General Studies in Myth, Language, Pre-conversion Sacrifice,Gifting, Ritual, and Religion

• Creation of the Sacred : Tracks of Biology in Early Religions by Walter Burkert

• The Horse, the Wheel and Language: How Bronze-Age Riders from the Eurasian Steppes Shaped the Modern World by David W. Anthony 

• Myth, Ritual, and Religion, Vol. 1 and 2 by Andrew G. Lang

• The Ritual Process: Structure and Anti-Structure by Victor W. Turner 

• Sacrifice: Its Nature and Function by Henri Hubert, Marcel Mauss, W.D. Halls (*)

• The Creation of Mythology by Marcel Detienne

• Sacred Gifts: Reciprocity and the Gods by Kirk S. Thomas (*)

• Ritual Theory, Ritual Practice by Catherine Bell 

• Ritual : Dimensions and Perspectives by Catherine Bell

• Theorizing Myth: Narrative, Ideology, and Scholarship by Bruce Lincoln

• The Origin of Worship: A Study in Primitive Religion by Rafael Karsten

• The Cuisine of Sacrifice Among the Greeks Marcel Detienne and Jean-Pierre Vernant(*)

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Scandinavian Studies

• Culture of the Teutons by Vilhelm Gronbech

• A Piece of Horse Liver: Myth, Ritual and Folklore in Old Icelandic Sources by Jon Hnrfill Adalsteinsson (*)

• Under the Cloak: A Pagan Ritual Turning Point in the Conservation of Iceland by Jon Hnefill Adalsteinsson (*)

• Lady with a Mead Cup: Ritual, Prophecy and lordship in the European warband from La Tene to the Viking Age by Michael J. Enright (*) 

• Nordic Religions in the Viking Age by Thomas DuBois 

• The Well and the Tree: World and Time in Early Germanic Culture by Paul C. Bauschatz (*)

• Animals and Humans: Recurrent Symbiosis in Archaeology and Old Norse Religion by Kristina Jennbert 

• Old Norse Religion in Long-Term Perspectives: Origins, Changes & interactions by Anders Andren, Kristina Jennbert 

• The Road to Hel by H.R. Ellis-Davidson(*)

• Women in the Viking Age by Judith Jesch (*)

• The Germanization of Early Medieval Christianity: A Sociohistorical Approach to Religious Transformation by James C. Russell (*)

• Bloodtakeing and Peacemakeing: Feud, Law, and Society in Saga Iceland by William Ian Miller 

• Roles of the Northern Goddess by Hilda Ellis Davidson

• Witchcraft and Magic in the Nordic Middle Ages by Stephen A. Mitchell

• More than Mythology: Narratives, Ritual Practices and the Regional Distribution | Pre-Christian Scandinavian Religions by Catharina Raudvere, Jens Peter Schjodt (*)

• Mounting Sleipnir: Indo-European Roots of Germanic Polytheism by Michael William Denney 

• Germanic Heathenry: A Practical Guide by James Hjuka Coulter 

• Rudiments of Runelore by Stephen Pollimgton (*)

• Barbarian Rites: The Spiritual World of the Vikings and the Germanic Tribes Paperback by Hans-Peter Hasenfratz Ph.D.

• Ancient Germanic Warriors by Michael P. Speidel 

• Heimskringla: History of the Kings of Norway by Snorri Sturluson

• The Poetic and Prose Edda( We prefer Dronke's translation of the Poetic Edda. There are many translations available or both the younger and elder Edda.)

