This week's rune is Gyfu. Meaning "gift". Gifts were a huge deal in viking times. Possessions and winnings weren't meant to be kept they were meant to be spread amongst your friends, because true honor was in keeping great company. Those that threw the best parties, and gave out the most of their plunderings, were honored and respected the most. It was not a culture of hording. In fact, the example we have in Beowolf of that is of the demon dragon that kills Beowolf being one who hordes gold and treasure. So yeah, give of yourself freely, life is too short to badger it all away for yourself. If you enrich those around you, you enrich yourself a hundred fold.
The poem for this week's rune:
"Generosity brings credit and honour, which support one's dignity;
it furnishes help and subsistence
to all broken men who are devoid of aught else."
There's only one poem, and it's the above. So this is a shorter entry than most. But it is a pretty cool rune. Another attribution to think about here is the crossroads. Hecate, Legba--perhaps this would be a good week to leave a gift for your favorite crossroads deity somewhere.
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