Rede Seeker
What is wrong with this picture...yes, he's upside-down, but more so than usual.
A man hangs upside-down from a tree, but the scenery around his head is not a reflection. His head is in the clouds and although he is hanging upside-down, seen from his perspective, everything is right-side up..well, the bee is flying upside-down, but the mountains, shore, sky, sun are all where they should be from his point of view. He isn't upside-down, the world is...
The man is bound by the leg to a tree limb. The rope is tied all the way from ankle to knee and ends with a short string of pearls ending with a heart pendant. The rope has frayed ends and a snake twined around the limb with it. The snake's color imitates the rope and tree. It's head could be mistaken for the last live leaf on the tree if it weren't for the forked tongue. The tree looks to be healthy though shedding leaves. An owl sits in a hollow. The roots are thick and numerous. There is grass growing among the roots, and some dead leaves. The hanged man's shoes, cap, staff and bundle rest among the roots and lean against the tree's trunk. A butterfly flutters near the snake's tail.
The background is peculiar. Around the man's head, it looks normal. Behind his legs, it looks like a reflection on water. The sun forms a nimbus about the man's head and also appears above his bound foot.
The man's tunic is sun-yellow and bound by a belt of pearls ending in a heart-shaped pendant, similar to the string of pearls hanging from his bound leg. There is a purplish kerchef (?) on his lapel; a small red bud sits in it's center and is surrounded by white dots - possible small pearls.
The upper corners hold brackets with planters willed with green plants, but they are upside-down. The lower corners hold an owl, butterfly, the staff with bundle and snake and the purplish thing with red bud and pearls. The right column holds a gold oblong bracked from which hangs a string of pearls ending in a heart-shaped pendant. This string of pearls is one line, not a loop, necklace-like string. Both columns have a drowsy eye at it's center.
The Rune Wunjo is marked on the left column; the Rune Isa is marked on the right. Wunjo is the Rune of Joy and Fellowship. Isa is the Ice Rune - an odd choice signifying stasis. Isa has another, lesser used interpretation, known to anyone who has lived through a hard winter - ice forms bridges. You can walk across water, but be careful - the ice is slippery, and its difficult to judge how thick it is.
Wunjo = eighth Rune of the Elder Futhark
Isa = eleventh Rune of the Elder Futhark
Wunjo + Isa = 19 = Ehwaz, the Rune of Trust and Loyalty; a Rune that can only be fully understood through experience (it's a prime number) not learning and study alone. Together, these Runes tell us that our hanged man is not suffering. He has faith in the process that binds him like this. The world he sees from this perspective has more clarity for him than the other one.
A man hangs upside-down from a tree, but the scenery around his head is not a reflection. His head is in the clouds and although he is hanging upside-down, seen from his perspective, everything is right-side up..well, the bee is flying upside-down, but the mountains, shore, sky, sun are all where they should be from his point of view. He isn't upside-down, the world is...
The man is bound by the leg to a tree limb. The rope is tied all the way from ankle to knee and ends with a short string of pearls ending with a heart pendant. The rope has frayed ends and a snake twined around the limb with it. The snake's color imitates the rope and tree. It's head could be mistaken for the last live leaf on the tree if it weren't for the forked tongue. The tree looks to be healthy though shedding leaves. An owl sits in a hollow. The roots are thick and numerous. There is grass growing among the roots, and some dead leaves. The hanged man's shoes, cap, staff and bundle rest among the roots and lean against the tree's trunk. A butterfly flutters near the snake's tail.
The background is peculiar. Around the man's head, it looks normal. Behind his legs, it looks like a reflection on water. The sun forms a nimbus about the man's head and also appears above his bound foot.
The man's tunic is sun-yellow and bound by a belt of pearls ending in a heart-shaped pendant, similar to the string of pearls hanging from his bound leg. There is a purplish kerchef (?) on his lapel; a small red bud sits in it's center and is surrounded by white dots - possible small pearls.
The upper corners hold brackets with planters willed with green plants, but they are upside-down. The lower corners hold an owl, butterfly, the staff with bundle and snake and the purplish thing with red bud and pearls. The right column holds a gold oblong bracked from which hangs a string of pearls ending in a heart-shaped pendant. This string of pearls is one line, not a loop, necklace-like string. Both columns have a drowsy eye at it's center.
The Rune Wunjo is marked on the left column; the Rune Isa is marked on the right. Wunjo is the Rune of Joy and Fellowship. Isa is the Ice Rune - an odd choice signifying stasis. Isa has another, lesser used interpretation, known to anyone who has lived through a hard winter - ice forms bridges. You can walk across water, but be careful - the ice is slippery, and its difficult to judge how thick it is.
Wunjo = eighth Rune of the Elder Futhark
Isa = eleventh Rune of the Elder Futhark
Wunjo + Isa = 19 = Ehwaz, the Rune of Trust and Loyalty; a Rune that can only be fully understood through experience (it's a prime number) not learning and study alone. Together, these Runes tell us that our hanged man is not suffering. He has faith in the process that binds him like this. The world he sees from this perspective has more clarity for him than the other one.