What are the must-read books of heathenry? I've got both Eddas, The Sagas of the Icelanders, Beowulf, Germania, the Nibelungenlied, and many modern books. I know I need Njal's Saga. Anything else I'm missing?
2007-07-09 11:48:03 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Also, if there are multiple translations, what translation would you recommend?
2007-07-09 11:56:15 · update #1
Prose Edda, I *vastly* prefer the Jesse Byock translation.
Poetic Edda, I like Bellows, but the complete edition hasn't been released in paperback that I know of. I keep a Hollander around for the missing parts.
Sagas . . . the Icelander compilation, Njal's, Volsungs, Jomsvikings for sure. Heimskringla if you've got the patience to wade through it.
Simek's Dictionary of Northern Mythology is a good reference, and it and Grimm's 4-vol. Teutonic Mythology are both out in affordable editions now.
Gronbech's Culture of the Teutons is available online. Do a search for Gamall-Stein Hearth; they've got it for online reading and I believe they've added a pdf.
From H.R. Ellis Davidson, Gods & Myths of Northern Europe, Myths & Symbols in Pagan Europe, and Road to Hel are absolutely indispensable. Road to Hel is an online pdf nowadays. I think Varangian Kindred has it on their site.
The Well & The Tree by Bauschatz is a must. You'll either have to get it through an Interlibrary Loan or pay $100 for a reprint from Books on Demand.
You should also look for Rudiments of Runelore and especially, The Mead Hall by Stephen Pollington, and Looking for the Lost Gods of England and Peace Weavers & Shield Maidens by Kathleen Herbert.
Gwynn Jones' A History of the Vikings and Christiansen's The Norsemen in the Viking Age are the best history books out there.
If you ever see a copy---it's long, long out of print---Magnusson's Hammer of the Gods is a wonderful treatment of Norse culture and mythology.
There's a ton of modern stuff out there, but I can't honestly recommend any of it. Read the original and scholarly sources first and you'll be able to tell what to heed and what to discard when reading stuff like Kvedulf's Teutonic Religion and Magic, or Thorsson's Book of Troth or rune primers. :-)
2007-07-09 16:21:10 · answer #1 · answered by Boar's Heart 5 · 5⤊ 0⤋
Volsungasaga. Great scripture there. The Nibelungenlied is by far the best, though the Saga of the Volsungs is quite good.
2007-07-09 11:50:51 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-01 06:22:08 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