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What is Heathenism? Answer coming shortly...
If not stated otherwise all links provided by Talkingfox (http://forums.abrahadabra.com/member.php?u=151)
http://abrahadabra.com/images/firebullet.sm.gif Internet Resources...
• Anglo-Saxons.net (http://www.anglo-saxons.net/hwaet/) A historical and literary site with dual texts for things like the Havamal. (eri)
• Anglo-Saxon Aloud (http://fred.wheatonma.edu/wordpressmu/mdrout/category/rune-poem/) Ann audio version of the Anglo-Saxon rune poem as well as other texts. (eri)
• Anglo-Saxon Heathenism (http://englishheathenism.homestead.com/introduction.html) A good heathen site. (eri)
• Eric Wodening's Website (http://wodening.ealdriht.org/eric/) Eric Wodening has long been known to theodish heathens. I just like some of his writings. His rune poem translation are interesting. (eri)
• Northvegr Foundation, The (http://www.northvegr.org/) 8500 pages of stuff! The Organization tends to be a bit hidebound and overly rigid (read literalist), but offers up loads of free texts in both translated and original language versions.
• Oe Eclipse (http://www.oe.eclipse.co.uk/nom/) Oodles of Old Norse Sagas well translated, stuff in Gothic including a very good Gothic/English Dictionary.
• Shamans of the Kalevala (http://www.utexas.edu/courses/sami/diehtu/siida/shaman/kalev.htm) A good Cultural Analysis of the Kalevala from the University of Texas of all places...
http://abrahadabra.com/images/firebullet.sm.gif Downloadable pdf's...
• Coexistence of Sami and Norse Culture (http://www.arts.usyd.edu.au/departs/medieval/saga/pdf/346-mundal.pdf) By Else Mundal | Reflected in and interpreted by Old Norse Myths.
http://abrahadabra.com/images/firebullet.sm.gif Recommended Books...
• A History of the Vikings by Jones, Gwyn | The subject of this book is the Viking realms, Denmark, Sweden, and Norway, their civilization and culture, and their many sided achievements at home and abroad. Oxford University Press, 1985.
• Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, The by Swanton, Michael | The first continuous national history of any western people in their own language, The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle traces the history of early England from the migration of the Saxon war-lords, through Roman Britain, the onslaught of the Vikings, the Norman Conquest and on through the reign of Stephen. Routledge, 1998.
• Beowulf - A New Verse Translation by Heaney, Seamus | Bilingual printing. This translation made me pee a little. Bilingual printing. W.W. Norton and Company, 2000.
• Bog People: Iron-Age Man Preserved, The by Glob, P. V., Rupert Bruce-Mitford (translator) | Written in the guise of a scientific detective story, this classic of archaeological history - a best-seller when it was published in England but out of print for many years - is a thoroughly engrossing and still reliable account of the religion, culture, and daily life of the European Iron Age. Ithaca, New York: Cornell University Press, 1969.
• Dictionary of Northern Mythology by Simek, Rudolf | This is the dictionary to get IMO. D. S. Brewer, 1996
• Edda Sæmundar Hinns Froğa by Thorpe, Benjamin (translator) | The Edda Of Sæmund the Learned (2 vols.). London: Trübner & Co. 1866.
• Egil's Saga by Fell, Christine (editor) Lucas, John (translator) | One of the must read sagas for anybody who studies this stuff. Everyman Paperback Classics.
• Elder Edda, The: A Selection by Auden, W. H. and Taylor, Paul B. | For years this was the only edition of poetry from the Elder (or Poetic) Edda available outside of specialist academic bookshops. Random House, 1970.
• Elder Edda of Saemond Sigfusson and the Younger Edda of Snorre Sturleson, The by Thorpe, Benjamin and Blackwell, I. A. | A good translation to have in that it includes fragmented pieces like Odin's Ravensong. New York Norroena Society, 1907.
• Encyclopaedia of the Viking Age by Haywood, John | As the name implies. Thames and Hudson, 2000.
• Erik the Red and Other Icelandic Sagas by Jones, Gwyn | Describes the 'discovery' of North America among other things. Oxford University Press, 1999.
• Fljotsdale Saga and the Droplaugarsons, The by Young, Jean (author), Eleanor Haworth (translator) | The two sagas tell the tale of the Droplaugarson brothers. They are also linked with Hrafnkels Saga. Everyman's Library, 1990.
