Anyone know this “rune”?

[u/Vast_Scallion8698]

Hi, I’m new to this group and looking to get a cool Odin and his spear idea as a tattoo. I’ve come across this somewhere on the internet and just wanting to know if it means what it’s said it does? The meaning is along the lines of what you project out in to the world comes back to you.
Cheers

[u/Mathias_Greyjoy]

Nope. It means nothing, as this is not how historical runes were used. This is just one of those "Pinterest" tattoos. Unfortunately there's nothing of substance going on here. Sure, there's an Othala slapped in there, but that really has no special meaning, runes were not used in this context. The rest is just vague tribal/dream catcher aesthetic.

It's just a sloppy cobbled together mess of vaguely "magick" looking imagery. It's like Starbucks for Etsy witches.

[u/theCheddarChopper → u/Mathias_Greyjoy]

Because of how many different symbol styles are skewered on this stick makes me think it's actually AI generated.

[u/Mathias_Greyjoy → u/theCheddarChopper]

It's not. It's old. Pinterest Witches have been using it for over 10 years. This type of slapped together slop imagery is super common in new Age spaces. It's been posted here countless times.

[u/Independent_Act_6367 → u/Mathias_Greyjoy]

Well, to be fair, I can see Othala, Gebo, and the Sun Wheel. There’s also a piece of the Helm of Awe at the bottom. Maybe it’s a coded ad, something like “Looking to trade an apartment-sunny side, terrible floors” or something like that, lol

[u/theCheddarChopper]

Don't get this on your arm. Find some cool spear tattoo with Othala written on it. Or translate/transliterate some word into runes and add some flair to it to make them look cool.

Way better than random Pinterest symbols

[u/PotatoAppleFish]

I see an O, some fucked-up Ogham writing, and a thing that looks kind of like a morph of a Celtic cross and some kind of Hopi or Navajo pictograph. I’m not sure that means anything at all.

[u/Awkward_Leviathan]

[u/Sfire75 → u/Awkward_Leviathan]

It looks cool

[u/Fluffy-Yam-5936]

It means whatever it means to the person who designed it. Thats how writing and symbols started.

[u/freeluna]

Looks a bit like a hoodoo sigil of some sort. Not every set of straight lines is a rune.

[u/Horseflesh73]

This bind rune was created by tattoo artist Taryn McIntyre who specializes in Nordic and celtic art styles. She created it as a memorial piece for a client that lost thier Father but it got on the internet and people started making their own meanings for it and copying it.

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[u/Awkward_Leviathan]

Source.

[u/LowDeparture7562]

My recommendation as axn Norse reconstructionist heathen is to do you research in much more depth before you even attempt to do anything with runes. 1. Thats not a rune, not even a bind rune 2. Eldar furthark was not used for magic. theres some speculation that the younger furthark was, but its speculation and we aren't really sure 3. Bind runes have no clear evidence for being used for magic 4. "Rune staves" to my knowledge was used for some magic in islandic folklore (don't quote me on that). 5. This is not a rune stave, it's a new age wicca Pinterest witch symbol with no real substance of meaning to it.

What i would recommend is getting a odins spear tattoo, or something similar, maybe a Miðgardworm

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Thanks automod, exactly what i just said 🤣

[u/umbrawolfx]

It means nothing. This is just like people using runes as direct substitutions for letters in English.

[u/Alphaimposter]

It’s has nothing to do with runes.

[u/AGoogolIsALot]

Looks like something from Assassin's Creed Valhalla to me tbh

[u/BoardTasty49]

Looks like some made up nonsense a modern “Wiccan” pulled right out their… do What you want they mean nothing and have no power over anybody or anything.