#the norse eddas

[illustratus]

The Binding of Fenrir by Mabel Dorothy Hardy

[solradguy]

''There sits Sigurd stained with blood; Fafnir's heart he roasts in the fire. I would call the prince wise and prudent if he himself ate that gleaming heart."

-Poems of the Elder Edda - tl: Patricia Ann Terry

[broomsick]

List of interesting ressources pertaining to norse paganism, scandinavian folklore and history, and nordic religions in general

These are sources I have personally used in the context of my research, and which I've enjoyed and found useful. Please don’t mind if I missed this or that ressource, as for this post, I focused solely on my own preferences when it comes to research. I may add on to this list via reblog if other interesting sources come to my mind after this has been posted. Good luck on your research! And as always, my question box is open if you have any questions pertaining to my experiences and thoughts on paganism.

Mythology

The Viking Spirit: An Introduction to Norse Mythology and Religion

Dictionnary of Northern Mythology

The Prose and Poetic Eddas (online)

Grottasöngr: The Song of Grotti (online)

The Poetic Edda: Stories of the Norse Gods and Heroes

The Wanderer's Hávamál

The Song of Beowulf

Rauðúlfs Þáttr

The Penguin Book of Norse Myths: Gods of the Vikings (Kevin Crossley-Holland's are my favorite retellings)

Myths of the Norsemen From the Eddas and the Sagas (online) A source that's as old as the world, but still very complete and an interesting read.

The Elder Eddas of Saemung Sigfusson

Pocket Hávamál

Myths of the Pagan North: Gods of the Norsemen

Lore of the Vanir: A Brief Overview of the Vanir Gods

Anglo-Saxon and Norse Poems

Gods of the Ancient Northmen

Gods of the Ancient Northmen (online)

Two Icelandic Stories: Hreiðars Þáttr and Orms Þáttr

Two Icelandic Stories: Hreiðars Þáttr and Orms Þáttr (online)

Sagas

Two Sagas of Mythical Heroes: Hervor and Heidrek & Hrólf Kraki and His Champions (compiling the Hervarar saga ok Heiðreks and the Hrólfs saga kraka)

Icelandic Saga Database (website)

The Saga of the Jómsvíkings

The Heimskringla or the Chronicle of the Kings of Norway (online)

Stories and Ballads of the Far Past: Icelandic and Faroese

Heimskringla: History of the Kings of Norway

The Saga of the Volsungs: With the Saga of Ragnar Lothbrok

The Saga of the Volsungs (online) Interesting analysis, but this is another pretty old source.

The Story of the Volsungs (online) Morris and Magnusson translation

The Vinland Sagas

Hákon the Good's Saga (online)

History of religious practices

The Viking Way: Magic and Mind in Late Iron Age Scandinavia

Nordic Religions in the Viking Age

Agricola and Germania Tacitus' account of religion in nordic countries

Myths and Symbols in Pagan Europe: Early Scandinavian and Celtic Religions

Tacitus on Germany (online)

Scandinavia and the Viking Age

Viking Age Iceland

Landnámabók: Book of the Settlement of Iceland (online)

The Age of the Vikings

Gesta Danorum: The Danish History (Books I-IX)

The Sea Wolves: a History of the Vikings

The Viking World

Guta Lag: The Law of the Gotlanders (online)

The Pre-Christian Religions of the North This is a four-volume series I haven't read yet, but that I wish to acquire soon! It's the next research read I have planned.

Old Norse Folklore: Tradition, Innovation, and Performance in Medieval Scandinavia

Children of Ash and Elm: A History of the Vikings

The Penguin Historical Atlas of the Vikings by John Haywood

Landnámabók: Viking Settlers and Their Customs in Iceland

Nordic Tales: Folktales from Norway, Sweden, Finland, Iceland and Denmark For a little literary break from all the serious research! The stories are told in a way that can sometimes get repetitive, but it makes it easier to notice recurring patterns and themes within Scandinavian oral tradition.

