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The Fuþark - A Germanic Alphabet
Year
2013
Language
ENGLISH
Duration
30m
Rating
TVPG
Publication Information
The Great Courses
Summary
Runes are often mistakenly thought to be a semi-magical system of signs used for divination and ritual, but nothing could be further from the truth. Look at the real history of the Runic alphabet (also known as the Fuþark) as a case study for why writing systems rise and fall.