Ehwaz (ᛖ) — Horse, Partnership, Loyal Movement

Ehwaz (ᛖ), nineteenth rune and third of Tyr's ætt, is the rune of the ehwaz — the horse, the most sacred animal of the Germanic peoples, companion of gods and warriors alike. The Old English Rune Poem declares: 'Eh byþ for eorlum æþelinga wyn' — the horse is a joy to princes, a steed proud on its hooves. Óðinn's eight-legged Sleipnir, described in the Prose Edda, is the archetypal Ehwaz — the mount that carries its rider between the nine worlds. Ehwaz governs the bond of loyal partnership in motion, the trust between rider and horse where two wills coordinate into a single fluid advance.

Cross-Tradition Resonances