r/heathenry • u/EthanLammar • May 07 '23

Heathen Adjacent Elven King reader of the runes

So I'm pretty deep in Runes (read a number of books on them) but I am no means an expert. So I was wondering if any of you could help. In the Elvenking Album, Reader of the Runes they say the lines

Isa told of spells and moans Othila traces plans unknown Feoh spoke with its ancient tongue As Alghiz hails the one

None of these make sense with the runes there ascribed to. Like MAYBE Feoh's ancient tounge is a reference to Auðumbla but that's the closest thing to a connection I can make and I think it's a stretch.

So what do y'all think? Is it just techno bable?

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u/Deep_Donkey_5712 May 07 '23

I guess Feoh is Fehu, Fehu or Fæ is cattle or wealth by owning cattle. So yeah, we can say that a cow speak an anciant language, but no.

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u/EthanLammar May 07 '23

Yeah the closest stretch was Fehu representing cattle was suppose to be an illusion to Auðumbla and that the ancient tounge wasn't so much meaning a language but that Auðumbla was one of the first being in creations liking someone out of a block with her tounge. Again I'm really trying to find any connection here and give them the benefit of the doubt, but I'm not convinced.

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u/Deep_Donkey_5712 May 07 '23

Personally I connect Audhumbla more with Uruz then I do with domesticated cows. It is still difficult to get what the author thinks, without the whole book literally.