Children of Yggdrasil

"An ash I know, | Yggdrasil its name,
With water white | is the great tree wet;
Thence come the dews | that fall in the dales,
Green by Urth's well | does it ever grow."


This blog is dedicated to learning of Norse and Scandinavian history, mythology, and magick. It will also contain pictures of wolves, ravens, horses, and snow covered nature.
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Mythology: Lore & Philosophy

American Wights: How a Heathen Honors Spirits of Place in North America, Svartesol

The Dark Arts of Immortality: Transformation Through War, Sex, and Magic, Ross G. H. Shott

Dictionary of Northern Mythology, Rudolph Simek

The Eddas: the Keys to the Mysteries of the North, James Allen Chisholm

Elves, Wights, and Trolls: Studies Toward the Practice of Germanic Heathenry - Vol. I, Kveldulf Gundarsson

Essential Ásatrú, Diana L. Paxson

Freyja: the Great Goddess of the North, Britt-Mari Nasstrom

Gods and Myths of the Viking Age, H. R. Ellis Davidson 

Gods of the Ancient Northmen, Georges Dumezil

A Handbook of Norse Mythology, Karl Mortensen

Lord of Misrule: Essays on Loki, Anonymous

Lost Beliefs of Northern Europe, H. R. Ellis Davidson

Magic of the Norse Goddesses: Magic - Ritual - Tranceworking, