Scandinavia
Rune Casting — The Norse Alphabet of Fate
Twenty-four angular letters the Vikings carved into stone and bone — each one an oracle.
The runes of the Elder Futhark were never just an alphabet: each of the twenty-four carries a name and a meaning — wealth, hail, harvest, joy. Cast onto a cloth or drawn from a pouch, they answer questions in stark northern images.
Norse myth says Odin hung nine nights on the world-tree to win the runes' secret. Modern casters draw one rune for the day, or three for past, present and future.