Letters are indeed interesting things. The logo I posted is Algiz (also Elhaz) is the name conventionally given to the "z-rune" แ of the Elder Futhark runic alphabet. Its transliteration is z, understood as a phoneme of the Proto-Germanic language, the terminal *z continuing Proto-Indo-European terminal *
The Elder Futhark rune แ is conventionally called Algiz or Elhaz, from the Common Germanic word for "elk". Modern usage
"Life rune"
Nazi-era pharmacy logo with the white "life rune".[8]
Contemporary (1999) use of the "life rune"/"death rune" notation in a grave marker in Niederaula, Germany. Such usage of the "Totenrune" saw a resurgence during the Nazi era.[9]
The Man and Yr runes in Guido von List's Armanen Futharkh were based on the Younger Futhark. List's runes were later adopted and modified by Karl Maria Wiligut who was responsible for their adoptions in Nazi occultism. Both List and Wiligut have an "Yr" rune of the same shape as the Younger Futhark Yr rune.
In this context, the Man rune (identical in shape to the Elder Futhark Algiz) came to be understood in the Germanic mysticism of the early 20th century as symbolizing "life" and called the "life rune" (German: Lebensrune). This term occurs as early as the 1920s in the literature of Germanic mysticism,[10] and it came to be widely used within the Nazi Party and Nazi Germany, e.g. in official prescriptions for the various uniforms of the Sturmabteilung.[11]
The Yr rune came to be seen as the "life rune" inverted and interpreted as "death rune" (Todesrune) During the World War II era, these two runes (แ for "born", แฆ for "died") came to be used in obituaries and on tomb stones as marking birth and death dates, replacing asterisk and cross symbols (* for "born", โ for "died") conventionally used in this context in Germany. It has always been clear that this association is an innovation of modern esotericism, without direct precedent in the medieval usage of the Younger Futhark alphabet. This fact was pointed out in an article in the German journal Stimmen der Zeit as early as in 1940.[12]
After 1945, the term "life rune" continued to be used as vรถlkisch nationalism. Contemporary examples include use by the American National Alliance (as of 2007),[13] and in reference to the Algiz rune in the logo of the Flemish nationalist Voorpost as levensrune (as of 2016).[14]
The term "death rune" has been used in the context of esotericist or occultist aesthetics associated with Black Metal, in the name of Deathrune Records (as of 2011), formerly Die Todesrune Records, a minor Black Metal record label.[15]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algiz
Funny thing about these runes. Some are born with it, some are given it, some take it, and some leave it.
The force is the same, the difference is in who you are serving.