{"product_id":"bloodstone-rune-set","title":"Rune Set - Bloodstone","description":"\u003cp\u003eTwenty-five runes hand carved in bloodstone, with an information card.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBloodstone is dark green flecked with red jasper, and from Pliny onward the lapidaries said it staunched bleeding, which is why Roman soldiers are said to have carried it. That is the closest fit in the whole range to what the Elder Futhark actually is: an alphabet used by people who expected to fight. If you read for courage, conflict or a decision with a cost, this is the set.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat You Are Getting\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTwenty-five hand carved stones with an information card. Twenty-four of them are the Elder Futhark, the oldest runic alphabet, in use across Germanic Europe from roughly the second century. The twenty-fifth is blank.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout that blank rune.\u003c\/strong\u003e It is not ancient. Ralph Blum popularised it in \u003cem\u003eThe Book of Runes\u003c\/em\u003e in 1982 and it has been in almost every commercial set since. Some readers use it for the unknowable and some take it straight back out of the bag. Both are defensible, and you should know which you are doing rather than find out mid-reading.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTry It With\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/wildravensnest.com\/products\/taking-up-the-runes\"\u003eTaking Up the Runes\u003c\/a\u003e or \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/wildravensnest.com\/products\/runecasters-handbook\"\u003eThe Runecaster’s Handbook\u003c\/a\u003e to learn the staves, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/wildravensnest.com\/products\/bone-runes-divination-set\"\u003ethe Bone Rune Set\u003c\/a\u003e if you want a second set in a different material, and a \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/wildravensnest.com\/products\/rune-reading\"\u003eRune Reading\u003c\/a\u003e if you would rather be read for. More in \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/wildravensnest.com\/collections\/runes\"\u003erunes\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Soothing Crystals","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45043171328158,"sku":"RUN-F-BDS","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0494\/3196\/9950\/files\/d2f3da17ca6a51a93958677d3fbb21d030de97c5a74a077849683357c5be458b.jpg?v=1750280588","url":"https:\/\/wildravensnest.com\/products\/bloodstone-rune-set","provider":"Wild Raven's Nest","version":"1.0","type":"link"}