Berkano

The Futhark was a germanic alphabet: It's runes had names and were associated with gods or other mythological things.

The rune "Berkano" (or Beorc) belongs to "Tyr's Aett" and symbolized the birth-life-death cycle, it was dedicated to the mother earth (Nerthus, Fjörgyn or Jörd), to birth and death (Hel).

Meaning: Birch Goddess
Gods/Deities: Freyja, Nerthus, Hel.
Letter Value: B

Icelandic: "Bjargrúnar skaltu kunna, ef þú bjarga vilt ok leysa kind frá konum; á lófum þær skal rista ok of liðu spenna ok biðja þá dísir duga."	English: "Birth-runes learn, if help thou wilt lend, The babe from the mother to bring; On thy palms shalt write them, and round thy joints, And ask the fates to aid."
Poetic Edda: Sigrdrífumál

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