Fe

Meaning: Animals in particular cattle, domestic animals.
Symbolises: Riches, success.
Mythology: Frey (Twin brother of Freya)
Fylgja: Deer, boar, hog.
Class Karl
Tree: Hazel
Plant:Barley
Day: Friday
Old Norwegian Rune Rhyme:
Money causes strife among kinsmen;
The wolf grows up in the woods.

Fe implies wealth, success, and fertility but these things are meaningless unless shared and freely distributed to those who have need of them. A herd of cattle can be acquired quite easily and quickly, by purchase, by theft, or even by accident should unbranded cattle wander onto your land. But just as easily they can be lost by accident, rustlers, or by hungry wolves. Also if the whole herd is slaughtered at once there will be no breeding stock for the future. It is a kind of wealth that must be nurtured and cared for and not used greedily or carelessly. The rune poem refers to the jealousy and strife that can arise from sudden increases in wealth. The strife that can come from that wealth can draw your attention inward and prevent you from noticing other dangers, the wolf in the woods that waits to kill unguarded cattle. This rune is also associated with the story of Frey and Gerda, the story goes that one day Frey sat in Odin's chair and saw the nine worlds. As he had not been properly prepared for this he was unable to cope with seeing everything. Frey saw Gerda and was paralysed by her beauty. As the god of fertility the sexual attraction stunned Frey and he was aware of a desire so powerful that he never dared hope that it could be fulfilled. With such strong feelings he was unable to act. He instructed Skirnir, his servant, to take his sword and his horse to her as tokens of love. This act succeeded in winning Gerda's heart but at the battle on the day of Ragnarock, being deprived of his sword he was unable to defend himself, fell to the giant Surt.

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