Cast Bronze Antler Pendant inscribed with the Elder Futhark Rune Mannaz on one face, and Dagaz on the opposite face. Both are etched at the top approx. 3/8” from the top flat edge of the pendant. A small hole through the bronze antler allows for a smooth leather cord to pass through. Pendant is strung on a generously long smooth 1/16” wide black leather cord.

Rune meanings (Source: runesecrets.com)

Mannaz:

Mannaz – “Man-az” – Literally: “Mankind” – Esoteric: Humankind, awareness

Rune of the Divine structure of intelligence in the human soul or psyche. Rune of the horizons of human existence and collective potential.

Psi: mind & memory (Hugin & Munin), the difference between human and all other life, development of the intellect, rational mind, perfected intelligence

Energy: psychic order of the gods reflected in humankind, projection of Self into time

Mundane: thinking, planning, analysis, the human condition, people at large (contemporary: the masses)

Divinations: Divine structure, sustainability, intelligence, awareness, social order, divine influence in life; or depression, mortality, blindness, self-delusion, collective suicide, bigotry, elitism, intellectual arrogance.

Governs:

Self-Actualization
Realization of the divine structure in humankind
Increase in intelligence, memory and mental powers (passing tests)
Unlocking the third-eye hvel, the “mind’s eye”
Activating the dynamics of your own inner Christus, or Higher Self
Awareness of our roles as co-creator with the gods and nature
Mental and spiritual potential

Dagaz:

Dagaz – “Day-gahz” – Literally: “Day” or Dawn – Esoteric: Awakening

Rune of the hyper-consciousness. The process of concept becoming realized.

Psi: paradoxical truth, incommunicable experience, conceptual realization, Enlightenment, satori

Energy: twilight/dawn polarity, non-dual reality, unity, synthesis, transmutation

Mundane: another day, daylight, the inevitability of dawn

Divinations: Awakening, awareness, hope-happiness, the ideal, paradigm shift; or lack of vision, sleep, blindness, hopelessness, cataclysmic change.

Governs:

Attaining the mystical moment through penetration of the secret of paradox or non-duality
Reception of mystical inspiration – the gift of Odin.
Disappearance and the act of becoming the invisible
Invisibility as an organizing principle of Higher Consciousness
Synthesis of right-left brain dynamics.
Transformation of one thing into its opposite
Integration of female and male into complete being

Pendant Measurements: 4 1/4” long x 1/2” at widest.

Leather cord: Hangs 17 1/2” from top of pendant to tie. May be retied for up to 1/2” longer, or shortened then excess cord snipped, if desired.

This bronze antler is made using traditional lost wax casting. The antler was polished without a patina to a high shine. The pendant has a solid, reassuring weight.

Handmade in Seattle, USA

Unisex. Recommended for everyone 15 years and over.