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  2. List of runestones - Wikipedia

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    The number of runestones in Sweden is estimated at between 1,700 [2] and 2,500 (depending on definition). [2]The Swedish district of Uppland has the highest concentration with as many as 1,196 inscriptions in stone, whereas Södermanland is second with 391).

  3. Böksta Runestone - Wikipedia

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    Observing the hunter is another man on skis, holding a bow and arrow. Surrounding the hunting scene is the runic text inscribed within a serpent. The inscription is believed to date from approximately 1050 CE [1] and is tentatively classified as being carved in runestone style Pr2, which is also known as Ringerike style. The runestone, which ...

  4. Oklahoma runestones - Wikipedia

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    The runes on the stone are ᚷ ᛆ ᛟ ᛗ ᛖ ᛞ ᚨ ᛐ. [2] Most of these characters belong to the Elder Futhark , but the final "L" is reversed compared with the last "A", and the second character is a short-twig "A" from the Younger Futhark .

  5. Ley line - Wikipedia

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    Michell's publications were accompanied by the launch of the Ley Hunter magazine and the appearance of a ley hunter community keen to identify ley lines across the British landscape. Ley hunters often combined their search for ley lines with other esoteric practices like dowsing and numerology and with a belief in a forthcoming Age of Aquarius ...

  6. List of Great Old Ones - Wikipedia

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    The Shining Hunter: A levitating, sinuous glowing creature. Istasha Mistress of Darkness: A cat-like deity, similar to Bastet, but vicious and malignant. Her sister is the sylvan Lythalia. Ithaqua The Wind Walker, The Wendigo, God of the Cold White Silence: A gigantic, corpse-like human, with webbed feet and glowing red eyes. Janai'ngo

  7. Yarmouth Stone - Wikipedia

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    The stone is made of quartzite, measures 31" x 20" x 13" (79 cm x 51 cm x 33 cm), and weighs about 400 lbs. (180 kg). [2] It has a purported runic inscription carved near the top of one naturally smooth face; the stone does not appear to have been dressed in any way.

  8. Midgard - Wikipedia

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    The runes a:miþkarþi, Old Norse á Miðgarði, meaning "in Midgard" – "in Middle Earth", on the Fyrby Runestone (Sö 56) in Södermanland, Sweden.. In Germanic cosmology, Midgard (an anglicised form of Old Norse Miðgarðr; Old English Middangeard, Old Saxon Middilgard, Old High German Mittilagart, and Gothic Midjun-gards; "middle yard", "middle enclosure") is the name for Earth ...

  9. Anglo-Saxon runes - Wikipedia

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    Anglo-Saxon runes or Anglo-Frisian runes are runes that were used by the Anglo-Saxons and Medieval Frisians (collectively called Anglo-Frisians) as an alphabet in their native writing system, recording both Old English and Old Frisian (Old English: rūna, ᚱᚢᚾᚪ, "rune").