ᚺ Hagalaz — skull / weather
disruption and weather power
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 9 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.