Ehwaz ᛖ

Ehwaz; horse

There is no surviving Icelandic rune poem for ehwaz.

Ehwaz is a rune of trust and loyalty, like the bond a rider develops for his/her horse; two individuals united. It is also associated with optimal marriage, but more often with a non-sexual, symbiotic partnership. It is the rune of Sleipnir, the eight-legged steed of Odhinn.

Ehwaz is also the rune of fylgur, the spirit-guides of Norse belief. These were often thought to be the spirits of recently-deceased ancestors who took animal form, notably wolves or eagles, in order to protect a loved relative or shape their destinty. 

The appearance of ehwaz in a rune cast in Blood of Wolves, the third novel of the Rune Song trilogy, foreshadows the appearance of a fylgja.

For introductions to other runes, there’s a pull-down menu under the ‘Norse Runes’ tab. More details about the Rune Song epic fantasy trilogy via my ‘books’ pages or on Amazon UK or Amazon.com. All books are published by Second Sky / Hachette and are available in print, ebook, and audiobook formats