501 – Pendant: Rune Stone

Physical description:
Modern rune on local beach stone with leather thong.
Museum classification:
Spells & charms
Size:
300 long
Information:

Rune Stone.
Wearing protective and good luck charms has always been popular. Originally charms like this would have been individually prescribed by a witch or cunning person to assist her client. The skill is in choosing an appropriate Rune from the ancient alphabet.

This rune symbolises Insight and the ancestors, although the symbol on this pendant is shown in reverse

Resource:
Object
Materials:
Stone leather
Copyright ownership:
Copyright to The Museum of Witchcraft Ltd.

Rune Stone.
Wearing protective and good luck charms has always been popular. Originally charms like this would have been individually prescribed by a witch or cunning person to assist her client. The skill is in choosing an appropriate Rune from the ancient alphabet.

This rune symbolises Insight and the ancestors, although the symbol on this pendant is shown in reverse