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The Poetic Edda: Stories of the Norse Gods and Heroes (Paperback)
by (shelved 19 times as heathenry)
avg rating 4.26 — 12,745 ratings — published 1270
The Prose Edda: Norse Mythology (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as heathenry)
avg rating 4.15 — 16,015 ratings — published 1220
A Practical Heathen's Guide to Asatru (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as heathenry)
avg rating 3.94 — 484 ratings — published 2013
Gods and Myths of Northern Europe (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as heathenry)
avg rating 4.08 — 2,177 ratings — published 1964
Essential Asatru: Walking the Path of Norse Paganism (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as heathenry)
avg rating 3.93 — 823 ratings — published 2006
Norse Mythology (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as heathenry)
avg rating 4.10 — 346,055 ratings — published 2017
The Way of Fire and Ice: The Living Tradition of Norse Paganism (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as heathenry)
avg rating 4.09 — 620 ratings — published 2019
Nine Worlds of Seid-Magic (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as heathenry)
avg rating 3.94 — 133 ratings — published 2001
The Road to Hel: A Study of the Conception of the Dead in Old Norse Literature (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as heathenry)
avg rating 4.45 — 256 ratings — published 1943
Beowulf (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as heathenry)
avg rating 3.50 — 351,687 ratings — published 1000
Elves, Wights, and Trolls (Studies Towards the Practice of Germanic Heathenry, #1)
by (shelved 7 times as heathenry)
avg rating 4.21 — 189 ratings — published 2007
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 7 times as heathenry)
avg rating 3.81 — 501 ratings — published 2005
Taking Up the Runes: A Complete Guide to Using Runes in Spells, Rituals, Divination, and Magic (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as heathenry)
avg rating 4.29 — 650 ratings — published
Norse Mythology: A Guide to Gods, Heroes, Rituals, and Beliefs (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as heathenry)
avg rating 4.11 — 1,390 ratings — published 2001
Ásatrú for Beginners: A Modern Heathen's Guide to the Ancient Northern Way (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 5 times as heathenry)
avg rating 4.31 — 350 ratings — published 2020
Children of Ash and Elm: A History of the Vikings (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as heathenry)
avg rating 4.14 — 10,066 ratings — published 2020
The Viking Way: Magic and Mind in Late Iron Age Scandinavia (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as heathenry)
avg rating 4.53 — 179 ratings — published 2002
The Poetic Edda: The Mythological Poems (Dover Literature: Poetry)
by (shelved 5 times as heathenry)
avg rating 4.34 — 823 ratings — published 1969
A Dictionary of Northern Mythology (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as heathenry)
avg rating 4.43 — 218 ratings — published 1984
The Sagas of Icelanders (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as heathenry)
avg rating 4.31 — 4,270 ratings — published 1997
The Agricola and The Germania (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as heathenry)
avg rating 3.97 — 6,242 ratings — published 98
The Norse Myths (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as heathenry)
avg rating 4.16 — 7,640 ratings — published 1980
Futhark: A Handbook of Rune Magic (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as heathenry)
avg rating 4.05 — 1,094 ratings — published 1983
Runelore: The Magic, History, and Hidden Codes of the Runes (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as heathenry)
avg rating 4.11 — 386 ratings — published 1987
The Children of Odin: The Book of Northern Myths (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as heathenry)
avg rating 4.00 — 3,907 ratings — published 1920
The Viking Spirit: An Introduction to Norse Mythology and Religion (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 4 times as heathenry)
avg rating 4.15 — 1,513 ratings — published 2016
Odin: Ecstasy, Runes, & Norse Magic (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as heathenry)
avg rating 3.96 — 279 ratings — published
The Well and the Tree: World and Time in Early Germanic Culture (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as heathenry)
avg rating 4.31 — 58 ratings — published
Orkneyinga Saga: The History of the Earls of Orkney (Penguin Classics)
by (shelved 4 times as heathenry)
avg rating 3.92 — 741 ratings — published 1978
History and Lore (Our Troth, #1)
by (shelved 4 times as heathenry)
avg rating 4.25 — 251 ratings — published 2006
Tales of Norse Mythology (Leather Bound)
by (shelved 4 times as heathenry)
avg rating 3.91 — 3,002 ratings — published 1895
The Nine Doors of Midgard: A Complete Curriculum of Rune Magic (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as heathenry)
avg rating 4.11 — 179 ratings — published 1991
Runes: a Handbook (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as heathenry)
avg rating 4.40 — 40 ratings — published 2012
The Culture of the Teutons: Volumes 1 and 2 (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as heathenry)
avg rating 4.19 — 75 ratings — published 1909
Living the Troth (Our Troth, #2)
by (shelved 3 times as heathenry)
