--- title: "Viking Runes" url: "https://www.stokesleypa.org.uk/blog/2019-01-18-15-20-15-viking-runes" school: "Stokesley Primary Academy" --- # Viking Runes ![Image of Viking Runes](https://files.schudio.com/stokesley-community-primary-school-2/images/blog/IMG_0399%5B1%5D.JPG) 18 January 2019 [Year Three Blog](https://www.stokesleypa.org.uk/blog/category/year-three-blog) Today we discovered that the Vikings thought that their alphabet was made up of more than letters. They believed each letter, or rune, had magical powers. During art, we had a go at writing our own names in runes. [ Varmints](https://www.stokesleypa.org.uk/blog/2019-01-18-13-47-00-varmints) [Keeping fit and P.E. fun ](https://www.stokesleypa.org.uk/blog/2019-01-21-13-39-06-keeping-fit-and-p-e-fun) ![Stokesley Primary Academy](https://files.schudio.com/stokesley-community-primary-school-2/images/logo/Stokesley-Logo.png) ### Stokesley Primary Academy No.5 Springfield Stokesley North Yorkshire TS9 5EW 01642 711071 ### Social Media - [X](https://twitter.com/Stokesley_PA) © Copyright 2026 Stokesley Primary Academy School & Trust Websites by [ ![Schudio logo](https://www.stokesleypa.org.uk/img/logo/light.png) ](https://www.schudio.com/)