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SHAMAN
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Seidr
Advanced
Journal of the International Society for Academic Research on Shamanism
Days in Midgard
Book
Fiction
General
Abell, Steven T
Tracing Old Norse Cosmology
Book
General
Advanced
Andrén, Anders
The Hávamál: Views and Commentaries
Book
General
Beginner
Asatru UK
The Travel Hávamál
Book
General
Beginner
Asatru UK
The Travellers guide to modern heathenry
Book
General
Beginner
Asatru UK
The Well and the Tree
Book
General
Advanced
Bauschatz, Paul C
The Lost Gods of England
Book
General
Advanced
Branston, Brian
The Viking World
Book
General
Intermediate
Brink, Stefan and Price, Neil
Magic beyond the binary
Essay
General
Advanced
Callaghan, Meghan
A Brief History of the Vikings
Book
General
Intermediate
Clements, Jonathan
The Last Kingdom
Book
Fiction
General
Cornwell, Bernard
The Poetic Edda
Audiobook
General
Intermediate
Crawford, Jackson
Poetic Edda
Audiobook
Other
Intermediate
Crawford, Jackson
The Anglo-Saxon World: An Anthology
Book
General
Intermediate
Crossley-Holland, Kevin
Gods and Myths of Northern Europe
Book
General
Advanced
Davidson, Hilda Roderick Ellis
Scandinavian Mythology
Book
General
Advanced
Davidson, Hilda Roderick Ellis
Nordic Religion in the Viking Age
Book
General
Intermediate
Dubois, Thomas
The Road to Hel
General
Advanced
Ellis, H.R.
The Hammer and The Cross
Book
General
Intermediate
Ferguson, Robert
Norse Mythology
Audiobook
General
Beginner
Gaiman, Neil
Norse Mythology
Audiobook
General
Beginner
Gaiman, Neil
A Biography of Seiðr-staffs
Book
Seidr
Advanced
Gardela, Leszek
Out of the Waters Beneath the Tree
Essay
Seidr
Advanced
Heath, Catherine
Hrafnkel's Saga
Book
Sagas
Intermediate
Hermann, Palsson
Orkneyinga Saga
Book
Sagas
Intermediate
Hermann, Palsson and Edwards, Paul
Seiðr & Shamans
Essay
Seidr
Advanced
Klein, Sebastian
God of Vengeance
Book
Fiction
General
Kristian, Giles
Norse Mythology
Book
General
Intermediate
Lindow, John
The Image of Seiðr in Old Icelandic Literature
Essay
Seidr
Advanced
Lyonel D. Perabo
The Vikings
Book
General
Intermediate
Magnusson, Magnus
The Vinland Sagas
Book
Sagas
Intermediate
Magnusson, Magnus and Hermann, Palsson
Njal's Saga
Book
Sagas
Intermediate
Magnusson, Magnus and Palsson, Hermann
Last Places
Book
Fiction
General
Millman, Lawrence
Vikings
Book
General
Intermediate
Oliver, Neil
An Introduction to English Runes
Book
Runes
Intermediate
Page, R.I.
Rudiments of Runelore
Book
Runes
Beginner
Pollington, Stephen
The Archeology of Seiðr
Book
Seidr
Advanced
Price, Neil
Beowulf
Book
Sagas
Intermediate
Seamus Heaney
The Wyrd Less Woven: An Alternative Heathen Prayer Book
Sif Brookes
Let us weave wyrd together...
A book of prayers and invocations to the Heathen Gods, Goddesses, Wights, and ancestors that are often overlooked in mainstream Heathen practice. Written by Sif Brookes and Dan Coultas, it is a must-have for any Heathen who works with the deities and beings on the fringes of the Norse pantheon, including Loki, Hel, Sleipnir, Ymir, and many more.
A useful resource for solitary practitioners as well as those who partake in group worship, those who are new to the Heathen path, as well as those looking to expand their Heathen horizons. Featuring stunning original artwork by Sif Brookes.
Viking Friendship
Book
General
Advanced
Sigurdsson, Jon Vidar
Seidhr, A Scholarly Study of the Art
Essay
Seidr
Advanced
Sir Sigurd
Shamanism in the Old Norse Tradition
Essay
Seidr
Advanced
Stefanie v. Schnurbein
Edda
Book
Sagas
Intermediate
Sturluson, Snorri and Faulkes, Anthony
Blood Feud
Book
Fiction
General
Sutcliff, Rosemary
The Icelandic Saga Database
Website
Sagas
General
Thordarson, Sveinbjorn
The largest repository of the Sagas of the Icelanders available in multiple languages in a variety of open formats.