• Germanization of Early Christianity - A Sociohistorical Approach to Religious Transformation, The by Russell, James C. | This book traces the the early interaction of Mediterranean Christianity with Northern European culture, and takes a close look at the ways in which Christianity changed in order to win the allegiance of the Germanic and Anglo-Saxon peoples. New York: Oxford University Press, 1994. (eri)
• Gods and Myths of the Viking Age | New York: Barnes & Noble Books, 1996.
• Gregory of Tours by Thorpe, Lewis | The History of the Franks. Viking Press, 1983.
• Grettir's Saga by Palsson, Hermann and Fox, Denton | Profound and intriguing, Grettir's Saga is the last of the great Icelandic sagas. It tells of the life and death of Grettir, a great rebel, individualist, and romantic hero viewed unromantically. University of Toronto Press, 1974.
• Hammer of the North by Magnusson, Magnus | Putnam Publishing Group, 1976.
• Handbook of Norse mythology by Lindow, John | This thorough survey examines the myths and legends of Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Greenland, Iceland, and other parts of Scandinavia, ranging from prehistoric tales to beliefs that remain embedded in contemporary culture. Santa Barbara: ABC-Clio, 2001.
• Heidarviga Saga by Bachman, W. Bryant. | This is the first "complete" English translation of "Heidarviga Saga" and the first English translation of it to appear in any form since the 19th century. University Press of America, 1995.
• Heimskringla: History of the Kings of Norway by Snorri Sturluson, Hollander, Lee M. (translator) | Beginning with the dim prehistory of the mythical gods and their descendants, Heimskringla recounts the history of the kings of Norway through the reign of Olaf Haraldsson, who became Norway's patron saint. Once found in most homes and schools and still regarded as a national treasure, Heimskringla influenced the thinking and literary style of Scandinavia over several centuries.
• History of the Archbishops of Hamburg-Bremen by Adam of Bremen | Adam of Bremen's history of the see of Hamburg and of Christian missions in northern Europe from the late eighth to the late eleventh century is the primary source of our knowledge of the history, geography, and ethnography of the Scandinavian and Baltic regions and their peoples before the thirteenth century.
• History of the Danes, The by Saxo Grammaticus, Hilda Ellis Davidson (editor), Peter Fisher (translator) | In the early years of the thirteenth century the Danish writer Saxo Grammaticus provided his people with a 'History of the Danes', an account of their glorious past from the legendary kings and heroes of Denmark to the historical present.
• History of the Goths by Wolfram, Herwig | Wolfram provides a wealth of detail on the formation of the Gothic tribes, their migrations, and the later history of the Ostrogothic and Visigothic settlements. University of California Press, 1990
• Kalevala, The by Lonnrot, Elias and Bosley, Keith | An Epic Poem after Oral Tradition. Oxford University Press, 1999.
• Laxdaela Saga by Magnusson, Magnus (translator) | Considered one of the must reads. There is some thought that this one was written by a woman due to the focus on women's roles. Viking Press, 1969.
• Lost Beliefs of Northern Europe by Davidson, Hilda Ellis | Fragments of ancient belief have been incorporated into folklore and Christian dogma with the result that its original tenets have merged with the myths and psychologies of the intervening years. Hilda Ellis Davidson sifts through centuries of cultural and religious influences to locate evidence of these "lost" pagan beliefs. London: Routledge Inc., 1993.
• Lost Gods of England by Branston, Brian | About the Pagan beliefs of the pre-christian Anglo-Saxons in England. New York: Oxford University Press, 1974.
• Myth and Religion of the North by Turville-Petre, E. O. G. | The Religion of Ancient Scandinavia. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, Inc., 1964.
• Nibelungenlied, The by Hatto, A. T. | A story of guile, treachery, loyalty and desperate courage. Penguin USA, 1965.
• Njal's Saga. by Robert Cook (editor, translator) | Another of the must reads... thought by some to be the best of the bunch. Greenwood Publishing Group, 1980.
• Nordic Religions in the Viking Age by DuBois, Thomas A. | Highly recommended...goes into Saami interaction. University of Pennsylvania Press, Philadelphia, 1999
• On Britain and Germany by Tacitus (author), H. Mattingly (translator) | Harmondsworth, Middlesex Penguin Books, 1948.
