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tyr's aett · position 24

Othala

ancestral property, heritage · phoneme “o

othala is the land your grandmother's grandmother stood on. some things are inherited whether you asked for them or not.


she signifies

inheritancehomelegacyancestors

The final rune, and a closing of the circle back to origin — inherited wealth, ancestral home, the legacy carried forward whether it was chosen or not. Othala asks what's worth keeping from what came before, and what's worth setting down.

merkstave — reversed

symmetrical. she reads the same both ways.