azazzelle on Instagram: "#Runes are the letters in a set of related alphabets, known as #runic rows, runic alphabets or #futharks (also, see #futhark vs runic alphabet), native to the Germanic peoples. Runes were primarily used to represent a sound value (a phoneme) but they were also used to represent the concepts after which they are named (ideographic runes). #Runology is the academic study of the runic alphabets, runic inscriptions, runestones, and their history. Runology forms a specialised