Galloway Hoard - Armbands From Swedish Druids Left In Scotland 900 CE

This is a silver armband. Letter chart used: North European Runes
Letter assignments by Olmsted. Original photo from The History Blog at: https://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/56606

Armband of a Magic Crafter

(November 20, 2024) This set of silver armbands makes magical statements in Druid Akkadian. Therefore, we can assume they once belongs to a small group of Druids who traveled to western Scotland.

Translation in Akkadian (Rune Text 35.1)

(read left to right. Capital letters on object. Small letters are inferred Inner vowels. Verbs are italic bold). [ ] is the space for the image in the middle of the text lines. (Dual use letters are E/H, I/Y, U/W, and '/A in which vowel appears at beginning of words except for Yahu which is keeping its traditional Hebrew transliteration)

MuŠu ŠuBu RaMu

In English

The night-powers can fill-out the emotional-releases.

The reference to the night is a reference to the Druid night deities of Kate/Hekate, Su, and Selu/Selene. Emotional releases are the practice of emotion magic in which focused emotions are energized and then released at the end of a ritual. The dark moon and eye pupil god Su and the celestial light goddess Selu are the source deities for emotions and motion. Kate/Hekate is the feminine life source goddess of the night and dark underworld/womb where souls reside waiting to be reborn.

The Akkadian word Mušu meaning "night powers" is the source of the English word "muse" via Old French "muser" from the 1100's CE meaning "to ponder, dream, wonder; loiter, waste time,"

The other translation reported at the history blog claims this text somehow spells out the name “Ecgbeorht.” Other than that the text on these armbands remains untranslated until now.

Reference

Online Etymology Dictionary at https://www.etymonline.com/word/muse#etymonline_v_19293

More Magical Runic Armbands

(March 19, 2024) Translations from Top to Bottom

Translation in Akkadian (Rune Text 36.1-4)

(read left to right. Capital letters on object. Small letters are inferred Inner vowels. Verbs are italic bold). [ ] is the space for the image in the middle of the text lines. (Dual use letters are E/H, I/Y, U/W, and '/A in which vowel appears at beginning of words except for Yahu which is keeping its traditional Hebrew transliteration)

Lu ILu Zu IŠu Tu Pu E
RaMu Zu (this is the Danish style letter Z!)
Qu IGu
Mu Nu (2 runes combined)

In English

Lack of the high-power's emanations confuse astrology-magic making openings ineffective
Emotionally-release the emanations
Life-Network-threads have been fated
Fertility-fluids can be revealed

Reference

Letter assignments by Olmsted. Photo from Urbanus, Jason (May - June 2022) The Galloway Hoard: Secret's of Scotland's Viking Age Hoard. ARCHAEOLOGY

The Hoard Had A Variety of Armbands

(March 19, 2024)

Photo from:

Urbanus, Jason (May - June 2022) The Galloway Hoard: Secret's of Scotland's Viking Age Hoard. ARCHAEOLOGY