title: Nordic Runes: Understanding, Casting, and Interpreting the Ancient Viking Oracle
author:  Paul Rhys Mountfort 
description: "The runes have an entire mythology and history, all of which is meticulously explained in Paul Mountfort's <i>Nordic Runes</i>." (<i>Dell Magazines, October 2003</i>)<br /><br />"<i>Nordic Runes</i> by Paul Rhys Mountfort serves as an excellent guide for those wishing to understand and utilize the runes. . . . His tome is comprehensive and rests firmly on a solid foundation of scholarship. It is also user friendly and fun to read." (<i>Thor the Barbarian, Nemeton, Jan 2006</i>)<br /><br />"More than just a clinical textbook on rune work, this book was a pleasure to read. . ." (<i>Roxanne, The Beltane Papers, April 2004</i>)
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  # Relics and Runes
  
  
  ### An Urban Fantasy and Fantasy Anthology
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  #### Carter & Bradley Publishing
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ### Contents
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Relics and Runes](part0003.html#2RHM0-270dad715b614875afbb780aa9cd4cfa)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Shadow Touched](part0004.html#3Q280-270dad715b614875afbb780aa9cd4cfa)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Shadow Touched](part0005.html#4OIQ0-270dad715b614875afbb780aa9cd4cfa)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 1](part0006.html#5N3C0-270dad715b614875afbb780aa9cd4cfa)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 2](part0007.html#6LJU0-270dad715b614875afbb780aa9cd4cfa)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 3](part0008.html#7K4G0-270dad715b614875afbb780aa9cd4cfa)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 4](part0009.html#8IL20-270dad715b614875afbb780aa9cd4cfa)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 5](part0010.html#9H5K0-270dad715b614875afbb780aa9cd4cfa)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 6](part0011.html#AFM60-270dad715b614875afbb780aa9cd4cfa)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 7](part0012.html#BE6O0-270dad715b614875afbb780aa9cd4cfa)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 8](part0013.html#CCNA0-270dad715b614875afbb780