Tool to decrypt/encode messages with the Theban alphabet (also called alphabet of the sorcerers or Runes of Honorius) used by some religious of the Wiccan movement.
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Theban Alphabet
Theban Alphabet Decoder
Theban Alphabet Encoder
Tool to decrypt/encode messages with the Theban alphabet (also called alphabet of the sorcerers or Runes of Honorius) used by some religious of the Wiccan movement.
Answers to Questions
How to encrypt using Theban Alphabet cipher?
The Theban alphabet (or sorcerer's alphabet) has 24 symbols and the encryption of a message consists of replacing the letters with a Theban symbol / glyph according to the correspondence table:
| Letter | Symbol | Letter | Symbol | Letter | Symbol |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | .png) | B | .png) | C | .png) |
| D | .png) | E | .png) | F | .png) |
| G | .png) | H | .png) | I/J | .png) |
| K | .png) | L | .png) | M | .png) |
| N | .png) | O | .png) | P | .png) |
| Q | .png) | R | .png) | S | .png) |
| T | .png) | U/V/W | .png) | X | .png) |
| Y | .png) | Z | .png) | . | .png) |
Example: THEBES is translated
The character is used to end a sentence and is assimilated to a dot.
How to decrypt Theban Alphabet cipher?
The Theban alphabet decryption replaces each symbol with the corresponding letter according to the table above.
Example: is translated HONORIUS
How to recognize the Theban Alphabet?
The Theban symbols are similar to runes (runic alphabet), with an upper part similar to n, m or v, followed by a vertical line towards a lower part.
The alphabet was used in Ozzy Osbourne's album: Diary of a Madman, in the anime Hellsing Ultimate, in the manga Black Butler or in the comic book Phonogram.
When Theban Alphabet have been invented ?
The first reference to this alphabet dates from 1518 in the book of Johannes Trithemius which attributes it to Honorius of Thebes.
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