• Saga of the Volsungs

• Saga of the Icelanders

• Myth and Religion of the North by E.O.G. Turville 

• Tracing Old Norse Cosmology: The World Tree, Middle Earth and the Sun in Archeaological Perspectives by Anders Andren 

• The One Eyed God: Odin and the Indo-Germanic Mannerbunde by Kris Kershaw (*)

• Women in Old Norse Society by Jenny Jochens (*)

• Norse Mythology: A Guide to Gods, Heroes, Rituals, and Beliefs by John Lindow (*)

• Song of the Vikings by Nancy M. Brown (*)

• Teutonic Mythology, Volumes 1-4 by Jacob Grimm (*)

• Dictionary of Northern Mythology by Rudolf Simek (*)

• Viking Worlds: Things, Spaces and Movement by Marianne Hem Eriksen (*)

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Anglo-Saxon Studies 

• The Cult of Kingship in Anglo-Saxon England: The Transition from Paganism to Christianity by William Chaney (*)

• Path to the Gods: Anglo-Saxon Pagsnism for Beginners by Swain Wodening (*)

• Hammer of the Gods: Anglo-Saxon Paganism in Modern Times by Swain Wodening (*)

• We Are Our Deeds by Eric Wodening (*)

• The Way of the Heathen: A Handbook of Greater Theodism by Garman Lord (*)

• Tribal Custom in Anglo-Saxon Law by Frederic Seebohm 

• Feasting the Dead: Food and Drink in Anglo-Saxon Burial Rituals by Christina Lee

• Popular Religion in Late Saxon England: Elf Charms in Context by Karen Louise Jolly 

• Looking for the Lost Gods of England by Kathleen Herbert 

• Peace-Weavers and Shield Maidens: Woman in Early English Society by Kathleen Herbert (*)

• English Heroic Legends by Kathleen Herbert 

• Beowulf: A Dual-Language Edition by Howell D. Chickering (*)

• Anglo-Saxon Medicine by Malcolm Laurence Cameron

• Medieval Herbal Remedies: The old English Herbarium and Anglo-Saxon Medicine 

• Imagining the Anglo-Saxon Past: The Search for Anglo-Saxon Paganism and Anglo-Saxon Trial by Jury by Eric Gerald Stanley

• The Semiotics of Fate, Death, and the Soul in Germanic Culture: The Christianization of Old Saxon by Prisca Augustyn (*)

• Rites and Religions of the Anglo-Saxons by Gale R. Owen

• Anglo-Saxon FAQ's by Stephen Polligton 

• The Elder Gods: The Otherworld of early England by Stephen Pollington (*)

• The Mead Hall: The Feasting Tradition in Anglo-Saxton England by Stephen Pollington (*)

• The English Warrior: From the Earliest Times Till 1066 Stephen Pollington 

• Wordcraft: New English to Old English Dictionary and Thesaurus by Stephen Pollington 

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Indo-European Studies 

• Death, War, and Sacrifice: Studies in Ideology & Practice by Bruce Lincoln (*)

• Theorizing Myth: Narrative, Ideology, and Scholarship by Bruce Lincoln

• Deep Ancestors: Practicing the Religion of the Proto-Indo-Europeans by Ceisiwr Seriyh (*)

• Indo-European Sacred Space: Vedic and Roman Cult by Roger D. Woodard (*)

• Myth, Ritual, and the Warrior in Roman and Indo-European Antiquity by Roger D. Woodard (*)

• In Search of the Indo-Europeans Paperback by J.P. Mallory 

• Indo-European Poetry and Myth by M.L. West

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Books by Mircea Eliade

• The Myth of the Eternal return: Cosmos and History 

• The Sacred and the Profane: The Nature of Religion

• Images and symbols 

• History of Religious ideas, Volume 1: From the Stone Age to the Eleusinian Mysteries

• History of Religious Ideas, Volume 2: From Gautama Buddha to the Triumph of Christianity

• A History of Religious Ideas, Vol. 3 From Muhammad to the Age of Reforms

• Shamanism: Archaic Techniques of Ecstasy 

• Myth and Reality

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Books by Georges Dumezil

• The Destiny of a King

• Mitra-Varuna: An Essay on Two Indo-European Representations of Sovereignty

• Gods of the Ancient Northmen

• Archaic Roman Religion, Volumes 1&2 

• The Destiny of the Warrior 

• The Plight of a Sorcerer

• Camillus: A Study of Indo-European Religion as Roman History 

• The Stakes of the Warrior 

• From Myth to Fiction: The Saga of Hadingus

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Books by Claude Lecouteux

• The Return of the Dead: Ghosts, Ancestors, and the Transparent Veil of the Pagan Mind

• Demons and Spirits of the Land: Ancestral Lore and Practices

• The Tradition of Household Spirits: Ancestral Lore and Practices 

• Phantom Armies of the Night: The Wild Hunt and the Ghostly Processions of the Undead

Heathen Bookhoard

•                    Some heathen related books and some that are not.

