Myths and Symbols in Pagan Europe: Early Scandinavian and Celtic Religions
10 best books like Myths and Symbols in Pagan Europe: Early Scandinavian and Celtic Religions (Hilda Roderick Ellis Davidson): Maurice, The Prose Edda, The Triumph of the Moon: A History of Modern Pagan Witchcraft, The Nibelungenlied, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, The Lais of Marie de France, Celtic Myths and Legends, Magic in the Middle Ages, The Ancient Celts, Fire in the Head: Shamanism and the Celtic Spirit
| Author | E.M. Forster |
| ISBN | 0393310329 |
Maurice is heartbroken over unrequited love, which opened his heart and mind to his own sexual identity. In order to be true to himself, he goes against the grain of society’s often unspoken rules of class, wealth, and politics.
Forster understood that his homage to same-sex love, if published...
| Author | Snorri Sturluson |
| ISBN | 0140447555 |
'What was the beginning, or how did things start? What was there before?'
The Prose Edda is the most renowned of all works of Scandinavian literature and our most extensive source for Norse mythology. Written in Iceland a century after the close of the Viking Age, it tells ancient stories...
The Triumph of the Moon: A History of Modern Pagan Witchcraft
| Author | Ronald Hutton |
| ISBN | 0192854496 |
Here is a book that brings witchcraft out of the shadows. The Triumph of the Moon is the first full-scale study of the only religion England has ever given the world--modern pagan witchcraft, otherwise known as wicca. Meticulously researched, it provides a thorough account of an ancient religion that...
| Author | Unknown |
| ISBN | 0140441379 |
Written by an unknown author in the twelfth century, this powerful tale of murder and revenge reaches back to the earliest epochs of German antiquity, transforming centuries-old legend into a masterpiece of chivalric drama. Siegfried, a great prince of the Netherlands, wins the hand of the beautiful...
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
| Author | Unknown |
| ISBN | 0451528182 |
Contains the greatest "OH FUCK" moment in medieval literature!
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight - listed here as written by Unknown, though I believe it may have been penned by that prolific Greek author Anonymous - is a classic tale from Arthurian legend in which the code of honor attributed...
| Author | Marie de France |
| ISBN | 0140447598 |
This is a prose translation of the lais or poems attributed to Marie de France. Little is known of her but she was probably the Abbess of the abbey at Shaftesbury in the late 12th century, illegitimate daughter of Geoffrey Plantagenet and hence the half-sister of Henry II of England. It was to a king, and...
| Author | Peter Berresford Ellis |
| ISBN | 0786711078 |
This is an enchantingly told collection of the stirring sagas of gods and goddesses, fabulous beasts, strange creatures, and such heroes as Cuchulain, Fingal, and King Arthur from the ancient Celtic world. Included are popular myths and legends from all six Celtic cultures of Western Europe-Irish,...
| Author | Richard Kieckhefer |
| ISBN | 0521785766 |
How was magic practiced in medieval times? How did it relate to the diverse beliefs and practices that characterized this fascinating period? Richard Kieckhefer surveys the growth and development of magic in medieval times. He examines its relation to religion, science, philosophy, art, literature...
| Author | Barry W. Cunliffe |
| ISBN | 0140254226 |
The archetypal `barbarians from the north', the Celts were feared for their ferocity in battle and admired as skilled craftsmen. For two and half thousand years the Celts have continued to fascinate all who have come into contact with them. THE ANCIENT CELTS presents an absorbing account of the tribes...
| Author | Tom Cowan |
| ISBN | 0062501747 |
In 'The Song of Wandering Aengus' William Butler Yeats refers to the ‘fire in the head’ that characterises the visionary experience. Tom Cowan has pursued this theme in a lyrical cross-cultural exploration of shamanism and the Celtic imagination that examines the myths and tales of the ancient...
| Author | Prudence J. Jones |
| ISBN | 0415373336 |
With this second edition bringing the books completely up to date with analysis of recent work in the area, A History of Pagan Europe is the first comprehensive study of its kind, and establishes Paganism as a persistent force in European history with a profound influence on modern thinking.
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