Cirth runes

Your look at the ancient writing system and divination tool.

Yes, I am that nerd—the one who brings books into a tattoo shop! My first ink was from a dictionary illustration, this time The Lord of the Rings. These are my four kids' initials in cirth runes from Tolkien's stories. I have read The Hobbit, Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, and Return of the King aloud to each of them! Ink by John Black at Spaded & Jaded Tattoo Co. in Tulsa, OK.

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Discover the ancient runic alphabet, a foundation for numerous Germanic languages, including the renowned Viking runes, with a history spanning thousands of years.

Rune alphabet

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Cirth [ˈkirθ] was invented by J.R.R. Tolkien for use in his novels. It is modelled on the Anglo-Saxon Runic alphabet, and is used to write the language of the Dwarves (Khuzdul) in The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings in inscriptions in wood and stone. It is also used as a alternative alphabet for English. Used to write: Dwarfish (Khuzdul), Elvish, (Quenya and Sindarin), Orcish, English (...)

Rune comes from the word runo, meaning letter and mystery. Early Germanic systems were runic alphabets. Although the runes—often made by sticks, carved onto stone, wood, bone and metal—represented letters, they were ideographic or pictographic symbols of some cosmological principle or power. To use the runic language meant invoking the force for which it stood. For example the Týr rune is the Norse god of war, portrayed as a one-handed warrior. Týr’s symbol is the sword. Once