PERTH ( PERDHRO )

(Lot-cup)

What is not yet known or revealed, the essential self, taking a chance

In the earlier forms of rune reading there was not a blank rune, but Perthro served as the rune of destiny. For this reason I have not used a blank in this section, as it seems to duplicate Perthro

In the tradition of the early Northern peoples, gambling and divination were very close in function and decisions would be made from casting lots, (sometimes runes), whether to travel or to remain close to home, to fight or to take evasive tactics, for the fall of the dice or runes or whatever was cast, would indicate, it was believed the will of the gods.

However this was not a fixed fate and the gambler or diviner was expected to read his orlog or fate and then take appropriate action either to maximise good fortune or avoid any potential pitfalls.

There is a mention of Perthro only in the Anglo - Saxon poem which speaks of `play and laughter in the beer hall among bold men’.

`Testing their luck' which Vikings did both in lot-casting and then in the real world was a way the warriors discovered truths about their essential self, essence, the root person with both strengths and weakness, vices and virtues and so this too is an important attribute of perthro.