Hagalaz

Also called Hail

Rune

overview

Hagalaz is hail, the whitest of grains, which falls from the sky, wrecks the crops, and then melts into water. It is sudden disruption that clears the way for change.

Uses

Breaking old patterns
Facing crisis
Clearing the way

ritual

Rune: ᚺ
Sound: h
Meaning: Hail
Aett: Heimdall's Aett, rune 1 of 8
Upright: Disruption, uncontrolled forces, transformation through crisis
Reversed: Reads the same either way
Rune poems: Old English, Norwegian, Icelandic

Working with it

When something has been shattered, draw Hagalaz on paper, leave it outside in the weather, and let rain or frost wear it away.

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Deity: Hel