So I have always seen the Elder Futhark spelled with the first six Runes of the first Aett, not the first seven. Bur Guido von List was and expert so what are your thoughts on this?
>>Without attempting to give evidence here of the great antiquity of the runes, which havedoubtlessly been found on bronze artefacts and pottery shards, it must be mentioned at thistime that the runic futharkh (= runic ABC) (the designation futharkh is based on the first seven runes, namely, or ; it is for this reason that the proper name is not futhark -- as it is generally and incorrectly written -- but futharkh, with the h at the end; for more about the basis of this, see the
Guido von List Library number 6.
Guido von List Library number 6.
He included the 7th rune to differentiate The Armanen rune row from the other major Runic 'alphabets'
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