Odinism and Anglo-Germanic Heathenism
Top 10 Odinism and Anglo-Germanic Heathenism
: The Poetic Edda, The Agricola and The Germania, Exploring the Northern Tradition: A Guide to the Gods, Lore, Rites, and Celebrations From the Norse, German, and Anglo-Saxon Traditions, The Nibelungenlied, The Prose Edda, Northern Mysteries and Magick: Runes & Feminine Powers, The Saga of the Volsungs, Gods and Myths of Northern Europe, Futhark: A Handbook of Rune Magic, The Vinland Sagas: The Norse Discovery of America
| Author | Snorri Sturluson |
| ISBN | 0292764995 |
The Poetic Edda comprises a treasure trove of mythic and spiritual verse holding an important place in Nordic culture, literature, and heritage. Its tales of strife and death form a repository, in poetic form, of Norse mythology and heroic lore, embodying both the ethical views and the cultural life...
| Author | Tacitus |
| ISBN | 0140442413 |
The Agricola is both a portrait of Julius Agricola - the most famous governor of Roman Britain and Tacitus' well-loved and respected father-in-law - and the first detailed account of Britain that has come down to us. It offers fascinating descriptions of the geography, climate and peoples of the country,...
Exploring the Northern Tradition: A Guide to the Gods, Lore, Rites, and Celebrations From the Norse, German, and Anglo-Saxon Traditions
| Author | Galina Krasskova |
| ISBN | 1564147916 |
I got this book because 1. I am so sick of Wicca and 2. I thought it was time to investigate my Bavarian Swiss and Anglo-Saxon sides. (The Scots-Irish side can't take up all my reading time!)
It's a slim book, but I think it is good for beginners like me. She really describes the modern Heathen communities...
| 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...
| 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...
Northern Mysteries and Magick: Runes & Feminine Powers
| Author | Freya Aswynn |
| ISBN | 1567180477 |
Bring the power of the ancient runes into your life for divination and magic with Northern Mysteries & Magick (revised edition of Leaves of Yggdrasil) by Freya Aswynn.
The runes are more than an ancient alphabet. They comprise a powerful system of divination and a path to the subconscious...
| Author | Anonymous |
| ISBN | 0140447385 |
Based on Viking Age poems, The Saga of the Volsungs combines mythology, legend and sheer human drama. At its heart are the heroic deeds of Sigurd the dragon slayer who acquires magical knowledge from one of Odin's Valkyries. Yet it is also set in a very human world, incorporating strands from the oral...
| Author | Hilda Roderick Ellis Davidson |
| ISBN | 0140136274 |
Tiw, Woden, Thunor, Frig. these ancient northern deities gave their names to the very days of our week. Nevertheless, most of us know far more of Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus, and the classical deities. Recent researches in archaeology and mythology have added to what was already a fairly consistent...
Futhark: A Handbook of Rune Magic
| Author | Edred Thorsson |
| ISBN | 0877285489 |
In giving us "Futhark, " the author re-initiates us into our heritage, explaining the mysteries of a profound system of thought and practice which underlies our developing Western culture. Both the spiritual heritage of ancient runic lore and the practical steps we can take to draw on rune power are...
The Vinland Sagas: The Norse Discovery of America
| Author | Unknown |
| ISBN | 0140441549 |
One of the most arresting stories in the history of exploration, these two Icelandic sagas tell of the discovery of America by Norsemen five centuries before Christopher Columbus. Together, the direct, forceful twelfth-century Grænlendinga Saga and the more polished and scholarly Eirik's Saga,...
The Road to Hel: A Study of the Conception of the Dead in Old Norse Literature
| Author | Hilda Roderick Ellis Davidson |
| ISBN | 0837100704 |
Using sagas, so called "myth", archaeological finds and first hand historical sources Davidson constructs Norse Pagan belief and customs pertaining to death, funeral customs, the afterlife, the spirit world, conception of the soul, necromancy and more.
Once again I'm blown away by Davidsons...
| Author | Poul Anderson |
| ISBN | 0671654268 |
Poul Anderson has long been known for his love affair with the legends and myths of the great Norse heroes. Coordinating, translating, re-telling the scattered heroic literature could only be the work of a scholar and a lover of the genre. That Mr. Anderson also happens to be a talented writer is our great...
| Author | Brian Bates |
| ISBN | 1401905013 |
This book changed my life...for the better...made me look at the world in an entirely different way.
