Wendehorn is a

pseudo-runic Pseudo-runes are letters that look like Germanic runes but are not true ancient runes. The term is mostly used of incised characters that are intended to imitate runes. Pseudo-runes in this sense are difficult to distinguish from cipher runes, whi ...

symbol resembling the

Tvimadur A Runic calendar (also Rune staff or Runic Almanac) is a perpetual calendar, variants of which were used in Northern Europe until the 19th century. A typical runic calendar consisted of several horizontal lines of symbols, one above the ot ...

symbol. It is allegedly a bindrune of the '' Man'' and '' Yr'' runes, symbolizing 'life' and 'death' respectively. The term is due to Guido von List's ''

Das Geheimnis der Runen Armanen runes (or ''Armanen Futharkh'') are 18 pseudo-runes, inspired by the historic Younger Futhark runes, invented by Austrian mysticist and Germanic revivalist Guido von List during a state of temporary blindness in 1902, and described in hi ...

'', where it does not figure as a full member of the

Armanen runes Armanen runes (or ''Armanen Futharkh'') are 18 pseudo-runes, inspired by the historic Younger Futhark runes, invented by Austrian mysticist and Germanic revivalist Guido von List during a state of temporary blindness in 1902, and described in hi ...

, but is mentioned in the context of the crescent moon being "the rune of Freya, who promotes childbirth." It was taken up by List's

Armanist Armanism and Ariosophy are esoteric ideological systems that were developed largely by Guido von List and Jörg Lanz von Liebenfels respectively, in Austria between 1890 and 1930. The term 'Ariosophy', which means the wisdom of the Aryans, was i ...

followers, such as Rudolf John Gorsleben, and Siegfried Adolf Kummer and is still in use in

Irminenschaft Armanism and Ariosophy are esoteric ideological systems that were developed largely by Guido von List and Jörg Lanz von Liebenfels respectively, in Austria between 1890 and 1930. The term 'Ariosophy', which means the wisdom of the Aryans, was in ...

and Armanenschaft-inspired esotericism today (

Karl Spiesberger Karl Spiesberger (29 October 1904 – 1 January 1992) was a German mystic, occultist, Germanic revivalist and Runosophist. He is most well known for his revivalism and usage of the Sidereal Pendulum for divination and dowsing and for his anti-r ...

, Karl Hans Welz,

Adolf Schleipfer Adolf (also spelt Adolph or Adolphe, Adolfo and when Latinised Adolphus) is a given name used in German-speaking countries, Scandinavia, the Netherlands and Flanders, France, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Latin America and to a lesser extent in vari ...

Larry E. Camp Larry is a masculine given name in English, derived from Lawrence or Laurence. It can be a shortened form of those names. Larry may refer to the following: People Arts and entertainment *Larry D. Alexander, American artist/writer *Larry Boone, ...

Karl Maria Wiligut Karl Maria Wiligut (alias Weisthor, Jarl Widar, Lobesam; 10 December 1866 – 3 January 1946) was an Austrian occultist and SS-Brigadeführer. Early life Wiligut was baptised a Roman Catholic in Vienna. At the age of 14, he joined the ''Kadetten ...

utilised this symbol, referring to it as 'Wend-horn', in his own runic row but did not develop his runic row until 1934 and the Wendehorn is mentioned in List 1908,

Gorsleben Gorsleben is a village and a former municipality in the district Kyffhäuserkreis, in Thuringia, Germany. Since 1 January 2019, it is part of the town An der Schmücke An der Schmücke is a town in the district Kyffhäuserkreis, in Thuringia, Ge ...

1930 and

Kummer Kummer is a German surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Bernhard Kummer (1897–1962), German Germanist *Clare Kummer (1873—1958), American composer, lyricist and playwright *Clarence Kummer (1899–1930), American jockey * Christo ...

1932. Its earliest reference in contemporary times is in the many works of Guido von List, of which many are published before 1908.

Karl Spießberger Karl Spiesberger (29 October 1904 – 1 January 1992) was a German mystic, occultist, Germanic revivalist and Runosophist. He is most well known for his revivalism and usage of the Sidereal Pendulum for divination and dowsing and for his anti-r ...

in his 1955 ''Runenmagie'' identified it as a combination of "male ''Man''" and "female ''Yr''", symbolizing a

hierosgamos ''Hieros gamos'', hieros (ἱερός) meaning "holy" or "sacred" and gamos (γάμος) meaning marriage, or Hierogamy (Ancient Greek, Greek , "holy marriage"), is a sacred marriage that plays out between a god (male deity), god and a goddess, ...

. The Wendehorn appears in "runic massage".

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*Spießberger, Karl - Runenmagie, 1955 *von List, Guido - Das Geheimnis der Runen, 1908 (GvLB no 1) *John Gorsleben, Rudolf - Hoch-Zeit der Menschheit, 1930 *Kummer, Siegfried Adolf - Heilige Runenmacht, 1932 *Widar, Jarl - Whispering of Gotos - Rune-Knowledge rom Hagal 11 (1934), Heft 7, pp. 7–15*Flowers, Dr. Stephen E. and Moynihan, Michael - The Secret King (2001) Guido von List Runes in Germanic mysticism {{writingsystem-stub

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