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Essential Asatru: Walking the Path of Norse Paganism (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as asatru)
avg rating 3.93 — 821 ratings — published 2006
Exploring the Northern Tradition: A Guide to the Gods, Lore, Rites, and Celebrations From the Norse, German, and Anglo-Saxon Traditions (Exploring Series)
by (shelved 8 times as asatru)
avg rating 3.82 — 500 ratings — published 2005
The Prose Edda: Norse Mythology (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as asatru)
avg rating 4.15 — 16,232 ratings — published 1220
The Saga of the Volsungs (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as asatru)
avg rating 4.00 — 7,125 ratings — published 1000
A Practical Heathen's Guide to Asatru (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as asatru)
avg rating 3.94 — 484 ratings — published 2013
Odin's Chosen: A Hanbook of Asatru (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as asatru)
avg rating 4.00 — 13 ratings — published 2015
The Nine Doors of Midgard: A Complete Curriculum of Rune Magic (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as asatru)
avg rating 4.11 — 179 ratings — published 1991
Futhark: A Handbook of Rune Magic (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as asatru)
avg rating 4.05 — 1,097 ratings — published 1983
A Book Of Troth (Llewellyn's Teutonic Magick Series)
by (shelved 5 times as asatru)
avg rating 3.85 — 104 ratings — published 1991
Taking Up the Runes: A Complete Guide to Using Runes in Spells, Rituals, Divination, and Magic (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as asatru)
avg rating 4.29 — 658 ratings — published
The Poetic Edda: Stories of the Norse Gods and Heroes (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as asatru)
avg rating 4.26 — 12,885 ratings — published 1270
The Well and the Tree: World and Time in Early Germanic Culture (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as asatru)
avg rating 4.31 — 58 ratings — published
Gods and Myths of Northern Europe (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as asatru)
avg rating 4.08 — 2,178 ratings — published 1964
Runelore: The Magic, History, and Hidden Codes of the Runes (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as asatru)
avg rating 4.11 — 386 ratings — published 1987
Northern Magic: Rune Mysteries and Shamanism (Llewellyn's World Magic Series)
by (shelved 3 times as asatru)
avg rating 3.77 — 291 ratings — published 1992
D'Aulaires' Book of Norse Myths (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as asatru)
avg rating 4.39 — 4,554 ratings — published 1967
Norse Mythology (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as asatru)
avg rating 4.10 — 348,033 ratings — published 2017
A Dictionary of Northern Mythology (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as asatru)
avg rating 4.43 — 219 ratings — published 1984
Norse Mythology: A Guide to Gods, Heroes, Rituals, and Beliefs (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as asatru)
avg rating 4.10 — 1,403 ratings — published 2001
The Sagas of Icelanders (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as asatru)
avg rating 4.31 — 4,295 ratings — published 1997
Heimskringla: or, The Lives of the Norse Kings (Dover Literature: Biographical)
by (shelved 3 times as asatru)
avg rating 4.19 — 1,429 ratings — published 1230
Northern Tradition for the Solitary Practitioner: A Book of Prayer, Devotional Practice, and the Nine Worlds of Spirit (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as asatru)
avg rating 4.07 — 242 ratings — published 2009
The Vinland Sagas: The Norse Discovery of America (Penguin Classics)
by (shelved 3 times as asatru)
avg rating 3.80 — 1,486 ratings — published 1965
A Handbook of Norse Mythology (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as asatru)
avg rating 3.48 — 93 ratings — published 2003
The Rites of Odin (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as asatru)
avg rating 3.24 — 199 ratings — published 2002
Leaves of Yggdrasil: Runes, Gods, Magic, Feminine Mysteries, and Folklore (Llewellyn's Teutonic Magick Series)
by (shelved 3 times as asatru)
avg rating 4.18 — 116 ratings — published 1988
The Northern Tradition (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as asatru)
avg rating 3.22 — 9 ratings — published 2003
The Asatru Edda: Sacred Lore of the North (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as asatru)
avg rating 3.91 — 119 ratings — published 2009
The Nature of Asatru: An Overview of the Ideals and Philosophy of the Indigenous Religion of Northern Europe. (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as asatru)
avg rating 3.77 — 60 ratings — published 2006
Elves, Wights, and Trolls (Studies Towards the Practice of Germanic Heathenry, #1)
by (shelved 3 times as asatru)
avg rating 4.21 — 189 ratings — published 2007
Rune Might: Secret Pratices of the German Rune Magicians (Llewellyn's Teutonic Magick Series)
by (shelved 3 times as asatru)
avg rating 3.83 — 90 ratings — published 1989
History and Lore (Our Troth, #1)
by (shelved 3 times as asatru)
avg rating 4.25 — 251 ratings — published 2006
Living the Troth (Our Troth, #2)
by (shelved 3 times as asatru)
avg rating 4.22 — 166 ratings — published 2006
The Viking Way: Magic and Mind in Late Iron Age Scandinavia (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as asatru)
avg rating 4.54 — 185 ratings — published 2002
Popular Tales from Norse Mythology (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2 times as asatru)
avg rating 3.71 — 899 ratings — published 1859
Les Vikings histoire et civilisation (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as asatru)
avg rating 3.82 — 150 ratings — published 1994
