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Essential Asatru: Walking the Path of Norse Paganism (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as asatru)
avg rating 3.93 — 817 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 — 504 ratings — published 2005
The Prose Edda: Norse Mythology (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as asatru)
avg rating 4.15 — 15,804 ratings — published 1220
The Saga of the Volsungs (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as asatru)
avg rating 4.00 — 7,006 ratings — published 1000
A Practical Heathen's Guide to Asatru (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as asatru)
avg rating 3.94 — 482 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 (Llewellyn's Teutonic Magick Series)
by (shelved 5 times as asatru)
avg rating 4.14 — 178 ratings — published 1991
Futhark: A Handbook of Rune Magic (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as asatru)
avg rating 4.06 — 1,089 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 — 12,559 ratings — published 1270
The Well and the Tree: World and Time in Early Germanic Culture (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as asatru)
avg rating 4.30 — 57 ratings — published
Gods and Myths of Northern Europe (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as asatru)
avg rating 4.08 — 2,165 ratings — published 1964
Runelore: The Magic, History, and Hidden Codes of the Runes (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as asatru)
avg rating 4.11 — 384 ratings — published 1987
Northern Magic: Rune Mysteries and Shamanism (Llewellyn's World Magic Series)
by (shelved 3 times as asatru)
avg rating 3.78 — 290 ratings — published 1992
D'Aulaires' Book of Norse Myths (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as asatru)
avg rating 4.39 — 4,711 ratings — published 1967
Norse Mythology (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as asatru)
avg rating 4.10 — 343,795 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 4.30 — 4,243 ratings — published 1997
Heimskringla: or, The Lives of the Norse Kings (Dover Literature: Biographical)
by (shelved 3 times as asatru)
avg rating 4.19 — 1,414 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 4.08 — 244 ratings — published 2009
The Vinland Sagas: The Norse Discovery of America (Penguin Classics)
by (shelved 3 times as asatru)
avg rating 3.80 — 1,447 ratings — published 1965
A Handbook of Norse Mythology (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as asatru)
avg rating 3.48 — 92 ratings — published 2003
The Rites of Odin (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as asatru)
avg rating 3.23 — 198 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 — 115 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 3.75 — 59 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 3.85 — 88 ratings — published 1989
History and Lore (Our Troth, #1)
by (shelved 3 times as asatru)
avg rating 4.25 — 249 ratings — published 2006
Living the Troth (Our Troth, #2)
by (shelved 3 times as asatru)
avg rating 4.22 — 165 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 — 176 ratings — published 2002
Popular Tales from Norse Mythology (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2 times as asatru)
avg rating 3.71 — 894 ratings — published 1859
Les Vikings histoire et civilisation (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as asatru)
avg rating 3.83 — 143 ratings — published 1994
The Elder Troth: An Introductory Course of Study (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2 times as asatru)
avg rating 4.13 — 78 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 — 342 ratings — published 2020
Wights and Ancestors: Heathenism in a Living Landscape (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as asatru)
avg rating 4.39 — 23 ratings — published 2000
The Poetic Edda: The Mythological Poems (Dover Literature: Poetry)
by (shelved 2 times as asatru)
avg rating 4.34 — 819 ratings — published 1969
The Norse Shaman: Ancient Spiritual Practices of the Northern Tradition (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as asatru)
avg rating 3.88 — 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 — 1,497 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 3.96 — 276 ratings — published
Asatru: A Native European Spirituality (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as asatru)
avg rating 4.13 — 134 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 3.92 — 65 ratings — published 1991
The Saga of Grettir the Strong (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as asatru)
avg rating 3.91 — 1,083 ratings — published 2009
“Nine is the mythical number of the Germanic tribes. Documentation for the significance of the number nine is found in both myth and cult. In Odin's self-sacrifice he hung for nine nights on the windy tree (Hávamál), there are nine worlds to Nifhel (Vafprudnismal 43), Heimdallr was born to nine mothers, Freyr had to wait for nine nights for his marriage to Gerd (Skírnismál 41), and eight nights (= nine days?) was the time of betrothal given also in the Þrymskviða. Literary embellishments in the Eddas similarly used the number nine: Skaði and Njörðr lived alternately for nine days in Nóatún and in Þrymheimr; every ninth night eight equally heavy rings drip from the ring Draupnir; Menglöð has nine maidens serve her (Fjölsvinnsmál 35ff), and Ægir had as many daughters. Thor can take nine steps at Ragnarök after his battle with the Midgard serpent before he falls down dead. Sacrificial feasts lasting nine days are mentioned for both Uppsala and Lejre and at these supposedly nine victims were sacrificed each day.”
― A Dictionary of Northern Mythology
― A Dictionary of Northern Mythology
“But the attitude that Viking society held up as the ideal one was a heroic stoicism. In the words of archaeologist Neil Price, "The outcome of our actions, our fate, is already decided and therefore does not matter. What is important is the manner of our conduct as we go to meet it." You couldn't change what was going to happen to you, but you could at least face it with honor and dignity. The best death was to go down fighting, preferably with a smile on your lips. Life is precarious by nature, but this was especially true in the Viking Age, which made this fatalism, and stoicism in the face of it, especially poignant.
The model of this ideal was Odin's amassing an army in Valhalla in preparation for Ragnarok. He knew that Fenrir, "the wolf", was going to murder him one way or another. Perhaps on some level he hoped that by gathering all of the best warriors to fight alongside him, he could prevent the inevitable. But deep down he knew that his struggle was hopeless - yet he determined to struggle just the same, and to die in the most radiant blaze of glory he could muster.”
― The Viking Spirit: An Introduction to Norse Mythology and Religion
The model of this ideal was Odin's amassing an army in Valhalla in preparation for Ragnarok. He knew that Fenrir, "the wolf", was going to murder him one way or another. Perhaps on some level he hoped that by gathering all of the best warriors to fight alongside him, he could prevent the inevitable. But deep down he knew that his struggle was hopeless - yet he determined to struggle just the same, and to die in the most radiant blaze of glory he could muster.”
― The Viking Spirit: An Introduction to Norse Mythology and Religion