•  Alley, Robert S., James Madison on Religious Liberty-

• 1985; 338 pages

• Anderson, Poul, War of the Gods-1997; 304 pages

• Aswynn, Freya, Leaves of Yggdrasil: Runes Gods Magic

• Feminine Mysteries Folklore-1992; 260 pages

•  Bates, Brian, The Way of Wyrd: Tales of an Anglo-Saxon

• Sorcerer-1992; 208 pages

•  Bauschatz, Paul C., The Well and the Tree: World and Time in Early Germanic Culture-1982; 256 pages

•  Bede, The Ecclesiastical History of the English People-

• 1994 [731]; 445 pages

• Bellows, Henry Adams, The Poetic Edda-2004; 251 pages

• Blaker, Kimberly, The Fundamentals of Extremism; The

• Christian Right in America-2003; 285 pages

•  Boston, Robert, Why the Religious Right Is Wrong About the Separation of Church and State-2003; 281 pages  Branston, Brian, The Lost Gods of England-1957; 194 pages

•  Byock, Jesse L., Medieval Iceland: Society, Sagas, and Power-1988; 264 pages

•  Byock, Jesse L., Feud in the Icelandic Saga-1982; 293 pages

•  Byock, Jesse L., trans., The Saga of the Volsungs, The

• Norse Epic of Sigurd the Dragon Slayer-1990 (ca. 1200 c.e.); 145 pages

•  Brury, J.B., The Invasion of Europe by the Barbarians-

• 1967; 296 pages

•  Burns, Thomas S., Rome and the Barbarians, 100 B.C.A.D. 400-2003; 461 pages

•  Carter, Hodding W., An Illustrated Viking Voyage-200;

• 147 pages

•  Chadwick, H.M., The Cult of Othin: An Essay in the

• Ancient Religion of the North-1994 (1899); 82 pages

• Church, Forrest, The Separation of Church and State;

• Writings on a Fundamental Freedom by America's Founders-2002; 160 pages

•  Crampton, Patrick, Stonehenge of the Kings-1967; 171 pages

•  Crossley-Holland, Kevin, The Norse Myths-1980; 276 pages

•  Davidson, Hilda Ellis, Roles of the Northern Goddess-

• 1998; 224 pages

•  Davidson, Hilda R. Ellis, Gods and Myths of the Viking

• Age-1964; 251 pages

•  Davidson, Hilda R. Ellis, The Lost Beliefs of Northern

• Europe-1993; 181 pages

•  Davidson, Hilda R. Ellis, Myths and Symbols in Pagan

• Europe: Early Scandinavian and Celtic Religions-1988;

• 268 pages

•  Davidson, Hilda R. Ellis, The Sword in Anglo-Saxon

• England-1962; 250 pages

•  Davidson, Hilda R. Ellis, Viking & Norse Mythology-1994;

• 144 pages

•  Diamond, Robert E., Old English, Grammer and Reader-

• 1970; 304 pages

•  Drew, Katherine F., The Burgundian Code-1992; 106 pages

• Drew, Katherine F., The Lombard Laws-1989; 280 pages

• Earnest, Corinne & Russell, Fraktur: Folk Art & Family1999; 192 pages

•  Ellis, Hilda R., The Road to Hel: A Study of the

• Conception of the Dead in Old Norse Literature-1943;

• 208 pages

•  Fisher, D.J.V, The Anglo-Saxon Age; c. 400-1042-1973;

• 373 pages

•  Fletcher, Richard, The Barbarian Conversion; From Paganism To Christianity-1998; 562 pages  Gamlinginn, The Orðasafn of Gamlinginn-1991; 248 pages

