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Heathen Reading List

This list will get added to.

If you believe a book should be on this list, that is not, please get in touch at aukkin@hotmail.co.uk

Mythology and Religion

Edda by Snorri Sturluson, translated by Anthony Faulkes (Everyman, 1987)

The Prose Edda, translated by Carolyne Larrington (Oxford University Press, 1996)

Myth and Religion of the North: The Religion of Ancient Scandinavia by E.O.G. Turville-Petre (Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1964)

Gods and Myths of Northern Europe by H.R. Ellis Davidson (Penguin, 1964)

Scandinavian Mythology by H.R. Ellis Davidson (Paul Hamlyn, 1969)

Myths and Symbols in Pagan Europe: Early Scandinavian and Celtic Religions by H.R. Ellis Davidson (Manchester University Press, 1988)

The Lost Beliefs of Northern Europe by H.R. Ellis Davidson (Routledge, 1993)

Myths of the Pagan North: The Gods of the Norsemen by Christopher Abram (Hambledon Continuum, 2011)

 

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Runology

Runes: An Introduction by R.W.V. Elliot, 2nd Edition (Manchester University Press, 1989)

Runes, Magic and Religion: A Sourcebook by John MacKinnell and Rudolf Simek, with Klaus Düwel (2004)

Runic Amulets and Magic Objects by Mindy MacLeod and Bernard Mees (Boydell Press, 2006)

Runes: A Handbook by Michael P. Barnes (Boydell Press, 2012)Esoteric Runology and Magic

Futhark: A Handbook of Rune Magic by Edred Thorsson (Weiser, 1985)

Runelore: A Handbook of Esoteric Runology by Edred Thorsson (Weiser, 1987)

Helrunar: A Manual of Rune Magick by Jan Fries, 3rd Revised Edition (Mandrake of Oxford, 2005)

Galdrbok: Practical Heathen Runecraft, Shamanism and Magic by Nathan Johnson and Robert J. Wallis (Wykeham Press, 2005)

The Serpent and the Eagle: An Introduction to the Elder Runic Tradition by Chris Travers (Booksurge, 2009)

ALU: An Advanced Guide to Operative Runology by Edred Thorsson (Red Wheel/Weiser, 2012)

 

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Seidr

The Viking Way (Neil Price)

The Book of Seidr (Runic John)

Up and down the tree (Runic John)

 

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Kids

The kinder Edda (Noil Skeggold)

The D'Aulaires Book of Norse Myths

Usborne illustrated guide to Norse Mythology (Rodney Matthews)

The Penguin book of Norse Mythology (Kevin Crossley Holland)

Kinder Tales 1 and 2 (Freydis Heimdallson)

The Saga of Erik the Viking (Terry Jones)

The sleeping army (Francesca Simon)

The lost gods (Francesca Simon)

Odd and the frost giants (Neil Gaiman)

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