I also liked how it is a novel based on or inspired by a true story.
The novel is set in 6th Century England when the pagans still controlled the land. It's based on a real manuscript found that...
Earth Power: Techniques of Natural Magic (Llewellyn's Practical Magick)
| Author | Scott Cunningham |
| ISBN | 0875421210 |
The ways of magic are revealed in nature . . . The secrets are written in meandering streams and drifting clouds, whispered by the roaring ocean and cooling breeze, echoed through caves and rocks and forests.
When you draw a heart in the sand, call on the four winds for assistance, or ask the rain...
Earth, Air, Fire & Water: More Techniques of Natural Magic
| Author | Scott Cunningham |
| ISBN | 0875421318 |
The meat and potatoes of European folk magic, the actual craft the witches of old used to practice. This is pure spellcraft at it's finest. The book is backed by years of research and experimentation. This book continues where his first book ,Earth Power, left off. This book is a must.
Natural...
Cunningham's Encyclopedia of Magical Herbs (Llewellyn's Sourcebook Series)
| Author | Scott Cunningham |
| ISBN | 0875421229 |
Do you work magic with herbs? Do you use them in spells, for talismans or simply use their innate powers? If you don't have Cunningham's Encyclopedia of Magical Herbs, you need to get it right away. This book has become a classic in its field. Paul Beyerl, a respected author on herbs calls it "…an essential...
Living Wicca: A Further Guide for the Solitary Practitioner
| Author | Scott Cunningham |
| ISBN | 0875421849 |
Librarian note: an alternate cover for this edition can be found here.
Selling more than 200,000 copies, Living Wicca has helped countless solitary practitioners blaze their own spiritual paths. Let the wise words of Scott Cunningham guide you toward a new level of practice.
Living...
| Author | Saxo Grammaticus |
| ISBN | 0859915026 |
In the early years of the thirteenth century the Danish writer Saxo Grammaticus provided his people with a History of the Danes, an account of their glorious past from the legendary kings and heroes of Denmark to the historical present. It is one of the major sources for the heroic and mythological traditions...
| Author | Hilda Roderick Ellis Davidson |
| ISBN | 0600342808 |
Not bad, a good collection of facts about old Scandinavian beliefs. The writing is good for the most part. My problem with the book is the tone is biased from a Christian standpoint. Thus 3 stars instead of 4 since it made it sound condescending towards viking beliefs.
1) all the other books in...
| Author | Hilda Roderick Ellis Davidson |
| ISBN | 0815624417 |
Most people know of Valhalla, the World-Tree and the gods of Norse mythology, or the strange hunts and voyages of the ancient Irish tales. Yet, few people realize the significance of the similarities and contrasts between the religions of the pre-Christian people of north-western Europe. The Celts...
The Real Middle-Earth: Magic and Mystery in the Dark Ages
| Author | Brian Bates |
| ISBN | 0330491709 |
I was given this book as a present and was happy to get rid of it.
The author makes some big assumptions that are never proven for example that the religious world of the Norse was the same as that of the pagan Anglo-Saxons despite six hundred years difference and God alone knows how much influence...
| Author | Peter Vilhelm Glob |
| ISBN | 1590170903 |
One spring morning two men cutting peat in a Danish bog uncovered a well-preserved body of a man with a noose around his neck. Thinking they had stumbled upon a murder victim, they reported their discovery to the police, who were baffled until they consulted the famous archaeologist P.V. Glob. Glob identified...
Written around AD 1200 by an unnamed Icelandic author, the Orkneyinga Saga is an intriguing fusion of myth, legend and history. The only medieval chronicle to have Orkney as the central place of action, it tells of an era when the islands were still part of the Viking world, beginning with their conquest...
| Author | H. Rider Haggard |
| ISBN | 0878770100 |
The Saga of Eric Brighteyes is the title of an epic Viking novel by H. Rider Haggard, and concerns the adventures of its eponymous principal character in 10th century Iceland. Eric Thorgrimursson (nicknamed "Brighteyes" for his most notable trait), strives to win the hand of his beloved, Gudruda the...
