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So... yeah. Probably doesn't mean anything except "cool chief symbol". She *might* have a legit answer in a few days, though, so we should watch there. I'll post here when/if she gets more info!
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It looks sort of like the Algiz rune (which flips in the Norse Younger Futhark and takes a different sound than it originally had), but I can’t be certain.
This rune is associated with Yggrasil…And that’s about it.
It honestly doesn’t look like any rune I’ve ever seen in Norse, though. (It does look the tiniest bit like the Ear rune in the later Anglo-Saxon Futhorc, but only a bit) So here’s the deal: I’ll go look through everything I own and have access to, and I’ll even ask Crazy-British-Nazi-Boss-Lady about it, and then I’ll get back to you. This could take several days.
I figured someone I this fandom would be able to tell me if it was anything meaningful. I wonder if the art book says anything about it...
basically this.
- MissunyNightFury
- 14 Jun 2014, 19:51
I thought maybe it just symbolized that he was the new chief. It sorta resembled Stoick's helmet.
Ok.
- ToothlessNightFury
- 15 Jun 2014, 00:53
basically this.
- MissunyNightFury
- 14 Jun 2014, 19:51
I thought maybe it just symbolized that he was the new chief. It sorta resembled Stoick's helmet.
When we saw it and Gothi put the mark there my mom whispered "She's making him chief" so yeah It's gotta be a chief thing.
yeah exactly, I think we all understood that the symbol ment he was chief that was obvious, just if it was actually a symbol for something in Norse mythology or runes
- seejanerun
- 15 Jun 2014, 03:48
I understand what it means in the context of the film. What I wanted to know was, did the film makers take/reappropriate a symbol from real viking culture. Seeing as they did it with the funeral, I thought there was a chance that the symbol held a particular significance to the Berkians' real-world counterparts.
Thanks, Fawnduu
- Fawnduu
- 15 Jun 2014, 19:17
yeah exactly, I think we all understood that the symbol ment he was chief that was obvious, just if it was actually a symbol for something in Norse mythology or runes
- seejanerun
- 15 Jun 2014, 03:48
I understand what it means in the context of the film. What I wanted to know was, did the film makers take/reappropriate a symbol from real viking culture. Seeing as they did it with the funeral, I thought there was a chance that the symbol held a particular significance to the Berkians' real-world counterparts.