• Poetic Edda, The by Bellows, Henry Adams | My fave of the translations. Less x-tian bias than Hollander who tends to wax overly parenthetical.
• Poetic Edda by Hollander, Lee M. (translator) | Translated with a introduction and explanatory notes (2nd ed., rev.). Austin, TX: University of Texas Press.
• Road to Hel: A study of the Conception of the Dead in Old Norse Literature, Theby Roderick Davis, Hilda. | This is another penname of Hilda Ellis Davidson... don't ask me why. Greenwood Press, 1968.
• Saga of Gunnlaugur Snake's Tongue, The by Durrenberger, E. Paul and Durrenberger Dorothy | With an essay on the structure and translation of the saga. Fairleigh Dickinson Univ. Press, 1992.
• Saga of the Jomsvikings, The by Lee M. Hollander (translator) | One of the major sagas. University of Texas Press, 1989.
• Saga of the Volsungs, The by Anderson, George K. | Together with excerpts from the Nornagesthattr and three chapters from the Prose Edda. University of Delaware Press, 1982.
• Saga of the Volsungs, The by Byock, Jessie L (introduction) | The Norse Epic of Sigurd the Dragon Slayer . Penguin USA, 2000.
• Saxon Savior - The Germanic Transformation of the Gospel in the Ninth-Century Heliand, The by Murphy, G. Ronald. | This book examines and interprets the art of the Heliand, a ninth century Saxon epic poem in which the Christian Gospel of the four evangelists is reexpressed in Germanic terms. It serves as a companion volume to Murphy's actual translation of the Heliand. New York: Oxford University Press, 1989. (eri)
• Viking Civilization by Olrik, Axel | The American Scandinavian Foundation, 1930.
• Well and the Tree: World and Time in Early Germanic Culture, The by Bauschatz, Paul C. | I love this book! Considered to be the definitive work on the Yggdrasil and the role of Wyrd in Germanic consciousness. Amherst, MA: University of Massachusetts Press, 1982.
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§ Resource Contributors §
• erilaz (eri)
• Talkingfox (tf)
• Why not you?
http://abrahadabra.com/images/firebullet.sm.gif Introduction:
What is Heathenism? Answer coming shortly...
If not stated otherwise all links provided by Talkingfox (http://forums.abrahadabra.com/member.php?u=151)
http://abrahadabra.com/images/firebullet.sm.gif Internet Resources...
• Anglo-Saxons.net (http://www.anglo-saxons.net/hwaet/) A historical and literary site with dual texts for things like the Havamal. (eri)
• Anglo-Saxon Aloud (http://fred.wheatonma.edu/wordpressmu/mdrout/category/rune-poem/) Ann audio version of the Anglo-Saxon rune poem as well as other texts. (eri)
• Anglo-Saxon Heathenism (http://englishheathenism.homestead.com/introduction.html) A good heathen site. (eri)
• Eric Wodening's Website (http://wodening.ealdriht.org/eric/) Eric Wodening has long been known to theodish heathens. I just like some of his writings. His rune poem translation are interesting. (eri)
• Northvegr Foundation, The (http://www.northvegr.org/) 8500 pages of stuff! The Organization tends to be a bit hidebound and overly rigid (read literalist), but offers up loads of free texts in both translated and original language versions.
• Oe Eclipse (http://www.oe.eclipse.co.uk/nom/) Oodles of Old Norse Sagas well translated, stuff in Gothic including a very good Gothic/English Dictionary.
• Shamans of the Kalevala (http://www.utexas.edu/courses/sami/diehtu/siida/shaman/kalev.htm) A good Cultural Analysis of the Kalevala from the University of Texas of all places...
http://abrahadabra.com/images/firebullet.sm.gif Downloadable pdf's...
• Coexistence of Sami and Norse Culture (http://www.arts.usyd.edu.au/departs/medieval/saga/pdf/346-mundal.pdf) By Else Mundal | Reflected in and interpreted by Old Norse Myths.
http://abrahadabra.com/images/firebullet.sm.gif Recommended Books...
• A History of the Vikings by Jones, Gwyn | The subject of this book is the Viking realms, Denmark, Sweden, and Norway, their civilization and culture, and their many sided achievements at home and abroad. Oxford University Press, 1985.
• Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, The by Swanton, Michael | The first continuous national history of any western people in their own language, The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle traces the history of early England from the migration of the Saxon war-lords, through Roman Britain, the onslaught of the Vikings, the Norman Conquest and on through the reign of Stephen. Routledge, 1998.
• Beowulf - A New Verse Translation by Heaney, Seamus | Bilingual printing. This translation made me pee a little. Bilingual printing. W.W. Norton and Company, 2000.
• Bog People: Iron-Age Man Preserved, The by Glob, P. V., Rupert Bruce-Mitford (translator) | Written in the guise of a scientific detective story, this classic of archaeological history - a best-seller when it was published in England but out of print for many years - is a thoroughly engrossing and still reliable account of the religion, culture, and daily life of the European Iron Age. Ithaca, New York: Cornell University Press, 1969.
• Dictionary of Northern Mythology by Simek, Rudolf | This is the dictionary to get IMO. D. S. Brewer, 1996
• Edda Sæmundar Hinns Froğa by Thorpe, Benjamin (translator) | The Edda Of Sæmund the Learned (2 vols.). London: Trübner & Co. 1866.
• Egil's Saga by Fell, Christine (editor) Lucas, John (translator) | One of the must read sagas for anybody who studies this stuff. Everyman Paperback Classics.
• Elder Edda, The: A Selection by Auden, W. H. and Taylor, Paul B. | For years this was the only edition of poetry from the Elder (or Poetic) Edda available outside of specialist academic bookshops. Random House, 1970.
• Elder Edda of Saemond Sigfusson and the Younger Edda of Snorre Sturleson, The by Thorpe, Benjamin and Blackwell, I. A. | A good translation to have in that it includes fragmented pieces like Odin's Ravensong. New York Norroena Society, 1907.
• Encyclopaedia of the Viking Age by Haywood, John | As the name implies. Thames and Hudson, 2000.
• Erik the Red and Other Icelandic Sagas by Jones, Gwyn | Describes the 'discovery' of North America among other things. Oxford University Press, 1999.
• Fljotsdale Saga and the Droplaugarsons, The by Young, Jean (author), Eleanor Haworth (translator) | The two sagas tell the tale of the Droplaugarson brothers. They are also linked with Hrafnkels Saga. Everyman's Library, 1990.
• Germanization of Early Christianity - A Sociohistorical Approach to Religious Transformation, The by Russell, James C. | This book traces the the early interaction of Mediterranean Christianity with Northern European culture, and takes a close look at the ways in which Christianity changed in order to win the allegiance of the Germanic and Anglo-Saxon peoples. New York: Oxford University Press, 1994. (eri)
• Gods and Myths of the Viking Age | New York: Barnes & Noble Books, 1996.
• Gregory of Tours by Thorpe, Lewis | The History of the Franks. Viking Press, 1983.
• Grettir's Saga by Palsson, Hermann and Fox, Denton | Profound and intriguing, Grettir's Saga is the last of the great Icelandic sagas. It tells of the life and death of Grettir, a great rebel, individualist, and romantic hero viewed unromantically. University of Toronto Press, 1974.
• Hammer of the North by Magnusson, Magnus | Putnam Publishing Group, 1976.
• Handbook of Norse mythology by Lindow, John | This thorough survey examines the myths and legends of Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Greenland, Iceland, and other parts of Scandinavia, ranging from prehistoric tales to beliefs that remain embedded in contemporary culture. Santa Barbara: ABC-Clio, 2001.
• Heidarviga Saga by Bachman, W. Bryant. | This is the first "complete" English translation of "Heidarviga Saga" and the first English translation of it to appear in any form since the 19th century. University Press of America, 1995.
• Heimskringla: History of the Kings of Norway by Snorri Sturluson, Hollander, Lee M. (translator) | Beginning with the dim prehistory of the mythical gods and their descendants, Heimskringla recounts the history of the kings of Norway through the reign of Olaf Haraldsson, who became Norway's patron saint. Once found in most homes and schools and still regarded as a national treasure, Heimskringla influenced the thinking and literary style of Scandinavia over several centuries.
• History of the Archbishops of Hamburg-Bremen by Adam of Bremen | Adam of Bremen's history of the see of Hamburg and of Christian missions in northern Europe from the late eighth to the late eleventh century is the primary source of our knowledge of the history, geography, and ethnography of the Scandinavian and Baltic regions and their peoples before the thirteenth century.
