Othala

Othala is the ancestral home and the inheritance passed down through a family: land, heritage, and belonging. It honors those who came before.

Uses

• Honoring ancestors
• Home and family
• Inheritance

Rune

ᛟ

Sound

o

Meaning

Ancestral land, inheritance

Aett

Tyr's Aett, rune 8 of 8

Upright

Heritage, home, ancestors, inheritance

Reversed

Loss of home, prejudice, rootlessness

Rune poems

Old English

Working with it

Set a photo or keepsake of an ancestor beside a candle marked with Othala. Tell them one thing about your life now.