Book List for Vanatru and Heathens


Books on Your Shelf: 

a list of recommended reading compiled by Nicole Zurcher and myself upon suggestions in the Norse Women group


Bragi, God of Poetry, with wife Idun




Heathen Specific Books:

Essential Assatru by Diana Paxson
 "Our Troth: Living the Troth" and "Our Troth: History and Lore" by Kveldulf Gundarsson
Teutonic Magic by Kveldulf Gundarsson
The Elder Troth: An introductory course of study by Kveldulf Gundarsson
Northern Magic by Edred Thorrson
Wyrdworking: The path of the Saxon Sorcerer by Alaric Albertsson
Travels through Middle Earth by Alaric Albertsson
Northern Tradition for the Solitary Practitioner by Galina Krasskova
Teutonic Religion by Freya Aswynn

Runes:

Taking Up the Runes by Diana Paxson
The Rune Primer by Sweyn Plowright
Rudiments of Runelore by Stephen Pollington
"Futhark" and "Runelore" by Edred Thorsson


Eddas:



The Norse Myths by Kevin Crossley-Holland
 The Prose Edda by Snorri Sturluson
The Poetic Edda (Bellows Translation)

Sagas:

The Saga of the Volsungs - Penguin Classics edition

Fiction Books:

Loki by Mike Vasich

Vanatru Specific:

Visions of Vanaheim by Svartesol
Freyja, Lady, Vanadis by Patricia Llafayllve
Frey, God of the Wold by Ann Groa Sheffield
Witchdom of the Tru by Edred Thorrson
Nine Worlds of Seid Magic by Jenny Blain
Wiccan Sex Magic by Inga Steddinger (disclaimer: alot of misinformation in this one, especially the title itself. This is sort of like a BDSM pro version of Vanatru, out there but someone recommended to me once as it is about the Vanir Gods and sexual practice).

History, Culture, and Mythos

Goddess of the North by Lynda C. Welch
Culture of the Teutons by Vilhelm Gronbech (MUST READ!!!!!)
Germania and Agricola by Tacitus
Stories and Ballads from the Far Past (Icelandic and Faroese) by Nora Kershaw
Norse Tales and Sketches by Alexander Lang
The Danish History, Books I-IX by Saxo Grammaticus
Maiden with the Mead Dissertation by Maria Kvilhaug <3

Other European Heathen and Pagan Books

 Stations of the Sun - Ronald Hutton
 Cunningfolk and Familiar Spirits - Emma Wilby
 THe Magical Universe: Ritual and Magic in Pre-modern Europe - Stephen Wilson 
Field Guide to the Little People: Linda Arrowsmith
Celtic Women's Magic by Edain McCoy (great book in general for pagan women)

Podcasts:

Magazines:

Hex Magazine

Comments

  1. AnonymousSep 24, 2013, 6:40:00 PM

    May I suggest your History and Culture section include the works of Hilda Ellis Davidson, especially "Gods and Myths of Northern Europe" aka "Gods and Myths of the Viking Age". There's a lot of good stuff about the Vanir in there, particularly the connections between Nerthus, Freyr, and Njordh. -E-

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