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41. Goddess Alive!: Inviting Celtic & Norse Goddesses into Your Life by Michelle Skye | |
Paperback: 288
Pages
(2007-07-08)
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wonderful book
Good Book, but not enough on Norse Goddesses
Refreshing
excellent insight
Alive and Well |
42. Tales of the Norse Gods (Oxford Myths and Legends) | |
Paperback: 160
Pages
(2001-03-22)
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Uninspired
A book for the ages
Fun to read |
43. The Prose Edda - Tales From Norse Mythology by Snorri Sturluson | |
Paperback: 288
Pages
(2008-05-18)
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Snorri is great but must be taken with a grain of salt.
One of the most readable modern translations
Best English translation from primary source
If You're Purchasing this as an Odinist.
Ian Myles Slater on: A Readable "Standard Version" |
44. The Norse Discovery Of America: A Compilation Of All The Sagas, Manuscripts And Inscriptive Memorials Relating To The New World Settlement In The Eleventh Century | |
Hardcover: 368
Pages
(2007-07-25)
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45. Perilous Realms: Celtic And Norse in Tolkien's Middle-Earth by Marjorie Burns | |
Paperback: 240
Pages
(2005-08-05)
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Editorial Review Product Description J.R.R. Tolkien (1892-1973) is increasingly recognized as the most influential writer of the twentieth century. Sales of his books remain exceptionally high, and Middle-earth fan clubs flourish around the world. The massive success of the film versions made of The Lord of the Rings, and released between 2001 and 2003, have only added to his popularity. Throughout his life, Tolkien was acutely aware of the power of myth in shaping society; so much so, that one of his earliest ambitions as a writer was to create a mythology for England. The Middle-earth of The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit was to serve as a stand-in for Britain and North-western Europe and is strongly based on a variety of influential literatures and beliefs, particularly the Celtic and Norse. Perilous Realms is the first book to focus consistently on the ways in which Tolkien balances these two ancient cultures and unites them in a single literature. Renowned Tolkien scholar Marjorie Burns also investigates the ways Tolkien reconciled other oppositions, including paganism and Christianity, good and evil, home and wayside, war and peace, embellishment and simplicity, hierarchy and the common man. Even those who do not know Beowulf or the Arthurian tales or northern European mythology come away from The Lord of the Rings with a feeling for Britain's historical and literary past. Those who recognize the sources behind Tolkien - and the skill with which he combines these sources - gain far more. Perilous Realms gives this advantage to all readers and provides new discoveries, including material from obscure, little-known Celtic texts and a likely new source for the name 'hobbit.' It is truly essential reading for Tolkien fans. Customer Reviews (6)
Perilous Realms of Wanton Lies
Meh...
HIGHLY recommended book - PERILOUS REALMS
Rehash
WITHOUT APOLOGY |
46. Norse Mythology: The Myths and Legends of the Nordic Gods (The Mythology Library) by Arthur Cotterell | |
Hardcover: 96
Pages
(1999-06-25)
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Great illustrations!! And great introduction to Norse Myth. |
47. Norse Tales and Sketches by Alexander Lange Kielland | |
Kindle Edition:
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(2009-10-04)
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48. The Encyclopedia Of Norse Gods, Goddesses, Giants, Dwarves, and Wights by Gregory Branson-Trent | |
Kindle Edition:
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(2010-10-05)
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Great reference guide and great book.!
Great book, packed with information
Great collection of information and worth the read
Not as advertised |
49. Norse Runic Inscriptions by Earl Syversen | |
Paperback:
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(1979)
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50. The Usborne Book of Greek and Norse Legends | |
Paperback: 112
Pages
(1987-06)
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A Must for Myth Lovers |
51. Gods and Goddesses of the Ancient Norse by Leonard Everett Fisher | |
Hardcover: 36
Pages
(2001-11)
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52. A New Introduction to Old Norse. Part 2, a Reader (Pt. 2) by Anthony Faulkes | |
Paperback: 3
Pages
(2007-09)
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53. The Cambridge Introduction to the Old Norse-Icelandic Saga (Cambridge Introductions to Literature) by Margaret Clunies Ross | |
Paperback: 208
Pages
(2010-11-30)
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54. The Northern Path: Norse Myths and Legends Retold...And What They Reveal by Douglas "Dag" Rossman | |
Paperback: 252
Pages
(2005-06-30)
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Absolutely Wonderful!
