What is Runic calendar?
[[Image:Primstav.jpg|thumb|500px|Runic calendar - Norwegian - carved wood.]] The '''Runic calendar''' also ''Rune staff'' or ''Runic Almanac'' is a [[perpetual calendar]] based on the 19 year long [[Metonic cycle]] of the Moon. A typical Runic calendar consisted of several horizontal lines of symbols, one above the other. Special days like [[solstices]], [[equinoxes]], and celebrations (including [[Christian]] holidays and [[feasts]]) were marked with additional lines of symbols. == Other websites == * [http://www.monas.nl/think/runecalendars.htm An article on rune calendars] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070707073501/http://www.monas.nl/think/runecalendars.htm |date=2007-07-07 }} {{stub}} [[Category:Calendars]]