ᛇ Eihwaz — axis / endurance
axis and endurance
The rune name and its broad semantic association belong to runic or modern rune interpretation, while this body locus is a modern synthesis rather than an attested Elder Futhark anatomical scheme. The coordinate is therefore an attention aid for comparing rune meanings with embodied imagery, not an ancient prescription.
Point 13 of 14 in Elder Futhark Rune Body — Modern Correspondence Map
Cross-tradition overlaps
No overlapping points are registered for this point.
Sources
The Poetic Edda (primary_canonical)
Sigrdrífumál stanzas 5–17 gives the valkyrie’s catalogue of rune uses and inscriptions; it attests rune lore but does not provide the modern body-locus chart rendered here.
Edred Thorsson, Futhark: A Handbook of Rune Magic (secondary)
Modern esoteric rune handbook associating individual runes with magical meanings; it is used only as a witness to modern synthesis, not as evidence for an ancient anatomical map.
Lotte Hedeager, Iron Age Myth and Materiality (scholarly_modern)
Archaeological and historical study of Iron Age Germanic myth, symbols, and material culture; see discussion of runic meaning and later reconstruction.