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Old 08-08-2009, 02:24 PM
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Default Asatru books?

I am interested in learning about it. Does anyone know a good book I can pick up? I have tried my local bookstores but I may not be looking properly cause all I can find is stuff about Wicca

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Thanks labialrEl). Heathen daughter could probably answer this well too Lil. wonder where she is?
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Old 08-09-2009, 02:24 PM
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Have you tried http://www.irminsul.org/ ? I think they have a book list or something similar.

Wasn't Our Troth recently republished, too?

I've got some ?satr?ar on my contact list...so, wait.
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Old 08-12-2009, 02:24 PM
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Try amazon.com, they have quite a few, Our Troth I'm told is a good one to look out for
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Old 08-15-2009, 02:24 PM
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The ones I like to recommend are "Exploring the Northern Tradition" by Galina Krasskova and "Essential Asatru" by Diana Paxson. Both are good beginner's primers for people just curious about Asatru and picking it up. As you get more serious you will want to study more in depth material. The Eddas and the Sagas, for instance, are essential reading for anyone interested in the Norse. http://www.northvegr.org has some excellent reading material including these plus other poems, myths, and tales from the North.
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Old 08-19-2009, 02:24 PM
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Try these....covering religious, historical, cultural and even magical areas of Asatru belief. I have read MOST of them and the reviews I have seen on others leads me to believe that they would be valuable...

An illustrated guide to the runes-Jonathan Dee
The Poetic Edda any translation but Lee. M. Hollander?s is the most accessible and readily available
The Vikings - Ian Heath and Angus McBride
Viking Hersir - Mark Harrison and Gerry Embleton
Germanic warrior - Simon Macdowall and Angus McBride
Norse myths - R.I. Page
The rites of Odin - Ed Fitch
Teutonic religion - Kveldulf Gundarsson
Futhark: a handbook of rune magic - Edred Thorsson
Teutonic magic - Kveldulf Gundarsson
Rune magic - Donald Tyson
Esoteric Rune Magic - D. Jason Cooper
Northern mysteries and magic (formerly leaves of Yggdrasil) - Freya Aswynn
Witchdom of the true - Edred Thorsson
Teutonic myth and legend - Donald A. Mackenzie
Myths of the Norsemen from the Eddas and Sagas - H. A. Guerber
Myths and legends of the Vikings - Chartwell Books
The saga of the V?lsungs and translation but Jesse l. Byock?s translation is probably the most readily available.
Runecasters handbook (formerly titled at the well of wyrd) - Edred Thorsson
Runelore - Edred Thorsson
The Way of Wyrd - Brian Bates
Rune Might - Edred Thorsson
Book of Troth - Edred Thorsson
Nine doors of Midgard - Edred Thorsson
The Prose Edda any translation
The Book of runes - Francis Melville
Nj?ls Saga - any translation but Magnus Magnusson?s may be easiest to find.
Gods and myths of Northern Europe - H. R. Ellis Davidson
The Book of Runes - Ralph Blum
Using the runes - D. Jason Cooper
A practical guide to the runes - Lisa Peschel
Norse magic - D. J. Conway
The Little giant encyclopedia of runes - Sirona Knight
The Norse Myths - Kevin Crossley-Holland
Egil?s Saga any translation
Laxdaela Saga any translation
Eyrbyggja Saga any translation
Heimskringla and translation
Practical magic in the northern tradition - Nigel Pennick
Runes - R. W. V. Elliot
Runes and Magic Stephen E. Flowers
Grove and Gallows - James Chisholm
The road to Hel - H. R. Ellis Davidson
The well and the tree - Paul Bauschatz
Gods of the ancient Northmen - Georges Dumezil
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Old 08-23-2009, 02:24 PM
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Go to this part of my website. There is a great deal of information on it. In addition, many of the articles under my name, Jordsvin, have a bibliography "book-hoard" in Heathen use age, at the end, with full documentation. In the USA and Canada, and no doubt elsewhere as well, inter library loan can often get you what you need. In any case, here is the page:

http://home.earthlink.net/~jordsvin/Information.htm

Here is an example of what is available in my articles' bibliographies:

Cunningham, Scott and David Harrington. The Magical Household. St. Paul: Llewellyn,

1991.

Davidson, Hilda Roderick Ellis. Lost Beliefs of Northern Europe. London: Routledge,

1993. Anything by this author is well worth reading as she is one of the greatest

Academic experts in the field of Germanic religion.

Glob, P. V., trans. Rupert Bruce-Mitford. The Bog People: Iron-Age Man Preserved.

Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1970.

Gundarsson, Kveldulf, ed. Our Troth. n.p.: The (Ring of) Troth, 1993. Most of this

work is available on line at http://www.thetroth.org; go to the ?Resources? link at

the bottom of the page and click there. You can read in great detail about D?sir,

?lfar, and other wights in Our Troth. A revised and updated edition is in

Preparation and will be published.

-----. Teutonic Religion: Folk Beliefs & Practices of the Northern

Tradition. St. Paul: Llewellyn Press, 1993. n.b.: this book is again in print as an

book at http://www.aswynn.runeschool.org/recommended.html for US $12. I

believe that it can also be purchased there as a paper copy for an additional charge.

Harner, Michael. The Way of the Shaman: Tenth Anniversary Edition. San Francisco:

Harper San Francisco, 1990.

Little, William, ed. The Oxford Universal Dictionary on Historical Principles, 3rd ed.

with addenda. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1955. This is the big, black, one-volume

dictionary I?ve used since my early teens. It has etymologies and even date of first

recorded use and a brief example for entries.

Sheil, Thorr and Audrey. Hedenskap: The Folk Religion of Ancient Scandinavia.

New York: Trollwise Press, 1992.

-----. The Road to Bifrost Volume V: The Mysteries on Bifrost?s Path. New York:

Trollwise Press, 1991.

-----. The Twisting Trail to Bifrost?s Way: The Journey Through the Northern Mysteries.

New York: Trollwise Press, 1992.

Simek, Rudolf. Dictionary of Northern Mythology, trans. Angela Hall. Cambridge:

D. S. Brewer, 1993.

Thorsson, Edred. A Book of Troth. St. Paul: Llewellyn Press, 1992.

Turville-Petre, E. O. G. Myth and Religion of the North: The Religion of Ancient

Scandinavia. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, Inc., 1964. One of the most

important books in English in the field of Germanic religion. There is an entire

chapter entitled ?Guardian Spirits.?


Source:
http://home.earthlink.net/~jordsvin/Paths%20To%20The%20Gods/Guardians%20and%20Totems.htm
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