Wendehorn is apseudo-runic symbol resembling theTvimadur symbol, akin to a historicalbindrune, consisting of the equally pseudy-runic symbols of theLebensrune ("life rune") ᛘ andTodesrune ᛦ ("death rune"), symbolizing 'life' and 'death' respectively. The term is due toGuido von List'sDas Geheimnis der Runen, where it does not figure as a full member of theArmanen runes, but is mentioned in the context of the crescent moon being "the rune ofFreya, who promotes childbirth."
It was taken up by List'sArmanist followers, such asRudolf John Gorsleben,[1] andSiegfried Adolf Kummer[2] and is still in use inIrminenschaft andArmanenschaft-inspired esotericism today (Karl Spiesberger,[3]Karl Hans Welz,[4][5]Adolf Schleipfer,Larry E. Camp[6]).
Karl Maria Wiligut utilised this symbol,[7] referring to it as 'Wend-horn', in hisown runic row but did not develop his runic row until 1934 and the Wendehorn is mentioned inList 1908,Gorsleben 1930 andKummer 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 in his 1955Runenmagie identified it as a combination of "maleMan" and "femaleYr", symbolizing ahierosgamos.
The Wendehorn appears in "runic massage".[8][9]
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