An Introduction to English Runes

R. I. Page's introduction is notably skeptical of claims for runic magic and divination, and his own chapter addressing that question directly, distinguishing attested epigraphic use of runes from later modern occult use, is the standard scholarly point of reference other runologists cite on exactly that distinction. That named, specific scholarly contribution, not a claim about its press, is the real basis for its standing here. This is a second, revised edition. Use it for the historical form and attested use of runic writing and for the documented distinction between ancient epigraphic use and modern occult reinterpretation.