There is a Viking Rune in South east Oklahoma near the town on Haleyville. If I can find the photos I will send them to you. You night be able to tell me what it says. Tony [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Soren Finne wrote: > Hi Jimi > As a matter of fact there are stories in the Viking Sagas that tells us about > Vinland which was a land far west of Greenland where the Vikings founded a coloni > led by Leif Eriksson. This should have taaken place around year 1000 or so. > Scientists are quit sure that the stories are true and that Vinland is todays New > Foundland. > Soren > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Desert Eagle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Sunday, March 02, 2003 4:14 PM > Subject: Re: [VFB] Language of the vikings > > > Morning Soren, > > As a side note, we have "Many" Viking "Runes" here in New Mexico, most > > are well hidden and only some know where they are. Interesting that most > > would never think of them as having been here. > > Jimi > > > > > > Hi list, > > the other day I happend to read an article about the Vikings and their > > script language "Runes" which was designed for engraving in stone, bone and > > wood. I thought it could be interesting to use it for marking my knives, > > rods and so on so I tried to spell my name with it. Then I saw at a > > specialist webpage that the Vikings always marked their belongings with the > > text ".......... owns me" which in their language was "........... a mik". > > Attached you can see the runes for "Soren owns me". Should any of you be > > interested to see your own name in Runic characters just mail and I�ll make > > a translation. > > Greetings from the land of Vikings > > Soren > > > >
