Talk:Sól (Sun)

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[edit] Image Accuracy

The sowilo rune traditionaly does not look as this image or this image depicts it, which is how unicode fonts portray the rune.
See the images here or here or even the Schutzstaffel insignia for examples of what the Sowilo rune traditionaly looked like.
The Nazi symbols legal disclaimer indicates that the rune should like more the Schutzstaffel insignia than the unicode character.
Anyone able—and willing—to correct this image so it no longer uses the unicode version of the rune?
—Asatruer 22:23, 15 July 2006 (UTC)

Noted - I'm on it. :bloodofox: 02:18, 3 August 2006 (UTC)
I've created and added a new image for the article. :bloodofox: 05:07, 3 August 2006 (UTC)
no, the sigma shape is Elder Futhark, the S-shape is Younger Futhark. The cursive form is unnecessarily fashioned after the Nazi design.
—The preceding comment was added to the edit summary by Dbachmann (talk • contribs).

Do you have any sources for that?
All of the books on Runes that I have read depict the Elder Futhark sowilo as and not . If you check the external links listed on the Elder Futhark page, the two of the links that show the runes show the form or a mirror image of it. One of these links has a subpage that is rather usefull to the discussion, where it is indicated that while the form —and its many variant— pre-date the form, the mirror image of and forms were the dominant forms between 200–750.
—Asatruer 18:14, 4 August 2006 (UTC)

Do I have sources? I daresay. How about the Kylver Stone, to begin with? It doesn't get more authentic than that. But you can also check the Unicode definition chart (16CA vs. 16CB). dab (𒁳) 08:57, 6 March 2007 (UTC)
there is an alternate Elder Futhark s shape. But it isn't your , which is an oblique sigel as used by the Nazis. The crucial difference is the middle stroke, which is slanting downwards as well, as in Image:16 s sowelu rune.gif (e.g. Spearhead of Kovel (uncertain, may be a Latin S), or the Golden horns of Gallehus, Seeland-II-C): we can present such a shape as an alternative to the sigma shape, but not the oblique "Sig" you are suggesting. dab (𒁳) 09:27, 6 March 2007 (UTC)
Good call. :bloodofox: 19:04, 11 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Sinhtgunt as moon

I've just made an edit where I removed a note regarding Sinhtgunt, sister of Sol, as a moon goddess. I intended to specify this in my edit but I mistakenly hit enter a bit early. Anyway, what I was saying is that if it stays in it needs rewording as a theory and it needs to be attributed. :bloodofox: (talk) 22:47, 16 May 2008 (UTC)