Wunjo ᚹ

Wunjo: ‘joy, harmony’

There is no surving Icelandic rune poem for wunjo, though Dr Aaron Hostetter of the Old English Poetry Project offers translations of Old English rune poems at:

https://oldenglishpoetry.camden.rutgers.edu/the-rune-poem/

Wunjo is the rune of hope and harmony, and the concept of shared ideals. It was often used in composite, bind runes to unite and multiply the effect of other runes.

In Runes of Battle, the second novel of the Rune Song trilogy, wunjo falls inverted during a casting of runes, implying the imminent conflict. The philosophy of pre-Christian Nordic peoples was to accept that adversity will happen; what matters is how you face it. Even the gods knew that they would die at Ragnarök.

For introductions to other runes, there’s a pull-down menu here. 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.