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Norse Mythology (Paperback)
by (shelved 204 times as norse)
avg rating 4.09 — 349,654 ratings — published 2017
The Poetic Edda: Stories of the Norse Gods and Heroes (Paperback)
by (shelved 169 times as norse)
avg rating 4.26 — 13,014 ratings — published 1270
The Prose Edda: Norse Mythology (Paperback)
by (shelved 164 times as norse)
avg rating 4.15 — 16,360 ratings — published 1220
The Saga of the Volsungs (Paperback)
by (shelved 89 times as norse)
avg rating 4.00 — 7,169 ratings — published 1000
The Witch's Heart (Hardcover)
by (shelved 75 times as norse)
avg rating 4.03 — 65,863 ratings — published 2021
The Sword of Summer (Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard, #1)
by (shelved 71 times as norse)
avg rating 4.23 — 248,410 ratings — published 2015
The Sagas of Icelanders (Paperback)
by (shelved 66 times as norse)
avg rating 4.30 — 4,316 ratings — published 1997
The Shadow of the Gods (The Bloodsworn Saga, #1)
by (shelved 63 times as norse)
avg rating 4.17 — 120,196 ratings — published 2021
The Norse Myths (Paperback)
by (shelved 61 times as norse)
avg rating 4.16 — 7,717 ratings — published 1980
A Fate Inked in Blood (Saga of the Unfated, #1)
by (shelved 57 times as norse)
avg rating 3.89 — 209,094 ratings — published 2024
The Gospel of Loki (Loki, #1)
by (shelved 53 times as norse)
avg rating 3.74 — 15,555 ratings — published 2014
The Hammer of Thor (Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard, #2)
by (shelved 50 times as norse)
avg rating 4.29 — 135,153 ratings — published 2016
Odd and the Frost Giants (Paperback)
by (shelved 48 times as norse)
avg rating 3.98 — 37,954 ratings — published 2008
Njal's Saga (Paperback)
by (shelved 48 times as norse)
avg rating 3.92 — 5,675 ratings — published 1270
Gods and Myths of Northern Europe (Paperback)
by (shelved 47 times as norse)
avg rating 4.08 — 2,178 ratings — published 1964
The Ship of the Dead (Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard, #3)
by (shelved 46 times as norse)
avg rating 4.35 — 111,201 ratings — published 2017
Beowulf (Paperback)
by (shelved 44 times as norse)
avg rating 3.51 — 358,468 ratings — published 950
Tales of Norse Mythology (Leather Bound)
by (shelved 43 times as norse)
avg rating 3.91 — 3,067 ratings — published 1895
Egil's Saga (Paperback)
by (shelved 42 times as norse)
avg rating 4.00 — 3,419 ratings — published 1240
Heimskringlaor, or The Lives of the Norse Kings: With 145 Illustrations and 5 Maps (Dover Literature: Biographical)
by (shelved 37 times as norse)
avg rating 4.19 — 1,434 ratings — published 1230
Norse Mythology: A Guide to Gods, Heroes, Rituals, and Beliefs (Paperback)
by (shelved 34 times as norse)
avg rating 4.10 — 1,401 ratings — published 2001
Children of Ash and Elm: A History of the Vikings (Hardcover)
by (shelved 32 times as norse)
avg rating 4.13 — 10,800 ratings — published 2020
D'Aulaires' Book of Norse Myths (Hardcover)
by (shelved 31 times as norse)
avg rating 4.39 — 4,567 ratings — published 1967
The Viking Way: Magic and Mind in Late Iron Age Scandinavia (Hardcover)
by (shelved 30 times as norse)
avg rating 4.54 — 190 ratings — published 2002
The Last Kingdom (The Saxon Stories, #1)
by (shelved 29 times as norse)
avg rating 4.27 — 116,768 ratings — published 2004
The Saga of the Volsungs with The Saga of Ragnar Lothbrok (Paperback)
by (shelved 28 times as norse)
avg rating 4.18 — 1,871 ratings — published 1200
American Gods (American Gods, #1)
by (shelved 27 times as norse)
avg rating 4.10 — 1,007,069 ratings — published 2001
The Saga of King Hrolf Kraki (Penguin Classics)
by (shelved 27 times as norse)
avg rating 4.08 — 1,208 ratings — published 1977
Runemarks (Runemarks, #1)
by (shelved 26 times as norse)
avg rating 3.74 — 9,067 ratings — published 2007
Futhark: A Handbook of Rune Magic (Paperback)
by (shelved 25 times as norse)
