Re: Hairo Redone

Thanks for the approval, guys.  ;o)


--- In conlang@yahoogroups.com, Henrik Theiling <theiling@A...> wrote:

> I'd like to repeat my question I asked when you posted the link on
> lostlang: what are the two types of runes used for, or do they
> correspond to different times?
They come from the two geographically separate surviving
Hairon cultures (Rügen, Gotland).  The cultures were in
contact with each other, but not very tightly so.  The
corpus of Gotland runes is very limited and generally
older than the Rügen letters, so it's hard to tell
whether they're their siblings or ancestors.

Note that the symbol for "Goddess" is the sun in Gotland,
but was supplanted by the general symbol for "woman" in
Codex (man symbol with breast bar).

Hairon religion is very dual.  Sowing, herding, water,
earth, sun, language and wisdom are attributed to the
Goddess; harvest, hunting, fire, metal, moon, action and
reason are the God's realm.  Sexuality is holy to both.
There was initially no hierarchy between the two, though
the Hairon culture was matrilinear.  Villages, towns and
realms were rules by a man and a woman (usually not a
couple) for balance.  In the last few centuries, the
Goddess probably gained in importance in opposition to
Goddess-less Christianity.



-- Christian Thalmann