Runes & Symbolism Course
This course offers an immersive exploration of runes and symbolism, equipping participants with practical skills in curation, transcription, translation, and analysis to understand ancient scripts and their cultural significance.

from 4 to 360h flexible workload
valid certificate in your country
What will I learn?
The Runes and Symbolism Course provides a focused, hands-on introduction to runic alphabets, dating techniques, and inscription materials, progressing to epigraphic skills for transcription, transliteration, and translation. Participants engage with primary sources, museum catalogues, and digital tools, craft clear exhibition texts, and compare runes with adjacent symbol systems to tackle ethics, ideology, and cultural interactions confidently.
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Develop skills
- Curate runic artefacts: select, contextualise, and balance objects for exhibits.
- Read and transcribe runes: capture signs, damage, and variants with epigraphic rigour.
- Translate runic texts: apply lexical tools and grammar to fragmentary inscriptions.
- Analyse runes in society: trace religious, legal, magical, and economic functions.
- Compare symbol systems: identify cross-cultural motifs, borrowings, and ideologies.
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