Sowilo (ᛊ) — Sun, Victory, Wholeness

Sowilo (ᛊ), sixteenth rune and last of Heimdall's ætt, is the rune of sól — the sun, the supreme luminary that the Prose Edda names as daughter of Mundilfari, forever pursued by the wolf Sköll across the sky. The Old Norwegian Rune Poem declares: 'Sól er landa ljóme' — the sun is the light of the lands. Sowilo's lightning-bolt stave-form channels the solar force as sigr (victory) and heilr (wholeness, health). Closing the second ætt, Sowilo resolves the elemental trials of Hagalaz through Algiz — the sun breaks through after hail, need, ice, and hardship, bringing the clarity that reveals the entire landscape at once.

Cross-Tradition Resonances