runes
符文,符石,符码,符咒
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- : any of the characters of certain ancient alphabets, as of a script used for writing the Germanic languages, especially of Scandinavia and Britain, from c200 to c1200, or a script used for inscriptions in a Turkic language of the 6th to 8th centuries from the area near the Orkhon River in Mongolia.
- : something written or inscribed in such characters.
- : an aphorism, poem, or saying with mystical meaning or for use in casting a spell.
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In a post-credits scene, Wanda is consulting the Book of the Damned, which looks an awful lot like the books in Doctor Strange’s library, and the runes she uses are reminiscent of ones that pop up in Doctor Strange.
These are closer in spirit and power to the largest paintings, which the artist’s statements likens to runes and petroglyphs.
The magical powers of runes were invoked, and the Ahnenerbe logo features rune-style lettering.
O I will for thee the Rune-characters trace, And thou them shalt cast in convenient place.
A rune is a sort of alphabet of sixteen characters and all are formed in straight lines.
Then, stooping, she said slowly the few lines of the old, old rune.
What is the rune that is said for the throwing into the sea of the sins of the dead?
So this dear, deluded old gentleman, having failed to secure a 'rune' in Java brought back something equally cryptic—a woman?