OUGD502: My Brand: Nordic Runes

I have found out that hexagon holds a key position even in such mystical philosophic systems as the Nordic 'Runes shown below.  

The Runes are an ancient system of thought that belongs to the Northern European cultural tradition. The Runes are apparently prehistoric in origin.  In its most elaborate form - a form called the hexagonal lattice. The shamans identified this shape called HAGAL as the Mother Rune. As such, HAGAL encapsulated the seven days of the week and the twelve months of the year, thus symbolizing incremental, seasonal cycles of time. The hexagonal lattice is indeed found in nature too, influencing such fundamental configurations as the shape of beehives and the organization of self-ordering systems of certain marine algae.