avg rating 4.22 — 166 ratings — published 2006
Hearth and Field: A Heathen Prayer Book (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 3 times as heathenry)
avg rating 4.26 — 66 ratings — published 2010
The Way Of Wyrd: Tales Of An Anglo-Saxon Sorcerer (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as heathenry)
avg rating 4.03 — 1,217 ratings — published 1983
The Elder Gods: The Otherworld of Early England (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as heathenry)
avg rating 4.61 — 49 ratings — published 2011
Seidr: The Gate Is Open (Norse Mythology)
by (shelved 3 times as heathenry)
avg rating 4.01 — 228 ratings — published 2011
Sorcerer's Screed (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as heathenry)
avg rating 4.28 — 156 ratings — published 1940
Witchcraft and Magic in the Nordic Middle Ages (The Middle Ages Series)
by (shelved 3 times as heathenry)
avg rating 3.81 — 75 ratings — published 2010
The Study Havamal: Original Old Norse - 3 English Translations - Journal (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as heathenry)
avg rating 4.54 — 166 ratings — published
Teutonic Magic: The Magical & Spiritual Practices of the Germanic Peoples (Llewellyn's Teutonic Magick Series)
by (shelved 3 times as heathenry)
avg rating 4.05 — 139 ratings — published 1990
A Piece of Horse Liver: Myth, Ritual and Folklore in Old Icelandic Sources (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as heathenry)
avg rating 4.35 — 43 ratings — published 1998
The History of the Danes, Books I-IX: I. English Text; II. Commentary (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as heathenry)
avg rating 4.03 — 191 ratings — published 1185
Trolldom - Spells and Methods of the Norse Folk MagicTradition (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as heathenry)
avg rating 4.16 — 103 ratings — published 2015
The Lost Gods of England (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as heathenry)
avg rating 3.92 — 158 ratings — published 1957
Egil's Saga (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as heathenry)
avg rating 4.00 — 3,348 ratings — published 1240
Looking for the Lost Gods of England (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as heathenry)
avg rating 3.91 — 177 ratings — published 1994
Heimskringla: or, The Lives of the Norse Kings (Dover Literature: Biographical)
by (shelved 3 times as heathenry)
avg rating 4.19 — 1,424 ratings — published 1230
“In the legendary shape which the myths took on when they were reduced to stories by the philosophy of a new religion, it would seem as if the fateful trial of strength took place between gods and giants, while the dwellers on earth were left to look on with bated breath. The poet gives his narrative in the past form as if it were something over and done with; from the form of the words it might seem as if the listeners enjoyed an enhanced sense of security by calling up the
memory of a moment when the fate of the world hung in the balance and then swung over to the proper side. But the literary form which the myths acquired in the hands of the poets during the Viking age and later obscures the actual meaning that was plain to the listeners, when the legends were recited at the feast and illustrated, or rather supplemented, by rites and ceremonial observances. The fight is waged from day to day in the midst of the human world, no one is sure of keeping the light and the warmth, unless he and his fellows by some ceremony or other are ever strengthening the bond between themselves and the high-faring lights. If the alliance fail but for a moment, then the heavenly bodies will lose their way, and then sets in the state which the poet of the Voluspá still knew, and could describe.”
― The Culture of the Teutons: Volumes 1 and 2
memory of a moment when the fate of the world hung in the balance and then swung over to the proper side. But the literary form which the myths acquired in the hands of the poets during the Viking age and later obscures the actual meaning that was plain to the listeners, when the legends were recited at the feast and illustrated, or rather supplemented, by rites and ceremonial observances. The fight is waged from day to day in the midst of the human world, no one is sure of keeping the light and the warmth, unless he and his fellows by some ceremony or other are ever strengthening the bond between themselves and the high-faring lights. If the alliance fail but for a moment, then the heavenly bodies will lose their way, and then sets in the state which the poet of the Voluspá still knew, and could describe.”
― The Culture of the Teutons: Volumes 1 and 2
“Instead of insisting that no quarrel shall be suffered to arise between one brother and another, they would simply acknowledge that no such quarrel ever could by any possibility arise. In other words, instead of a prohibition, we should have the recognition of an impossibility. The characters in the Icelandic sagas are in this position still —though we may feel that the cohesion of the clan is on the point of weakening. They have still, more or less unimpaired, the involuntary respect for all such interests as may affect the clan as a whole; an extreme of caution and foresight in regard to all such enterprise as cannot with certainty be regarded as unaffecting the interest of all its members.”
― The Culture of the Teutons: Volumes 1 and 2
― The Culture of the Teutons: Volumes 1 and 2
