Rune tattoo ideas

59 photos and flash · 22% Geometric, 14% Fine line · Forearm most common

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Red line drawing of a Vegvisir, an eight-armed Norse compass symbol, surrounded by a ring of runic characters on a white background.
Vegvisir compass within a runic ring
White rune-like symbols on a teal painted canvas, each labelled with a word such as Strength, Wisdom, Luck, Grace, Hope or Love.
Rune-style symbols with word labels
Black line drawing of a Vegvisir compass design inside a circle of runes, shown on a plain white background with no body placement visible.
Vegvisir compass with runic ring
Neo-traditional flash design of a perforated triangular metal form overlapping gold and purple roses, green leaves and a red runic circle with blood drips.
Perforated pyramid with roses and runic circle
A chart of red Norse magical staves and runic symbols on a white background, each labelled with its name and intended meaning.
Norse magical staves and symbols chart
Line drawing of two ravens in green and blue ink, each with a column of runic characters across its body, shown as a tattoo design without placement.
Two ravens with runes
Black and white Norse sleeve design with runes, a Vegvisir and valknut symbols, shown beside a mock-up of the design on an upper arm.
Norse rune sleeve design with Vegvisir
Black and grey design of a wolf's head in profile inside a ring of runes, shown as a standalone drawing with no body placement.
Wolf within a runic circle
Black line drawings of eighteen angular rune-style symbols arranged in rows, each with a printed English label such as Love, Strength and Clairvoyant Sight.
Chart of labelled rune symbols
Grid chart of sixteen watercolour rune-style symbols, each with a printed English label such as Parabatai, Agility or Iratze, on a pale background.
Sixteen labelled watercolour rune designs
Black and grey drawing of a Norse hammer design flanked by two beast heads, with interlaced knotwork, spirals and runes across the top.
Norse hammer with beast heads and knotwork
Black line flash sheet of labelled rune designs, including balance, celerity, strength, hearing, keen sight, eyesight, flying rune, healing rune, fearless, alliance and portal rune.
Rune tattoo flash sheet
Black line design of a triangle with a circle and vertical line, a trident above, a bird with an arrow on the left, flames on the right and a rune below.
Triangle, circle and bird design with trident and flames
Silver-grey radial symbol with runic-style arms on a black background, shown as a standalone design rather than on skin.
Grey radial symbol with runic arms
Flash sheet of twenty black, angular rune-style symbols arranged in a grid, each with a printed label such as Love, Courage or Strength.
Rune symbol flash sheet, twenty designs
Black line drawing of a circular tattoo design with runic-style symbols around a central knot, framed by a Celtic knotwork border, with no body placement shown.
Runic compass in a Celtic knot circle
A three by three grid of nine square watercolour tiles, each with a black rune-like symbol and a printed word such as Fearless, Strength, Heal or Insight beneath it.
Nine rune symbols on watercolour tiles
Black line drawing of a radial Vegvísir-style compass symbol with arrow-like branches and runic marks on a cream background, shown as a design with no body placement.
Vegvísir compass symbol design
Reference sheet of black ink rune symbols arranged in rows, each with a printed English label such as abundance, agility, clarity and good luck.
Labelled rune symbol reference sheet
Black line drawing of a vegvisir-style compass design with arrow-tipped staves and symbols, enclosed by a ring of runic characters, on a white background.
Vegvisir compass with runic ring
A flash-style chart of black line symbols with small handwritten labels, resembling runic designs, with no tattoo on skin shown.
Chart of runic-style symbols and labels
Black and white chart of stylised rune symbols, each paired with a handwritten label such as Agility, Heal, Love and Strength.
Chart of labelled rune designs
White line drawing of a Vegvísir compass symbol inside a ring of runes on a black background.
Vegvísir compass with runic ring
Black design on a gold background showing a rune above the word PARABATAI, surrounded by lettering of a verse, shown as a tattoo design in lettering style with no body placement visible.
Parabatai rune with verse lettering
Vertical list of grey rune designs, each under a typewriter-style label such as Iratze, Speed, Parabatai and Clairvoyant Sight, under a Runes heading.
Rune tattoo designs with labels