Meaning: Ice
Symbolises: Winter, the hunt
Mythology: Skadi (The Ice Queen of
Hans Christian Anderson)
Fylgja: Polar Bear, Arctic fox,
Ptarmigan
Class: Yarl
Tree: Juniper
Plant: Mugwort
Old Norwegian Rune Rhyme:
Ice we call the broad bridge;
The blind need to be led.
Is can indicate wide open possibilities,
so wide open in fact that guidance is needed
to avoid getting completely disorientated.
Is is however a neutral rune, neither
indicating good or bad but rather a state of
stasis. This can suggest a cooling off
period, time for reflection before a
decision. It can also suggest a problem
which has been suppressed for a great period
of time, this can be a root cause of a
trauma or some outdated dogma or prejudice
that should be thrown out. The rune rhyme
suggest ice as a bridge and in the winter
the rivers and fjords freeze and it is
possible to cross them using motor vehicles.
This can be very useful but there are
pitfalls, the ice can give way, or the
traveller can become disorientated and lose
their way on the featureless ice plain. Is
is associated with Skadi the daughter of
Thiassi, a frost giant. She threatened a
terrible revenge on the Aesir for killing
her father and was offered marriage by one
of the Aesir. She could choose any one she
wished however she was only allowed to see
their feet. Hoping she would choose Baldur
she choose what she thought were his feet,
but were instead that of Niord. They were
very happy together, but neither could live
in the others home, she missed the mountains
too much and he the sea. Is can also suggest
a thing in the wrong place. Is this person ,
this thing, in a place where it belongs and
can flourish? It also can suggest living
with the consequences of the choices we
make. |
