Rune 21 of 24 · Tyr's aett
Laguz
“water; lake” · sound: l
Can be drawn reversed when reversals are on.
Historical evidence
Water or sea in all three poems (lagu, lögr). The Old English poem speaks of the sea's terrors to seafarers; the Norwegian poem of a waterfall.
The name Laguz is a modern reconstruction of the Proto-Germanic name; the Elder Futhark’s own names are not recorded.
In the rune poems (original texts)
Lagu byþ leodum langsum geþuht,
gif hi sculun neþan on nacan tealtum
and hi sæyþa swyþe bregaþ
and se brimhengest bridles ne gym[eð].Lǫgr er, fællr ór fjalle
foss; en gull ero nosser.Lögr er vellanda vatn
ok víðr ketill
ok glömmungr grund.
lacus lofðungr.Original texts as printed in Bruce Dickins, Runic and Heroic Poems of the Old Teutonic Peoples, Cambridge University Press, 1915. Public domain. The summary above is Scryway’s own; no translation is reproduced.
Modern interpretation
From 20th-century and later divinatory practice, written for Scryway. Not a historical meaning.
Keywords: flow, intuition, the unconscious
Upright
Flow and intuition: going with the current, trusting feeling, dreams and emotional depth.
Reversed
Being swept along, confusion or fear of deep water. Trust your footing before trusting the current.