The Prose Edda
By: Snorri Sturluson , Jesse L. Byock
3.56
Format: None pages, Paperback
'What was the beginning, or how did things start? What was there before?' The Prose Eddais the most…
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1. The Nibelungenlied
By: Unknown , A.T. Hatto
3.82
Format: 404 pages, Paperback
Written by an unknown author in the twelfth century, this powerful tale of murder and revenge reach… read more
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2. The Saga of the Volsungs with The Saga of Ragnar Lothbrok
By: Jackson Crawford , Jackson Crawford
4.16
Format: 184 pages, Paperback
From the translator of the bestselling Poetic Edda (Hackett, 2015) comes a gripping new rendering… read more
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3. The Poetic Edda
By: Anonymous , Lee M. Hollander
4.26
Format: 331 pages, Paperback
The Poetic Eddacomprises a treasure trove of mythic and spiritual verse holding an important place … read more
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4. Egil's Saga
By: Anonymous , Bernard Scudder , Svanhildur Óskarsdóttir , Egill Skallagrímsson
3.80
Format: 184 pages, Paperback
Egil's Saga tells the story of the long and brutal life of tenth-century warrior-poet and farmer Eg… read more
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5. The Sagas of Ragnar Lodbrok
By: Ben Waggoner
3.26
Format: 212 pages, Paperback
Although based on historical persons from the 9th century, Ragnar Lodbrok and his sons are the subj… read more
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6. Gods and Myths of Northern Europe
By: H.R. Ellis Davidson
2.90
Format: 96 pages,
Tiw, Woden, Thunor, Frig. these ancient northern deities gave their names to the very days of our w… read more
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7. Futhark, a Handbook of Rune Magic
By: Edred Thorsson
4.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
In giving us "Futhark, " the author re-initiates us into our heritage, explaining the mysteries of … read more
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8. The Prose Edda
By: Snorri Sturluson , Jesse L. Byock
3.56
Format: None pages, Paperback
'What was the beginning, or how did things start? What was there before?' The Prose Eddais the most… read more
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9. Njal's Saga
By: Anonymous , Robert Cook
5.00
Format: 500 pages, Paperback
Written in the thirteenth century, Njal's Saga is a story that explores perennial human problems-fr… read more
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10. A Practical Heathen's Guide to Asatru
By: None
3.91
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
Flowing from its early, pre-Christian beginnings through its modern worldview, this book explores t… read more
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11. The Sagas of Icelanders
By: Various , Bernard Scudder , Jane Smiley , Keneva Kunz , None , George Clark , None , None , None , None , None , Martin Regal
3.58
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
In Iceland, the age of the Vikings is also known as the Saga Age. A unique body of medieval literat… read more
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12. The Legend of Sigurd & Gudrún
By: J.R.R. Tolkien , Christopher Tolkien
2.86
Format: 442 pages, Hardcover
Many years ago, J.R.R. Tolkien composed his own version, now published for the first time, of the g… read more
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13. The Saga of King Hrolf Kraki
By: Anonymous , Jesse L. Byock
4.42
Format: None pages, Paperback
Composed in medieval Iceland, Hrolf's Saga is one of the greatest of all mythic-legendary sagas, re… read more
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14. The Poetic Edda: The Mythological Poems
By: Anonymous , Henry Adams Bellows
3.85
Format: None pages, Paperback
The vibrant Old Norse poems in this 13th-century collection recapture the ancient oral traditions o… read more
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15. The Saga of the Volsungs
By: Anonymous , Jesse L. Byock
4.32
Format: 80 pages, Paperback
Based on Viking Age poems, The Saga of the Volsungs combines mythology, legend and sheer human dram… read more
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16. The Agricola and The Germania
By: Tacitus , S.A. Handford , Harold Mattingly
3.94
Format: 229 pages,
The portrait of Tacitus' father-in-law, Agricola, is a eulogistic description of the career of the … read more
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17. The Kalevala
By: Anonymous , Elias Lönnrot , Keith Bosley
4.23
Format: None pages, Paperback
The Kalevala is the great Finnish epic, which like the Iliad and the Odyssey, grew out of a rich or… read more
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18. The Poetic Edda: Stories of the Norse Gods and Heroes (Hackett Classics)
By: Anonymous
4.25
Format: 32 pages, Kindle Edition
"The poems of the Poetic Edda have waited a long time for a Modern English translation that would d… read more
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19. Runes for Beginners: A Guide to Reading Runes in Divination, Rune Magic, and the Meaning of the Elder Futhark Runes (Divination for Beginners Series)
By: Lisa Chamberlain
4.31
Format: 138 pages, Kindle Edition
The Bestselling Beginner’s Guide to Runic Magic and DivinationThe enigmatic nature of the runes is … read more
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20. The Viking Spirit: An Introduction to Norse Mythology and Religion
By: Daniel McCoy
4.15
Format: 317 pages, Kindle Edition
The Viking Spirit is an introduction to Norse mythology like no other. As you’d expect from Daniel … read more
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"The idea of fate permeated the religion of the Vikings at every turn. Everything in the universe, even the Gods, was subject to it."-Daniel McCoy, The Viking Spirit: An Introduction to Norse Mythology and Religion
"Words – and the intentions and ideas behind them – had the power to change physical reality, just like any other physical phenomenon."-Daniel McCoy, The Viking Spirit: An Introduction to Norse Mythology and Religion
"But Odin had a trick up his sleeve. For his final question to Vafthrudnir, he asked, "And what, wise giant, did Odin whisper in the ear of Balder, before that great son of his was burned on the funer…"-Daniel McCoy, The Viking Spirit: An Introduction to Norse Mythology and Religion
"The male sphere of Norse shamanism consisted of the elite warrior groups known as the berserkir ("bear-shirts") and the úlfheðnar ("wolf-skins"). The berserkers (as we'll refer to the members of both…"-Daniel McCoy, The Viking Spirit: An Introduction to Norse Mythology and Religion
21. The Wanderer's Havamal
By: Jackson Crawford
4.65
Format: 216 pages, Hardcover
The Wanderer's Hávamál features Jackson Crawford’s complete, carefully revised English translation … read more
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