It was said that the All-Father hung himself from the World Ash for nine days to learn the esoteric meaning of runes. I never knew him to be a man of something other than one of stories and sacrifice. The myth is lost, of course—what transpired between the tree and my father is either lost to history or only they really knew what happened. There's power in words, in language, and in stories. The universe works in that implementation.

Thus, each rune has several meanings: phonetic, esoteric and what it means to you. Find all three.
    —L.