Ingwaz (ᛜ) — Ing, Fertility, Potential Energy

Ingwaz (ᛜ), twenty-second rune and sixth of Tyr's ætt, bears the name of the god Ing (Yngvi-Freyr), the Vanir lord of fertility, sacred kingship, and the fruitful earth. The Old English Rune Poem recounts: 'Ing wæs ærest mid Éast-Denum gesewen secgun' — Ing was first seen among the East-Danes, until he departed eastward over the waves. The closed diamond shape of the stave represents the seed — all generative potential sealed within, awaiting the proper season. Ingwaz governs the dormant phase of fertility: the grain stored through winter, the child in the womb, the sacred energy of Vanaheimr held in potentia before it manifests in Miðgarðr.

Cross-Tradition Resonances