Sowilo

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The Sowilo rune.

The Sol rune.

Sôwilô is the reconstructed Proto-Germanic name of the Elder Futhark s-rune ᛊ. The Younger Futhark variant ᛋ is called Sól after the goddess, and the Anglo-Saxon Futhorc rune is called Sigel siȝel.

1 Rune poems
2 Modern use
- 2.1 Armanen Runes
- 2.2 Neopaganism
3 See also

[edit] Rune poems

The Anglo-Saxon rune poem:

ᛋ semannum symble biþ on hihte, \ ðonne hi hine feriaþ ofer fisces beþ, / oþ hi brimhengest bringeþ to lande.

"The Sun is ever a joy in the hopes of seafarers / when they journey away over the fishes' bath, / until the courser of the deep bears them to land."

The Icelandic rune poem:

ᛋ er skýja skjöldr / ok skínandi röðull / ok ísa aldrtregi. / rota siklingr.

"Sun is shield of the clouds / and shining ray /and destroyer of ice."

The Norwegian rune poem:

ᛋ er landa ljóme / lúti ek helgum dóme.

"Sun is the light of the world / I bow to the divine decree."

[edit] Modern use

[edit] Armanen Runes

Main article: Sig Rune

Schutzstaffel badge with two sig runes.

Guido von List in his "Armanen runes" called the rune "Sig", apparently based on Sigel, thus changing the concept associated with it from "Sun" to "victory" (German Sieg), arriving at a sequence "Sig", "Tyr" in his row, yielding Sigtyr, a name of Odin. Under this name of "Sig rune", the s-rune played a certain role in Fascist symbolism, most notably in the badge of the Schutzstaffel (SS), but this is credited to the Wiligut runic row of Karl Maria Wiligut as opposed to Guido von List.