avg rating 4.05 — 1,098 ratings — published 1983
The Norse Myths: A Guide to the Gods and Heroes (Hardcover)
by (shelved 24 times as norse)
avg rating 3.71 — 1,538 ratings — published 2017
The Children of Odin: The Book of Northern Myths (Paperback)
by (shelved 24 times as norse)
avg rating 4.00 — 3,925 ratings — published 1920
The Wanderer's Havamal (Hardcover)
by (shelved 23 times as norse)
avg rating 4.63 — 1,225 ratings — published 2019
The Legend of Sigurd & Gudrún (Hardcover)
by (shelved 23 times as norse)
avg rating 3.87 — 8,029 ratings — published 2009
The Hunger of the Gods (The Bloodsworn Saga, #2)
by (shelved 22 times as norse)
avg rating 4.47 — 69,165 ratings — published 2022
The Saga of Grettir the Strong (Paperback)
by (shelved 22 times as norse)
avg rating 3.92 — 1,126 ratings — published 2009
The Vinland Sagas: The Norse Discovery of America (Penguin Classics)
by (shelved 21 times as norse)
avg rating 3.80 — 1,499 ratings — published 1965
The Way of Fire and Ice: The Living Tradition of Norse Paganism (Paperback)
by (shelved 19 times as norse)
avg rating 4.09 — 641 ratings — published 2019
The Viking Spirit: An Introduction to Norse Mythology and Religion (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 19 times as norse)
avg rating 4.15 — 1,531 ratings — published 2016
Laxdæla Saga (Paperback)
by (shelved 19 times as norse)
avg rating 3.97 — 1,439 ratings — published 1245
The Fury of the Gods (The Bloodsworn Saga, #3)
by (shelved 18 times as norse)
avg rating 4.45 — 50,858 ratings — published 2024
Sky in the Deep (Sky and Sea, #1)
by (shelved 18 times as norse)
avg rating 3.93 — 73,157 ratings — published 2018
The Sagas of Ragnar Lodbrok (Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as norse)
avg rating 3.85 — 1,617 ratings — published 1400
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 18 times as norse)
avg rating 3.82 — 501 ratings — published 2005
Eyrbyggja Saga (Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as norse)
avg rating 3.91 — 557 ratings — published 1250
The Long Ships (Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as norse)
avg rating 4.27 — 13,942 ratings — published 1941
Eaters of the Dead (Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as norse)
avg rating 3.72 — 48,344 ratings — published 1976
Myths and Symbols in Pagan Europe: Early Scandinavian and Celtic Religions (Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as norse)
avg rating 4.13 — 917 ratings — published 1988
A Curse Carved in Bone (Saga of the Unfated, #2)
by (shelved 17 times as norse)
avg rating 3.90 — 79,928 ratings — published 2025
“The bonds joining man to the universe of course extended to the family, both to ancestors and to children not yet born. The belief in an inextinguishable vital principle ensured that nothing perished in an irreversible fashion, which explains Norse ethics: death was but one stage of a cycle, the return to the immanent or transcendent world and the return to the sacred. "Retirement to the kingdom of the dead," Regis Boyer notes judiciously, "is not actually timeless as much as it is irrelevant to the present time. It is capable of opening at any moment to create a path for returns."ts In this mental universe, which could be difficult to grasp by minds permeated by Roman and Christian culture, "the dead individual is not really dead. He has returned to one of the states of the cycle, but remains active in the form of landvaettr"—that is, tutelary spirit (genius loci). Revenants were no cause for surprise to the Germanic peoples; they fit perfectly within their mind-sets, their place has not been usurped, and we cannot dismiss these stories as "old wives' tales." The roots of the belief are too deep.”
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― The Mimameid Solution
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