land. For the last 30 years, through Soul Intent Arts she’s helped others ethically build thriving spiritual paths. Her work is Nature-based, and centers soul tending through the Elder Futhark runes, animism, ancestral tending, and deathwork. She hosts the podcast, What in the Wyrd, and also writes The Weekly Rune as a celebration of the Elder Futhark in season. Work with her in the Runes for Change community or in her intensive soul tending training, The Spirited Path. Full bio.
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