Runes & Symbolism Course
This course offers a concise, practical introduction to runic alphabets, their historical dating, inscription materials, and epigraphic techniques for copying, converting, and translating runes. Participants will engage with primary sources, museum catalogs, and digital resources to produce exhibition labels and explore the intersections of runes with other symbol systems, addressing ethical considerations, belief systems, and cultural interactions confidently.

from 4 to 360h flexible workload
valid certificate in your country
What will I learn?
The Runes & Symbolism Course provides a short, hands-on intro to runic alphabets, ways to date them, and the materials used for inscriptions, then shifts to epigraphic skills for copying, converting, and translating. You will handle original sources, museum lists, and online tools, create straightforward exhibition labels, and contrast runes with nearby symbol systems to tackle ethics, beliefs, and cultural exchanges with assurance.
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Develop skills
- Curate runic artifacts: select, contextualize, and balance objects for exhibits.
- Read and transcribe runes: capture signs, damage, and variants with epigraphic rigor.
- Translate runic texts: apply lexical tools and grammar to fragmentary inscriptions.
- Analyze runes in society: trace religious, legal, magical, and economic functions.
- Compare symbol systems: identify cross-cultural motifs, borrowings, and ideologies.
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