Old Norse-Icelandic Literature: A Short Introduction

Saga Form, Oral Prehistory, and the Icelandic Social Context

An Early Meal: A Viking Age Cookbook and Culinary Oddyssey

Runes & Old Norse language

Uppland region runestones and their translations

Viking Language 1: Learn Old Norse, Runes, and Icelandic Sagas and Viking Language 2: The Old Norse Reader

Catalogue of the Manks Crosses with Runic Inscriptions

Old Norse - Old Icelandic: Concise Introduction to the Language of the Sagas

A Companion to Old Norse-Icelandic Literature and Culture

Nordic Runes: Understanding, Casting, and Interpreting the Ancient Viking Oracle 

YouTube channels

Ocean Keltoi

Arith Härger

Old Halfdan

Jackson Crawford

Wolf the Red

Sigurboði Grétarsson

Grimfrost

(Reminder! The channel "The Wisdom of Odin", aka Jacob Toddson, is a known supporter of pseudo scientific theories and of the AFA, a folkist and white-supremacist organization, and he's been known to hold cult-like, dangerous rituals, as well as to use his UPG as truth and to ask for his followers to provide money for his building some kind of "real life viking hall", as supposedly asked to him by Óðinn himself. A source to avoid. But more on that here.)

Websites

The Troth

Norse Mythology for Smart People

Voluspa.org

Icelandic Saga Database

Skaldic Project

Life in Norway This is more of a tourist's ressources, but I find they publish loads of fascinating articles pertaining to Norway's history and its traditions.

[sejsoup]

havamal is so funny to me bc its just odin giving life advice. like yeah go off girl

[hiljametsa]

Heima glaðr gumi, ok við gesti reifr, sviðr skal um sik vera. Minnigr ok málugr, ef hann vill margfróðr vera, opt skal góðs geta.

'If you want to be very wise, be happy at home, and cheerful with guests. Cultivate wisdom, a good memory and eloquence, and speak kind words often.'

-- Hávamál 103, tr. Jackson Crawford.

[a-denn]

[diana-andraste]

The Wolves Pursuing Sól and Máni, J.C. Dollman, 1909

Hati and Sköll chase the sun and the moon in H.A. (Hélène Adeline) Guerber's Myths of the Norsemen from the Eddas and Sagas.

[ashsomethingart]

Lokabrenna Tarot - Major Arcana 01 - Vitki (The Magician)

Ash Something Art, Adobe Photoshop CC, 2024 10 Hours All art is created by me and is (C) Ash Something Art No AI was used in the creation of this work.

[izunias-meme-hole]

Loki Appreciation Post

Loki from the original mythology is pretty good and has yet to get an adaptation that does him true justice by reworking and expanding upon him in full, though the Marvel (In general, not just the MCU) and God of War revisions of the trickster are definitely enjoyable too despite having a LOT of differences. Also Record of Ragnarok is there too.

[loki-was-framed]

I love the implications of this throwaway line in Loki Season 2.

[illustratus]

The Ravager by John Charles Dollman

[thequeerlibrarian]

I bought this pretty book because I'm going to Scandinavia later this year 😍

I know some of my mutuals/followers live or went there so if anyone wants to give me tips what I should visit I'd be happy <3

[broomsick]

“Swiftly the Far-Famed rideth,

The Foretelling God, to the fire speeds,

To the wide pyre of his offspring;

Through my cheeks praise-songs are pouring.”

Skáldskaparmál, stanza 9.

Artist

[dandelionjack]

what did i do on the plane journey, apart from reading? i relistened to the bifrost incident, of course. funny how two years ago i was obsessed with it solely owing to my lovecraftiana hyperfixation, and didn’t care about the norse mythology side of things at all, and now it’s kind of the opposite. proof that the mechanisms were artificially synthesised in a lab to hog all my autism to themselves

i don’t know WHAT compelled them (ha) to decide to veer into abject yog-sothothery halfway through what originally pretends to be your standard fare “what if this historical mythos was actually Steampunk Sci-Fi In Space!!” mechs concept record, but it was absolutely the right decision. playing this fast and loose with mythological figures is justified when your story quite literally goes off the rails

also fascinating how this was a magnus s5 trial run. lyf is a jon clone just as much as she-odin is a jonah clone. black box audio recordings transmitting messages from eldritch dread powers that will end the world? all the doors are open now? you don’t say??

[godsofhumanity]

Freyja: You're a con man! Loki: I prefer "confidence man". Tyr: You should be ashamed of yourself. Loki: I'll have you know I've been referred to as the "modern day" Robin Hood by many of my colleagues. Freyja: Really. You rob from the rich and give to the poor? Loki: I con the rich and give to myself when I'm at my poorest.

[astxrope]

I have a proposition for you all :)

Intersex Lyf.

Adios.