Eiwaz
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Eiwaz:
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Before reading about the meanings and qualities associated with Eiwaz, take time to contemplate this rune.
In Your Journal
- In your journal or on a separate piece of paper, trace, draw or doodle Eiwaz. While drawing, say its name out loud: how does it feel? Where does it resonate within your body?
- Imagine what color(s) best match(es) Eiwaz and apply them to the image you have drawn.
- What texture do you think goes with Eiwaz? Can you represent the texture in your drawing?
- Look around. From your surroundings, what objects and shapes, if any, would you connect with Eiwaz? What natural, man-caused phenomena or activities come to mind when you look at your representation of Eiwaz? Write those down.
Now read the lines describing Eiwaz in the rune poems.
- Icelandic: “Yew bent bow/and brittle iron/and giant of the arrow.”
- Anglo-Saxon: “The yew is a tree with rough bark,/ hard and fast in the earth, supported by its roots,/ a guardian of flame and a joy upon an estate.”
- Norwegian: “Yew is the greenest of trees in winter;/it is wont to crackle when it burns.”
In Your Journal
5. Can you relate the description in the poems with your own experience of the rune? You may be able to find correlations with the description given in just one poem. Or you may not see any correlations yet. Journal your findings, whatever they are.
Here are some of the meanings commonly attributed to Eiwaz in readings:
- translated as yew tree
- center, balance between opposing forces
- cycle of life, death, rebirth
- hearth, close kin, connection
- need for flexibility, long-range gives a better chance than a close encounter
- protection in battle/conflict
- god Ullr
In Your Journal
6. Journal about how these meanings fit with your own experiences so far. Be open to the fact that the way you perceive this rune may change over time, with some meanings fading and others emerging. At the end of the course, revisit your journal entry and make updates (if necessary).
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