The Elder Troth: An Introductory Course of Study (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2 times as asatru)
avg rating 4.11 — 79 ratings — published 2009
Ásatrú for Beginners: A Modern Heathen's Guide to the Ancient Northern Way (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2 times as asatru)
avg rating 4.30 — 356 ratings — published 2020
Wights and Ancestors: Heathenism in a Living Landscape (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as asatru)
avg rating 4.29 — 24 ratings — published 2000
The Poetic Edda: The Mythological Poems (Dover Literature: Poetry)
by (shelved 2 times as asatru)
avg rating 4.34 — 827 ratings — published 1969
The Norse Shaman: Ancient Spiritual Practices of the Northern Tradition (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as asatru)
avg rating 3.90 — 132 ratings — published 2016
The Viking Spirit: An Introduction to Norse Mythology and Religion (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2 times as asatru)
avg rating 4.15 — 1,525 ratings — published 2016
The Elder Eddas of Saemund Sigfusson; and the Younger Eddas of Snorre Sturleson (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2 times as asatru)
avg rating 4.20 — 210 ratings — published 1200
Odin: Ecstasy, Runes, & Norse Magic (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as asatru)
avg rating 3.95 — 283 ratings — published
Asatru: A Native European Spirituality (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as asatru)
avg rating 4.14 — 140 ratings — published 2015
The Pathwalker's Guide to the Nine Worlds (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as asatru)
avg rating 4.28 — 67 ratings — published 2006
Helrunar: A Manual of Rune Magick (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as asatru)
avg rating 4.18 — 114 ratings — published 1997
Asatru Book of Blotar and Rituals: by the Asatru Folk Assembly (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as asatru)
avg rating 4.02 — 44 ratings — published 2009
Teutonic Religion: Folk Beliefs & Practices of the Northern Tradition (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as asatru)
avg rating 3.96 — 67 ratings — published 1991
The Saga of Grettir the Strong (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as asatru)
avg rating 3.91 — 1,118 ratings — published 2009
“It was highly fatalistic, but its fatalism was not one of complacency. It saw life as being ultimately doomed to tragedy, but with the opportunity for grand and noble heroism along the way. The Vikings sought to seize that opportunity, to accomplish as much as they could - and be remembered for it - despite the certainty of the grave and "the wolf." How one met one's fate, whatever that fate happened to be, was what separated honorable and worthy people from the dishonorable and the unworthy. Norse religion and mythology were thoroughly infused with this view. The gods, the "pillars" who held the cosmos together, fought for themselves and their world tirelessly and unflinchingly, even though they knew that in the end the struggle was hopeless, and that the forces Of chaos and entropy would prevail. They went out not with a whimper, but with a bang. This attitude is what made the Vikings the Vikings.”
― The Viking Spirit: An Introduction to Norse Mythology and Religion
― The Viking Spirit: An Introduction to Norse Mythology and Religion
“Then spoke Gangleri: 'Where is the chief centre or holy place of the gods?'
High replied: 'It is at the ash Yggdrasil. There the gods must hold their courts each day.'
Then spoke Gangleri: 'What is there to tell about that place?'
Then said Just-as-high: 'The ash is of all trees the biggest and best. Its branches spread out over all the world and extend across the sky. Three of the tree's roots support it and extend very, very far. One is among the Æsir, the second among the frost-giants, where Ginnungagap once was. The third extends over Niflheim, and under that root is Hvergelmir, and Nidhogg gnaws the bottom of the root. But under the root that reaches towards the frost-giants, there is where Mimir's well is, which has wisdom and intelligence contained in it, and the master of the well is called Mimir. He is full of learning because he drinks of the well from the horn Giallarhorn. All-father went there and asked for a single drink from the well, but he did not get one until he placed his eye as a pledge. Thus it says in Voluspa:
I know it all, Odin, where you deposited your eye, in that renowned well of Mimir. Mimir drinks mead every morning from Val-father's pledge. Know you yet, or what?”
― Edda: Skaldskaparmal (Set of 2 Copies)
High replied: 'It is at the ash Yggdrasil. There the gods must hold their courts each day.'
Then spoke Gangleri: 'What is there to tell about that place?'
Then said Just-as-high: 'The ash is of all trees the biggest and best. Its branches spread out over all the world and extend across the sky. Three of the tree's roots support it and extend very, very far. One is among the Æsir, the second among the frost-giants, where Ginnungagap once was. The third extends over Niflheim, and under that root is Hvergelmir, and Nidhogg gnaws the bottom of the root. But under the root that reaches towards the frost-giants, there is where Mimir's well is, which has wisdom and intelligence contained in it, and the master of the well is called Mimir. He is full of learning because he drinks of the well from the horn Giallarhorn. All-father went there and asked for a single drink from the well, but he did not get one until he placed his eye as a pledge. Thus it says in Voluspa:
I know it all, Odin, where you deposited your eye, in that renowned well of Mimir. Mimir drinks mead every morning from Val-father's pledge. Know you yet, or what?”
― Edda: Skaldskaparmal (Set of 2 Copies)
