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    I know that traditionally runes and bones are different forms of divination, but something is telling me to make a rune set carved into bones. What if any any issues could arise by combining the two? Has it ever been done? Or am I just crazy?

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    I think I've heard of antlers being used for that purpose and that's bone. Don't quote me on it though.
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      #3
      Originally posted by Lady Fang View Post
      I know that traditionally runes and bones are different forms of divination, but something is telling me to make a rune set carved into bones. What if any any issues could arise by combining the two? Has it ever been done? Or am I just crazy?
      Cant see why not.
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        Originally posted by Lady Fang View Post
        I know that traditionally runes and bones are different forms of divination, but something is telling me to make a rune set carved into bones. What if any any issues could arise by combining the two? Has it ever been done? Or am I just crazy?
        If the runespirits are amenable, then there is no problem with this.

        Anyone who tries to tell you that you MUST make runes a certain way doesn't know their history very well. We actually can't even verify that runes were historically used for divination, let along how they were made or what they were made of. So no, there are no rules about how you can or can't make runes.

        The only thing I would be careful of is combing the divination system... as in, if you try to mix the meanings of the bones with the meanings of the runes into a single system. In my experience, it doesn't really work that way. But choosing a bone that resonates with the runespirit and then reading the tunes... I see nothing wrong with that.

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          Re: little bit of puzzlement

          Originally posted by Lady Fang View Post
          I know that traditionally runes and bones are different forms of divination, but something is telling me to make a rune set carved into bones. What if any any issues could arise by combining the two? Has it ever been done? Or am I just crazy?
          'Bones' used in divination are traditionally sheep's or goat's knuckles. When cast, they come up 'heads or tails' (that's over-simplifying, but you get the idea). Carving runes in bone is OK, I've done it many times. For what it's worth, there are many examples of runesters carving in bone in the Sagas.

          Originally posted by Shahaku View Post
          I think I've heard of antlers being used for that purpose and that's bone. Don't quote me on it though.
          Technically speaking, antler is a hair-like substance, not bone. Antler is great for carving in, too, but the center can be a bit porous sometimes.
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            #6
            Originally posted by Rick View Post
            Technically speaking, antler is a hair-like substance, not bone. Antler is great for carving in, too, but the center can be a bit porous sometimes.
            Antler is like fingernail eh?
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            Seen the desert and the birds
            You cut your hair short
            Like a shush to an insult
            The world had been yelling
            Since the day you were born
            Revolting with anger
            While it smiled like it was cute
            That everything was shit.

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              Originally posted by Heka View Post
              Antler is like fingernail eh?
              Maybe. My HS biology class was toooo long ago...
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              Clan of my Clan
              Kin of my Kin
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              For the Yule was upon them, the Yule; and they quaffed from the skulls of the slain,
              And shouted loud oaths in hoarse wit, and long quaffing swore laughing again.

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                Originally posted by Rick View Post
                Maybe. My HS biology class was toooo long ago...
                Nerd alert :XD:

                Hair, nails, claws, hooves, scales (of reptiles), beaks, feathers, the shells of tortoise and turtles, as well as horns and antlers (which is just a specific form of horns really) are all made of keratin, which is a form of protein. So yes they're "the same thing", sort of.
                For those who are interested in more can pop on over to the article on wikipedia.
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                  Re: little bit of puzzlement

                  I pretty much am of the school of make them out of whatever you want, and what ever you feel is right for you. I've made multiple sets over the years, from stone to wood to clay to glass, but the most recent set I made have been the ones I have connected to the most. They are made out of British one-pound coins that I filed all iconography off of until I had smooth disks of nickel and brass. I then carved the runes into them. There's something very satisfying and comforting about the size and weight of them. Though, I will be making a new set in the near future out of pewter, melting down chunks of it and casting them into a mold of my own making.

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                    #10
                    Re: little bit of puzzlement

                    Thanks. I don't think I would read them like bones as I'm nowhere near familiar with that. But I do think that I would try to find a bone that resonated for each individual rune. May be while to collect all that I need seeing as I have to figure out where to find some bones at.

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                      Re: little bit of puzzlement

                      Originally posted by Lady Fang View Post
                      Thanks. I don't think I would read them like bones as I'm nowhere near familiar with that. But I do think that I would try to find a bone that resonated for each individual rune. May be while to collect all that I need seeing as I have to figure out where to find some bones at.
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                        Re: little bit of puzzlement

                        Originally posted by Lady Fang View Post
                        Thanks. I don't think I would read them like bones as I'm nowhere near familiar with that. But I do think that I would try to find a bone that resonated for each individual rune. May be while to collect all that I need seeing as I have to figure out where to find some bones at.
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                        Clan of my Clan
                        Kin of my Kin
                        Blood of my Blood



                        For the Yule was upon them, the Yule; and they quaffed from the skulls of the slain,
                        And shouted loud oaths in hoarse wit, and long quaffing swore laughing again.

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                          Originally posted by Lady Fang View Post
                          Thanks. I don't think I would read them like bones as I'm nowhere near familiar with that. But I do think that I would try to find a bone that resonated for each individual rune. May be while to collect all that I need seeing as I have to figure out where to find some bones at.
                          What are you looking for?

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                            #14
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                            Not sure what I'm looking for your exactly... I'm one of those gotta touch and feel it people. I live in a rural community so it shouldn't be too hard to come across some bones here and there. I got a few gopher turtle claws lying around the house where my father in law found a carcass a few years back...I may use one or two of those, because with one income and two kids buying things are a last resort. I have to be creative.

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                              #15
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                              You can also try The Bone Room.

                              Also, if you are on LiveJournal there is a community there who sell and swap bones, fur, hides and other bits and pieces. Many of them will barter if there are other things that they may need (either animal bits or otherwise), so you may not need actual money, just some goods you can barter.

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