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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 3.81 — 502 ratings — published 2005
The Prose Edda: Norse Mythology (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as asatru)
avg rating 4.15 — 15,923 ratings — published 1220
The Saga of the Volsungs (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as asatru)
avg rating 4.00 — 7,046 ratings — published 1000
A Practical Heathen's Guide to Asatru (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as asatru)
avg rating 3.94 — 483 ratings — published 2013
Odin's Chosen: A Hanbook of Asatru (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as asatru)
avg rating 3.92 — 12 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 — 180 ratings — published 1991
Futhark: A Handbook of Rune Magic (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as asatru)
avg rating 4.05 — 1,094 ratings — published 1983
A Book Of Troth (Llewellyn's Teutonic Magick Series)
by (shelved 5 times as asatru)
avg rating 3.83 — 103 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 — 647 ratings — published
The Poetic Edda: Stories of the Norse Gods and Heroes (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as asatru)
avg rating 4.26 — 12,647 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 — 2,174 ratings — published 1964
Runelore: The Magic, History, and Hidden Codes of the Runes (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as asatru)
avg rating 4.11 — 385 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 — 4,735 ratings — published 1967
Norse Mythology (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as asatru)
avg rating 4.10 — 344,866 ratings — published 2017
A Dictionary of Northern Mythology (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as asatru)
avg rating 4.43 — 218 ratings — published 1984
Norse Mythology: A Guide to Gods, Heroes, Rituals, and Beliefs (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as asatru)
avg rating 4.11 — 1,387 ratings — published 2001
The Sagas of Icelanders (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as asatru)
avg rating 4.31 — 4,256 ratings — published 1997
Heimskringla: or, The Lives of the Norse Kings (Dover Literature: Biographical)
by (shelved 3 times as asatru)
avg rating 4.19 — 1,419 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 3.81 — 1,458 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 3.90 — 117 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 — 250 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 4.53 — 179 ratings — published 2002
Popular Tales from Norse Mythology (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2 times as asatru)
avg rating 3.71 — 895 ratings — published 1859
Les Vikings histoire et civilisation (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as asatru)
avg rating 3.81 — 147 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 4.31 — 347 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 — 822 ratings — published 1969
The Norse Shaman: Ancient Spiritual Practices of the Northern Tradition (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as asatru)
avg rating 3.87 — 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 — 1,505 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 4.21 — 209 ratings — published 1200
Odin: Ecstasy, Runes, & Norse Magic (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as asatru)
avg rating 3.95 — 278 ratings — published
Asatru: A Native European Spirituality (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as asatru)
avg rating 4.14 — 135 ratings — published 2015
The Pathwalker's Guide to the Nine Worlds (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as asatru)
avg rating 4.28 — 68 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 — 1,092 ratings — published 2009
“Another example of the same attitude, this time on a less cosmic and more humble scale, comes from the life of the warrior-poet Egil Skallagrimsson. According to his saga, toward the end of his life, one of his sons died, after the others had died before him. Such was the depth of Egil's grief that he planned to kill himself, but his surviving daughter convinced him instead to use his poetic talent to compose a memorial poem for his lost children. Egil's poem is called The Wreck Of Sons (Sonatorrek). In it, Egil bemoans his lot in life and curses Odin, his patron god, for having made him suffer so much. But Egil finds that this suffering has also carried a gift within it, for his anguish inspires him to compose better poetry than ever before. He lets loose an eloquent cry of both despair and joy, or at least contented acceptance. The final three stanzas read:
I offer nothing
With an eager heart
To the greatest of gods,
The willful Odin.
But I must concede
That the friend of the wise
Has paid me well
For all my wounds.
The battle-tested
Foe of the wolf
Has given me
A towering art,
And wits to discern
In those around me
Who wishes well,
Who wishes ill.
Times are dire,
Yet glad is my heart,
Full of courage,
Without complaint.
I wait for the goddess
Of dirt and of death
Who stands on the headland
To bear me away.”
― The Viking Spirit: An Introduction to Norse Mythology and Religion
I offer nothing
With an eager heart
To the greatest of gods,
The willful Odin.
But I must concede
That the friend of the wise
Has paid me well
For all my wounds.
The battle-tested
Foe of the wolf
Has given me
A towering art,
And wits to discern
In those around me
Who wishes well,
Who wishes ill.
Times are dire,
Yet glad is my heart,
Full of courage,
Without complaint.
I wait for the goddess
Of dirt and of death
Who stands on the headland
To bear me away.”
― The Viking Spirit: An Introduction to Norse Mythology and Religion
“Thy life runs out,
The Gods they are wroth with thee;
Draw near if thou must ;
Odin thou shalt see.”
― THE CHILDREN OF ODIN: The Book of Northern Myths
The Gods they are wroth with thee;
Draw near if thou must ;
Odin thou shalt see.”
― THE CHILDREN OF ODIN: The Book of Northern Myths
