runes

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So when I’m with somebody that’s really invested and committed to runes or tarot, I am hook, line and sinker in.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2025

By 1900 it was apparently possible to find Viking-themed restaurants in Chicago whose menus were written in runes!

From Slate • Nov. 11, 2023

“Like the Russian pro-invasion Z, the infamous SS symbol used by the Nazi Schutzstaffel — two ancient runes that resemble lightning bolts—also stands for victory,” he wrote at the time.

From Washington Times • May 20, 2023

With Fed policy meeting minutes due later in the day, the runes of what must have been a tense gathering of officials in the middle of the regional banking shock will be eyed closely.

From Reuters • Apr. 12, 2023

I hear ghostly whispers from the weapon’s runes, garbled messages spoken in forgotten languages.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer