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Conference Presentation: Maja Bäckvall, ‘Pick Up Rune: Rune Usage in Video and Computer Games’Maja Bäckvall (Uppsala University/University of Copenhagen) ‘Pick Up Rune: Rune Usage in Video and Computer Games’ at the IRC-Funded Conference…
Explanation of the Bluetooth logo at Kongernes JellingThe logo for Bluetooth short-range wireless technology is a bind rune made up of the initials of Harald Bluetooth's name using the runes of the…
Runic BananaNot every item we receive is wholly serious. This runic banana is an excellent example of modern reuse and engagement with the past. It was left…
Runica Nordica Souvenir, SpainThis souvenir was seen in Vigo, Galicia, with the label 'Runica Nordica'. There are several designs, which all seem to be a combination of runes with…
Rune-inspired font from dafont.comThere are many pseudo runic alphabets doing the rounds, and also a number of fonts that borrow the angular style of runes for the Latin alphabet -…
Logo of Yara InternationalAccording to their website, Yara is "the world’s largest producer of ammonia, nitrates and NPKs, providing the foundation of Yara’s fertilizer and…
Modern runic graffiti on Ring of Brodgar stoneA modern inscription in runes amongst other engraved messages on a stone in the Ring of Brodgar neolithic monument, Orkney. Perhaps inspired by the…
Modern runic inscription on an animal skinThis item is a transliteration, transcription and translation of World-Tree item 1347.
http://www.worldtreeproject.org/document/1347
The animal…
Runic pencil souvenirSouvenir pencil with runes, seen in the gift shop of the Ribe VikingCenter
Modern runic inscription on an animal skinAccording to the uploader, this was found in an attic in Romania. It is clearly a modern inscription in a pseudo runic alphabet (Armanen runes). This…
Replica of the Jelling II StoneThis replica of the Jelling II stone is sold on the Viking Shield website here, either painted or unpainted.
Danish Passport featuring the Jelling Stone on Display at Knogernes JellingThe danish passport features a representation of the Christ figure from Side C of the ninth-century Runestone of Harald Bluetooth, also on permanent…
Mural in Ribe VikingCenter telling the history of the Vikings and RibeA chalk mural decorating the interior of one of the larger reconstructed townhouses in Ribe VikingCenter (the Thing-Hall)and telling the history of…
Norse Corp threat intelligence networkNorse Corp describes itself as "the world's largest dedicated threat intelligence network". The link to the Vikings and the use of a bind-rune as a…
Bar menus with runes onBar menus featuring runes as part of the branding.
Runic bannerA banner at a festival with a rune on it.
Runic Pins from OrkneyRunic pins reading 'Orkney', on sale in a tourist shop in Kirkwall.
Runic patterned socks from OrkneySocks with runic pattern, seen in a tourist shop in Kirkwall
Souvenir Runic Mugs from OrkneyRunic mugs with the inscription 'Orkney'. Seen in a tourist shop in Kirkwall.
Bluetooth LogoThe logo for Bluetooth short-range wireless technology is a bind rune made up of the initials of Harald Bluetooth's name using the runes of the…