The Hunting of the Vétt
Essay
Seidr
Advanced
Tolley, Clive
Viking Society for Northern Research
Website
General
General
VSNR
The Viking Society for Northern Research is making virtually all its publications (and some other related items) from inception in 1893 to the present freely available on this website
Shamanism in Siberia
Book
Seidr
Advanced
Znamenski, Andrei A
Spirits Through Respiratory Passages
Essay
Seidr
Advanced
Myths of the Pagan North
Book
General
Advanced
Abram, Christopher
The Asatrú Book of Blots
Book
General
Beginner
Asatru UK
The Hávamál: Volume 1
Book
General
Beginner
Asatru UK
The Travel Völuspá
Book
General
Beginner
Asatru UK
The Way of Wyrd
Book
Fiction
General
Bates, Brian
Nine Worlds of Seid-Magic
Book
Seidr
Advanced
Blain, Jenny
Remnants of Seiðr
Essay
Seidr
Advanced
Braucher, Nóel
Grettir's Saga
Book
Sagas
Intermediate
Byock, Jesse
The Religious Roles in pre-Christian Scandinavia
Essay
Seidr
Advanced
Chvalkovska, Marketa
The Children of Odin
Audiobook
General
Beginner
Colum, Padraic
The Gods’ Own County
Book
General
Beginner
Coultas, Dan
The Saga of the Volsungs
Audiobook
General
Intermediate
Crawford, Jackson
Eaters of the Dead
Book
Fiction
General
Crichton, Michael
The Norse Myths
Book
General
Beginner
Crossley-Holland, Kevin
Myths and Symbols in Pagan Europe
Book
General
Advanced
Davidson, Hilda Roderick Ellis
The Lost Beliefs of Northern Europe
Book
General
Advanced
Davidson, Hilda Roderick Ellis
Runes: An Introduction
Book
Runes
Beginner
Elliot, R.W.V.
Viking Worlds
Book
General
Advanced
Eriksen, MH
The Ethical World-Conception of the Norse People
Book
General
Advanced
Fors, Andrew Peter
Norse Mythology
Book
Fiction
Beginner
Gaiman, Neil
(Magic) Staffs in the Viking Age
Book
Seidr
Advanced
Gardela, Leszek
The Vikings
Audiobook
General
Beginner
Harl, Kenneth W
Old Norse Religion in Long Term Perspectives
Book
Seidr
Advanced
Heide, Eldar
Erbyggja Saga
Book
Sagas
Intermediate
Hermann, Palsson and Edwards, Paul
A History of the Vikings
Book
General
Intermediate
Jones, Gwyn
Wizards and Words
Book
Seidr
Advanced
Korecká, Lucie
The Old Norse Vocabulary of Magic in a Cultural Context
Icelandic Saga Map
Website
Sagas
General
Lethbridge, Dr Emily et al.
A resource to guide specialists and non-specialists alike around the geography of the Sagas of Iceland
The Whale Road
Book
Fiction
General
Low, Robert
Life is savage aboard a Viking raiding ship. When Orm Rurikson is plucked from the snows of Norway to brave the seas on the Fjord Elk, he becomes an unlikely member of the notorious crew.
Runic Amulets and Magic Objects
Book
Runes
Intermediate
MacLeod, Mindy and Mees, Bernard
Viking: Hammer of the North
Book
General
Intermediate
Magnusson, Magnus
Laxdaela Saga
Book
Sagas
Intermediate
Magnusson, Magnus and Palsson, Hermann
Runes, Magic and Religion
Book
Runes
Intermediate
McKinnel, John and Simek, Rudolf and Düwel, Klaus
Ásatrú for Beginners
Book
General
Beginner
Nordvig, Mathias
Runes: A Handbook
Book
Runes
Intermediate
P. Barnes, Michael
The Rune Primer
Book
Runes
Beginner
Plowright, Sweyn
Nine paces from Hel
Essay
General
Advanced
Price, Neil
The Viking Way
Book
General
Advanced
Price, Neil
Viking - Odinn's Child
Book
Fiction
General
Severin, Tim
Valkyrjur, Servant or Master?
Sif Brookes
THERE ARE FEW BEINGS IN WESTERN MYTHOLOGY WHO HOLD SUCH A STRANGLEHOLD ON THE ZEITGEIST AS THE VALKYRIE. THERE'S SOMETHING INCREDIBLY TIMELESS IN THE IMAGE OF THE SOMETIMES-WINGED WARRIOR WOMAN LOOMING OVER THE BATTLEFIELD AND FERRYING THOSE CHOSEN DEAD TO THEIR AFTERLIVES. THOUGH THE VALKYRIES HAVE EVOLVED AND CHANGED OVER THE LAST MILLENNIA TO REFLECT AND FULFIL VARIOUS CULTURAL ROLES, TODAY THEY REMAIN AS MUSES TO CREATIVES AND ARTISTS, OFTEN IN WAYS THAT ECHO THEIR LATER DEPICTIONS IN THE MEDIEVAL PERIOD. THIS WORK EXPLORES THE REPRESENTATION, BEHAVIORS AND CHARACTERIZATION OF THE VALKYRIES ACROSS THE MEDIEVAL PERIOD FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF A PRACTICING NORDIC HEATHEN.
Dictionary of Northern Mythology
Book
General
Intermediate
Simek, Rudolf
Norwegian Runes and Runic Inscriptions
Book
Runes
Intermediate
Spurkland, Terje
Egil's Saga
Book
Sagas
Intermediate
Sturluson, Snorri and Edwards, Paul and Palsson, Hermann
The Poetic Edda
Book
Sagas
Intermediate
Sturluson, Snorri and Larrington, Carolyne
Poems of the Elder Edda
Audiobook
General
Intermediate
Terry, Patricia
Shamanism in Norse Myth and Magic
Book
Seidr
Advanced
Tolley, Clive
Myth and Religion of the North
Book
General
Advanced
Turville-Petre, Edward Oswald Gabriel
Nutcase
Book
Fiction
General
Williams, Tony
Comic book update of Grettis saga, set on a Council Estate