The Thorn rune represents the sound 'Th' and depicts the thorn – as in the legend of Sleeping Beauty (German Ðornröschen), but this can be the Thorn of Awakening also. Ðorn – thorn; Ðornig – thorny; Ðurresdæg ~ Ðunresdæg ~ Thursday.
We associate the rune with Thunor the Thunderer and the thorn rune on its side is symbolic of his hammer and also the axe – which predates the hammer (as a symbol). The rune poem connects Thorn with the Thurs, who are the giants in Germanic myth.
We associate the rune with Thunor the Thunderer and the thorn rune on its side is symbolic of his hammer and also the axe – which predates the hammer (as a symbol). The rune poem connects Thorn with the Thurs, who are the giants in Germanic myth.