Nice Storytelling
Retellings From A Modern-Day Skáld
Good
The best book of its kind I have ever read. |
55. Norse mythology; or. The religion of our forefathers, containing all the myths of the Eddas, systematized and interpreted. With an introduction, vocabulary and index by Rasmus Bjorn Anderson | |
Paperback: 478
Pages
(1876-01-01)
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56. Somerled: Hammer of the Norse by Kathleen M. Macphee | |
Paperback: 180
Pages
(2004-08-30)
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Somerled
Somerled: Hammer of the Norse |
57. Language And History in Viking Age England: Linguistic Relations Between Speakers of Old Norse & Old English (Studies in the Early Middle Ages) by Matthew Townend | |
Paperback: 248
Pages
(2005-06-01)
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58. The Viking Discovery of America: The Excavation of a Norse Settlement in L'Anse Aux Meadows, Newfoundland by Helge Ingstad, Anne Stine Ingstad | |
Hardcover: 192
Pages
(2001-10)
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Editorial Review Product Description The Viking Discovery of America combines a first-hand account of the Ingstads' groundbreaking discovery with a compelling history of Viking explorations. This beautifully illustrated volume describes how the authors worked from old Viking sagas, existing research, and their own hypotheses to piece together the story of a group of Vikings, who, faced with crowded conditions in their settlements in Greenland, decided to expand their horizons, eventually discovering a new territory. Readers will also discover fascinating information about navigation techniques, well-known and obscure Viking explorers, their journeys, and the eventual evacuation of their settlement. Full-color maps and photographs from the expeditions help to bring the text alive. Customer Reviews (4)
Amazing what a gifted amateur can acomplish!
Discovering THE Norse site yet found in America
For those truly interested in the subject There is certainly a good deal of history and scholarship shown here, and for those such as myself who have an interest in the subject but lay no claim to expertise, much to be gained. But I couldn't shake the feeling that some academic scores were being settled. Helge Ingstad, who wrote most of the first parts of the book (with his wife, Anne Stine Ingstad, doing the part about the actual L'Anse aux Meadows dig), spends too much time deriding viewpoints alternate to his own. Since it was his line of reasoning that lead to the discovery of the L'Anse aux Meadows site, it seems that focusing on his own arguments should have been enough. Apparently, though, it wasn't. A major part of the book consists of summaries and analyses of two sagas telling different stories of the Vikings in Greenland and their exploration of North America. One, Erik's Saga, is a ripping good yarn that apparently had been the version favored by scholars. Ingstad makes a convincing argument that the other, The Groenlendinga Saga, is more historically reliable. But he does it at such length (about 1/3 the book) and in such language that the argument comes across as personal as much as academic, as a means of taking pokes at those on the other side of the issue. For example, The Groenlendinga Saga is a "plain, straightforward narrative" of "generally authentic nature," while Erik's Saga is by turns "improbable," "fiction" influenced by fables, "cannot be correct," "more than a little suspect," "incredible," and so on and so on. The description of the actual dig had a different problem: It was too much "we found this and then under this thick a layer we found this and then we found...." I truly wished for a greater context, more explanation of why a find was significant beyond the fact of proving Viking habitation. A number of times she refers to the depth of a strata though which they dug to find something. Was that significant? How? Why? What does it mean? The thing is, the book appears to be intended for a general (non-expert) audience. But at times I felt I had either walked into the middle of a scholarly debate or was reading a simplified field report. The result is, it's neither fish nor fowl, which is why I wanted to give it 2.5 stars. Oh, one final complaint: The quality of photographic reproduction in the book is by and large awful. It gives every indication of being taken from computer printouts of digital photographs, with all the attendant loss of fine detail. I'd say if you're really interested in the subject, give it a whirl. If your interest is more casual, skip it.
A "must" for Viking history buffs |
59. Sanctity in theNorth: Saints, Lives, and Cults in Medieval Scandinavia (Toronto Old Norse-Icelandic Series (TONIS)) by Thomas DuBois | |
Paperback: 400
Pages
(2008-02-23)
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Editorial Review Product Description With original translations of primary texts and articles by leading researchers in the field, Sanctity in the North gives an introduction to the literary production associated with the cult of the saints in medieval Scandinavia. For more than five hundred years, Nordic clerics and laity venerated a host of saints through liturgical celebrations, written manuscripts, visual arts, and oral traditions.Textual evidence of this widespread and important aspect of medieval spirituality abounds. Written biographies (or vitae), compendia of witnessed miracles, mass propers, homilies, sagas and chronicles, dramatic scripts, hymns, and ballads are among the region's surviving medieval manuscripts and early published books. Sanctity in the North features English translations of texts from Latin or vernacular Nordic languages, in many cases for the first time. The accompanying essays concerning the texts, saints, cults, and history of the period complement the translations and reflect the contributors' own disciplinary groundings in folklore, philology, medieval, and religious studies. |
60. The Elder Eddas of Saemund Sigfusson: Translated from the Original Old Norse Text Into English (Classic Reprint) by Benjamin Thorpe | |
Paperback: 378
Pages
(2010-04-16)
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