Runes & Symbolism Course
This course offers an engaging introduction to runes and symbolism, building practical skills in epigraphy, translation, and cultural analysis through hands-on work with historical sources and tools.

from 4 to 360h flexible workload
valid certificate in your country
What will I learn?
The Runes and Symbolism Course provides a short, hands-on introduction to runic alphabets, dating techniques, and inscription materials, before progressing to epigraphic skills for transcription, transliteration, and translation. You will engage with primary sources, museum catalogues, and digital tools, create straightforward exhibition texts, and contrast runes with nearby symbol systems to tackle ethics, ideology, and cultural exchanges with assurance.
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Develop skills
- Curate runic artefacts: choose, contextualise, and arrange objects for displays.
- Read and transcribe runes: record signs, damage, and variations with epigraphic precision.
- Translate runic texts: use lexical resources and grammar for incomplete inscriptions.
- Analyse runes in society: follow religious, legal, magical, and economic roles.
- Compare symbol systems: spot cross-cultural patterns, influences, and ideologies.
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