• History of the Danes, The by Saxo Grammaticus, Hilda Ellis Davidson (editor), Peter Fisher (translator) | In the early years of the thirteenth century the Danish writer Saxo Grammaticus provided his people with a 'History of the Danes', an account of their glorious past from the legendary kings and heroes of Denmark to the historical present.
• History of the Goths by Wolfram, Herwig | Wolfram provides a wealth of detail on the formation of the Gothic tribes, their migrations, and the later history of the Ostrogothic and Visigothic settlements. University of California Press, 1990
• Kalevala, The by Lonnrot, Elias and Bosley, Keith | An Epic Poem after Oral Tradition. Oxford University Press, 1999.
• Laxdaela Saga by Magnusson, Magnus (translator) | Considered one of the must reads. There is some thought that this one was written by a woman due to the focus on women's roles. Viking Press, 1969.
• Lost Beliefs of Northern Europe by Davidson, Hilda Ellis | Fragments of ancient belief have been incorporated into folklore and Christian dogma with the result that its original tenets have merged with the myths and psychologies of the intervening years. Hilda Ellis Davidson sifts through centuries of cultural and religious influences to locate evidence of these "lost" pagan beliefs. London: Routledge Inc., 1993.
• Lost Gods of England by Branston, Brian | About the Pagan beliefs of the pre-christian Anglo-Saxons in England. New York: Oxford University Press, 1974.
• Myth and Religion of the North by Turville-Petre, E. O. G. | The Religion of Ancient Scandinavia. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, Inc., 1964.
• Nibelungenlied, The by Hatto, A. T. | A story of guile, treachery, loyalty and desperate courage. Penguin USA, 1965.
• Njal's Saga. by Robert Cook (editor, translator) | Another of the must reads... thought by some to be the best of the bunch. Greenwood Publishing Group, 1980.
• Nordic Religions in the Viking Age by DuBois, Thomas A. | Highly recommended...goes into Saami interaction. University of Pennsylvania Press, Philadelphia, 1999
• On Britain and Germany by Tacitus (author), H. Mattingly (translator) | Harmondsworth, Middlesex Penguin Books, 1948.
• Poetic Edda, The by Bellows, Henry Adams | My fave of the translations. Less x-tian bias than Hollander who tends to wax overly parenthetical.
• Poetic Edda by Hollander, Lee M. (translator) | Translated with a introduction and explanatory notes (2nd ed., rev.). Austin, TX: University of Texas Press.
• Road to Hel: A study of the Conception of the Dead in Old Norse Literature, Theby Roderick Davis, Hilda. | This is another penname of Hilda Ellis Davidson... don't ask me why. Greenwood Press, 1968.
• Saga of Gunnlaugur Snake's Tongue, The by Durrenberger, E. Paul and Durrenberger Dorothy | With an essay on the structure and translation of the saga. Fairleigh Dickinson Univ. Press, 1992.
• Saga of the Jomsvikings, The by Lee M. Hollander (translator) | One of the major sagas. University of Texas Press, 1989.
• Saga of the Volsungs, The by Anderson, George K. | Together with excerpts from the Nornagesthattr and three chapters from the Prose Edda. University of Delaware Press, 1982.
• Saga of the Volsungs, The by Byock, Jessie L (introduction) | The Norse Epic of Sigurd the Dragon Slayer . Penguin USA, 2000.
• Saxon Savior - The Germanic Transformation of the Gospel in the Ninth-Century Heliand, The by Murphy, G. Ronald. | This book examines and interprets the art of the Heliand, a ninth century Saxon epic poem in which the Christian Gospel of the four evangelists is reexpressed in Germanic terms. It serves as a companion volume to Murphy's actual translation of the Heliand. New York: Oxford University Press, 1989. (eri)
• Viking Civilization by Olrik, Axel | The American Scandinavian Foundation, 1930.
• Well and the Tree: World and Time in Early Germanic Culture, The by Bauschatz, Paul C. | I love this book! Considered to be the definitive work on the Yggdrasil and the role of Wyrd in Germanic consciousness. Amherst, MA: University of Massachusetts Press, 1982.
Under Construction...
note: contributions to this resource sticky are strongly encouraged.
you can post suggested resources here and we'll bump them up or contact us.
m1thr0s