•  Gardner, John, Grendel-1971; 152 pages

• Glob, P. V., The Bog People: Iron-Age Man Preserved-

• 1965; 200 pages

• Godwin, Parke, The Tower of Beowulf-1996; 343 pages

• Gordon, C.D., The Age of Attila-1960; 228 pages

• Graham-Campbell, James, The Vikings-1980; 200 pages

• Graham-Campbell, & others, Cultural Atlas of the Viking

• World-1994; 240 pages

• Grant, Michael, Julius Caesar-1969; 175 pages

• Grundy, Stephan, Rhinegold-1994; 721 pages

• Grundy, Stephan, Attila's Treasure-1996; 549 pages

• Grundy, Stephan,Gilgamesh-2000; 575 pages

• Grundy, Stephan, Beowulf-2010; 629 pages

• Gundarsson, Kveldulfr Hagan, editor, Our Troth-1993; 711 pages

• Gundarsson, Kveldulf, Teutonic Religion-1993; 403 pages

• Gundarsson, Kveldulf, Teutonic Magic-1994; 311 pages

• Harrison, Mark, Anglo-Saxon Thegn 449-1066 AD-1993;

• 64 pages

•  Harrison, Mark, Viking Hersir 793-1066 AD-1993; 64 pages

•  Hall, J.R. Clark, A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary1960(1894); 432 pages

• Head, Victor, Hereward-1995; 182 pages

• Hollander, Lee M., The Poetic Edda-1994; 342 pages

• Helm, P.K., Alfred the Great-1963; 205 pages

• Holmes, Michael, King Arthur: A Military History-1996;

• 179 pages

•  Ingham, Marion F., The Goddess Freyja and Other

• Female Figures in Germanic Mythology and Folklore ,

• Ph.D. Thesis-1985; 283 pages [UMI Dissertation Service 1800-521-0600]

•  Ingram, Reverand J.,trans., The Saxon Chronicle-1993

• (1823); 463 pages

• James, Edward, The Franks-1988; 265 pages

• Jimenez, Ramon L., Caesar Against the Celts-2001; 285 pages

•  Jolly, Karen Louise, Popular Religion In Late Saxon England; Elf Charms In Context-1996; 251 pages Jones, Gwyn, A History of the Vikings-1984; 504 pages

•  Jones, Prudence and Pennick, Nigel, A History of Pagan Europe-1995; 262 pages

• Kirby, D.P., The Earliest English Kings-1991; 241 pages Kramnick, Isaac & Moore, R. Laurence, The Godless

• Constitution; The Case Against Religious Correctness1997; 191 pages

•  Macintyre, Ben, Forgotten Fatherland: The Search for

• Elisabeth Nietzsche-1992; 256 pages

•  Maccoby, Hyam, The Mythmaker: Paul And The

• Invention Of Christianity-1986; 237 pages

•  MacDowall, Simon, Germanic Warrior 236-568 AD-1996;

• 64 pages

•  Magnusson M., Palsson H. trans, Laxdæla Saga-1969

• (c.1245); 268 pages

•  Magnusson M., Palsson H. trans, The Vinland Sagas, The

• Norse Discovery of America-1965; 121 pages

• Magnusson, Magnus, Icelandic Saga-1987; 246 pages

• Merrifield, The Archaeology of Ritual and Magic-1987;

• 224 pages

•  Metzner, Ralph, The Well of Remembrance:

• Rediscovering the Earth Wisdom Myths of Northern Europe-1994; 334 pages

•  Moberg, Vilhelm, A History of the Swedish People, I & II1971; 478 pages

•  Myres, J.N.L., The English Settlements; English Political and Social Life From the Collapse of Roman Rule to the Emergence of the Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms-1986; 252 pages

•  Musset, Lucien, The Germanic Invasions; The Making of

• Europe 400-600 A.D.-1965; 287 pages

•  Nolt, Steven M., Foreigners in Their Own Land; Pennsylvania Germans in the Early Republic-2002; 238 pages

