*Tyr's Aett
~Named after Tyr (Tiwaz)
~Names of 2 deities
~ideas and concepts --> world as seen by humans - specific significance in their
relationship to mankind
~psychological and spiritual effects for magic - emotion and human interaction

*Tiwaz
~Germanic god of law and reason - Tiwaz/Tir (Norse Tyr)
-Tuesday - Tiw's Day
~Justice, reason, leadership, neutrality
~objectively right and fair
~Merkstave - injustice, imbalance, irrationality
~On famous weapons - fairness in the heart of the weilder
~used by aurors, judges, city officials, diplomats, historians
~not used for specific spells - may be on jewllery

*Berkano
~Birch tree - perpetuation, renewal, fertility, growth
~merkstave - strife, infertility, stagnation
~used by midwives, marriage counsellors, family therapists
~Home rune - Berkano Wunjo Jera - Family Joy Harmony - inscribed in
Hufflepuff common room
~important to slytherins
~in potions - promote fertility
~spell therapy - PTSD - faith in others
~new wedding/child gifts
~rarely used in merkstave - usually vengeful/vindictive
~on horcrux locket

*Ehwaz
~horse
~Schreiber - how mankind relates: teamwork; partnership; transportation
~progress made with help of others
~merkstave - recklessness, discord, uncooperativeness
~on ships, promote teamwork
~sports teams, equestrian

*Mannaz
~humankind - creation and destruction; emotion and reason
~merkstave - worst of mankind - apathy and mortality
~reveal what is in your soul
~requires patients and careful thought
~talismans for objectivity

*Laguz
~water, the sea
~schreiber - intuition, unknown, profound, subconscious
~merkstave - madness, fear
~magic used to discover the unknown
~healing with mental illness - understand underlying elements

*Ingwaz
~God Ingwaz - earth god - fertility, peace, plenty - maleness, home, virtue
~schreiber - common sense, humility, caring, relaxation
~merkstave - sloth, unfairness
~spell craft - increase power of tools; sense of fair play

*Dagaz
~day
~schreiber - clarity, breakthrough, balance
~merkstave - endings, completion
~creative thinking, memory charms

*Othala
~birthplace, heritage, tradition
~Schreiber - community, homeland, ancestral property
~merkstave - intolerance, prejudice, clannishness
~magic affecting larger groups, communities
~cannot be used for individual - curses that target whole family
~unite a community against enemies, both good and bad ways