Study of Ancient Runes

The Study of Ancient Runes is an elective course at Hogwarts, that can be taken by students third year and above. It is taught by Professor Bathsheda Babbling. Hermione Granger is a student known to be taking this class, though It is possible that Luna Lovegood might also have taken this class as when Harry Potter first meets her on the Hogwarts Express she is reading a section in The Quibbler that contains Ancient Runes which if turned on their heads supposedly reveal a spell that turns your enemy’s ears into kumquats. Ancient Runes is a mostly theoretical subject that studies the ancient runic scripts of magic.

Words learned in this class
So far, we only know two words and their English translations, and since both words are Old Norse Runes (Futhark), it is likely that the students learned the rest. Hermione mixes these two words up on her Ancient Runes O.W.L. exam.

Required Reading

 * Ancient Runes Made Easy
 * Magical Hieroglyphs and Logograms
 * Spellman's Syllabary
 * Advanced Rune Translation