•  Nicolle, David PhD, Arthur and the Anglo-Saxon Wars-

• 1984; 40 pages

• Owen, Gale R., Rites and Religions of the Anglo-Saxons-

• 1981; 216 pages

• Paxson, Diana L., Brisingamen-1984; 261 pages Paxson, Diana L., The Wolf and the Raven-1993; 328 pages

•  Paxson, Diana L., The Dragons of the Rhine-1995; 400 pages

• Paxson, Diana L., The Lord of Horses-1996; 400 pages Pirenne, Henri, Mohammed and Charlemagne-1992; 293 pages

•  Poliakov, Léon, The Aryan Myth; A History of Racist and

• Nationalistic Ideas in Europe-1971; 388 pages

•  Pollington, Stephen, Wordcraft: Concise Dictionary & Thesaurus, Modern English-Old English-1993; 249 pages

•  Randers-Pehrson, Justine, Barbarians and Romans, The

• Birth Struggle of Europe, A.D. 400-700-1983; 400 pages  Rebsamen, Frederick, trans., Beowulf-1991(700 c.e.); 111 pages

•  Robinson, Orrin W., Old English and Its Closest

• Relatives-1992; 290 pages

•  Russell, James C., The Germanization of Early Medieval

• Christianity-1994; 258 pages

•  Salway, Peter, The Oxford Illustrated History of Roman Britain-1993; 563 pages

• Sklar, Dusty, The Nazis and the Occult-1977; 180 pages

• Smith, A.G., Viking Designs-1999; 44 pages

• Smiley, Jane (preface), The Sagas of Icelanders-1997; 782 pages

• Smyth, Alfred P., King Alfred the Great-1995; 744 pages Snook, Jennifer, American Heathens: The Politics of Identity in a Pagan Religious Movement-2015: 221 pages

• Storms, Dr. G., Anglo-Saxon Magic-1974; 335 pages

• Sawyer, P.H., Kings and Vikings-1994; 182 pages

• Sturlusson, Snorri, Edda (Prose)-1987 (1220-30 c.e.); trans.

• A. Faulkes; 252 pages

• Sturlason, Snorre, trans. A. H. Smith, Heimskringla, or

• The Lives of the Norse Kings-1990 (1235 c.e.); 770 pages

•  Simek, Rudolf, Dictionary of Northern Mythology-1984; 424 pages

•  Tacitus, The Agricola and The Germania-1970 (98 c.e.); 175 pages

• Tacitus, The Annals of Imperial Rome-1971; 455 pages Terry, Patricia, The Poems of the Elder Edda-1990; 268 pages

• Tetlow, Edwin, Hastings-1992; 224 pages

• Tilton, Lois, Written in Venom-2000; 145 pages

• Tolkien, J.R.R., Hengest and Finn, The Fragment and the Episode-1983; 180 pages

•  Walker, Ian W., Harold, The Last Anglo-Saxon King-1997;

• 258 pages

•  Welch, Martin, Discovering Anglo-Saxon England-1992;

• 144 pages

• Wells, Peter S., The Barbarians Speak-1999; 335 pages

• Wilcox, Peter, Rome's Enemies 1 Germanics and

• Dacians-1982; 40 pages

•  Wilson, Eva, Early Medieval Designs From Britain-1983;

• 100 pages

• Wilson, Derek A., Charlemagne-2006; 226 pages

• Whitlock, Ralph, The Warrior Kings of Saxon England-

• 1993; 160 pages

•  Wodening, Eric, The Old English Rune Poem:

• Translation and Interpetation-2011; 86 pages

•  Wodening, Eric, We Are Our Deeds: The Elder

• Heathenry, Its Ethic and Thew-2011: 109 pages

•  Wodening, Swain, Beyond Good and Evil: Wyrd and

• Germanic Heathen Ethics-1994; 29 page booklet

• Wolfram, Herwig, History of the Goths-1988; 613 pages

• Wolfram, Herwig, The Roman Empire and Its Germanic

• Peoples-1997; 361 pages

•  Yoder, Don & Graves, Thomas E., Hex Signs: Pennsylvania Dutch Barn Symbols & Their Meaning-2000: 86 pages