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[louiselux]

Day 158 - runes

Ahem.

I impulse bought them from the British Museum shop, along with King Harald's Saga by Snori Sturluson. It's gripping and fast paced and so far I have got to part 34, where Harald and King Svein of Denmark are about to fight it out over who deserves Denmark more. In this part, I like that there is a court poet known as Thorleik the Handsome. He must've been very very handsome to be known for it.

I also bought Chronicles of the Vikings by RI Page, which I mostly picked because it has a chapter entitled 'the unheroic life' that comes straight after a chapter called 'the heroic life'.

Anyway! I have been practising with the runes (put hand in bag, extract rune, consult little book, feel baffled). Apparently, long distance rune-reading is quite acceptable. Please do feel free to ask them anything you like!! (Answers may not make sense, may contain nuts)

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[louiselux.livejournal.com]

If you meet the Buddha on the road, kill him. Yes, I've taken a lot from that one myself, and never properly grasped it till recently.

I am picking them at random - the rune readings I am using seem particularly well written and useful though, I think. It's really great to think that you've got something helpful from it!

And yes, it does seem to suggest that hiding is not the best thing to do at the moment.