First off, the launch of my webcomic has gone really well, and thanks to everyone who has taken a gander, and I hope it was enjoyable. If you still haven't read it, it's called Ophelia, and it's here.
Obviously it's Wednesday, so it's rune day. Today's rune is Naudiz. Naudiz means "need".
The three poems are:
Old Norse Rune Poem
Naudhr
Constraint gives scant choice;
a naked man is chilled by the frost.
Anglo-Saxon Rune Poem
Nyd
Trouble is oppressive to the heart;
yet often it proves a source of help and salvation
to the children of men, to everyone who heeds it betimes.
The Icelandic Rune Poem
Constraint
Grief of the bond-maid
and state of oppression
and toilsome work.
The vision of need presented in the poems here is one born out of pain and trouble. It's the lemonade of that damn lemon tree, if the lemon tree fell on your house and made you homeless.
Here's a very lucid explanation from the Barbelith poster cusm:
"Naudhiz is another two edged rune. Need implies lacking, and hardship. Freya Aswynn links this with the future, the norn Skald, Niffleheim (the low underworld of mists), and fears. A need is something inherently connected to the future, as something to be fulfilled or quested for. It inspires action. It is also a signal of distress, should you make your need public. The need fires burn to call for help.
This rune is often used for protection, as a ward against trouble, to call for help, or to aid in meeting a need.
The positive side is in dealing with a need in a timely manner. Should the need be fulfilled early, hardship is avoided and prosperity maintained. It can serve as a warning, of dangers unforseen. Heeded, safety is found. Needs are fulfilled.
The fire burns in the night to ward off cold and preserve life. Fire is a basic essencial need, like food and shelter. "
So maybe this is a week to let your needs be known and see what kind of aid you can get to your cause?
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