A Rune is an object with a symbol upon it, that was created to communicate divinity.
Runes are ancient and powerful symbols.Runes can be constructed out of many types of materials.
Technically:Ancient characters used in Teutonic, Anglo-Saxon, and Scandinavian. They were historically first used by the East Goths (c.300), who are thought to have derived them from Helleno-Italic writing.The runes were adapted to carving on wood and stone; they consisted of perpendicular, oblique, and a few curved lines.
The first six runic signs were for f, u, th, o (a), r, c (k), hence the name Futhorc for the runic alphabets. There were two alphabets, one of 16 signs and the other of 24 (the same 16 with 8 additional signs).
They were used extensively throughout N Europe, Iceland, England, Ireland, and Scotland until the establishment of Christianity.
From then on the use of runes was reviled as a pagan practice.
In Scandinavia their use persisted even after the Middle Ages; there they were used for manuscripts as well as inscriptions.
The word rune is derived from an early Anglo-Saxon word meaning secret or mystery.
