trying to find meaning of symbol
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Prince of Stories
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Well, it kind of sounds like what you're describing is the Rune Dagaz, from the Futhark runes. It is shaped like what you say (like this: IXI ?). But I can't quite recall the meaning right now.
About the three of them in a row, that may be what's called a binding rune. That's when two or more runes are combined for more effect or better translation. I'l post more when I find my little book of runes.
About the three of them in a row, that may be what's called a binding rune. That's when two or more runes are combined for more effect or better translation. I'l post more when I find my little book of runes.
Cheiromancer
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Sounds like a rune. I doubt this will appear properly, but if you hit "quote" you can see it in monospace font:
Here's what I found on the internet about it:
Dagaz refers to the a day, a period of darkness and light, since the Norse counted their days from evening to evening, with the mid-point being dawn and the rising of the sun. It is the rune of awakening, and metaphorically, rebirth.
It is a rune of paradox, the balancing of opposites and movement, not as contraditions and opposition, but as counterbalances and compliments. It represents light, paradox, syncretization. It is the rune of "clear vision" and "enlightenment." It represents time and space, and the weaving movement of the loom of life.
In divination it is the rune of polarization, of sunlight and good fortune. It can be invoked to bring new invoke an awakening of the senses.
Often, Dagaz is found as the last rune of the futhark, which is the position that I prefer. However, since I used Eldred Thorsson's arrangement and names as a basic place to start from, I have maintained the arrangement that he uses most often.
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| \ / | GMC dagaz day
| \ / | GO dags day
| / \ | OE daeg day
| / \ | ON dogr day (not in Younger Futhark)
|/ \|
Phonetic value "d" and voiced "th" as in "then"
Here's what I found on the internet about it:
Dagaz refers to the a day, a period of darkness and light, since the Norse counted their days from evening to evening, with the mid-point being dawn and the rising of the sun. It is the rune of awakening, and metaphorically, rebirth.
It is a rune of paradox, the balancing of opposites and movement, not as contraditions and opposition, but as counterbalances and compliments. It represents light, paradox, syncretization. It is the rune of "clear vision" and "enlightenment." It represents time and space, and the weaving movement of the loom of life.
In divination it is the rune of polarization, of sunlight and good fortune. It can be invoked to bring new invoke an awakening of the senses.
Often, Dagaz is found as the last rune of the futhark, which is the position that I prefer. However, since I used Eldred Thorsson's arrangement and names as a basic place to start from, I have maintained the arrangement that he uses most often.
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Perhaps (its not three in a row though) :-
Triple Dagaz - It is composed of 3 Dagaz. An ancient symbol, most commonly, to the Jews, the triple Dagaz is the Star of David, but many other cultures, such as the Hindu hold it sacred. It means "as above, so below". It is also a symbol of opening the heart chakra. Dagaz symbolizes breakthrough, the door into another realm of being.
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Requiem
Triple Dagaz - It is composed of 3 Dagaz. An ancient symbol, most commonly, to the Jews, the triple Dagaz is the Star of David, but many other cultures, such as the Hindu hold it sacred. It means "as above, so below". It is also a symbol of opening the heart chakra. Dagaz symbolizes breakthrough, the door into another realm of being.
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Requiem
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tarchon
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I suspect the rune isn't actually daeg ("day"). If it's the second half of "Dunstan" (which is an Old English name) it could have been intended to be the rune stan ("stone"), which has a similar appearance. OE Latin-alphabet manuscripts often used runes as logographs representing their names. This one is an odd peculiarly British rune representing the consonant cluster /st/ (http://www.runeschool.org/lessons/09_histdev.htm). It's possible your friend was looking at a table which listed three variant forms of stan and thought it must be one symbol. Repetitions of rune symbols do appear historically, but in those cases their function was probably magical rather than alphabetic.
It should perhaps be mentioned that there is a tendency among certain authors to make wildly fantastic guesses about the mystical significance of runes and then pretend as though their wild fantasies were actually fact. Let's just say that "book of runes" should usually be thought of as about equivalent to "Magic of Faerun."
Isn't "triple dagaz" an ice cream flavor too?
It should perhaps be mentioned that there is a tendency among certain authors to make wildly fantastic guesses about the mystical significance of runes and then pretend as though their wild fantasies were actually fact. Let's just say that "book of runes" should usually be thought of as about equivalent to "Magic of Faerun."
Isn't "triple dagaz" an ice cream flavor too?
Taloras
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Since it looks like the rune Dagaz, and you said the first name was Dunstan. Perhaps he named the character Dunstan Dagaz, and was trying to make you figure it out? Dunstan Dagaz....sounds like hes saying Dunstan Daggers? (wild guess here, as others know more about runes than i do, as im just learning then).
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