← The 24 runes of the Elder Futhark
Algiz
- Literal meaning
- elk
- Associated concepts
- protection · shelter · higher connection
- Ætt
- Hagal's ætt
Algiz represents the elk, or perhaps the very gesture it draws: a raised hand, palm open. The Anglo-Saxon rune poem ties it to growing upward, something that stands upright no matter what. It's the rune of protection and the boundary being held, not of attack.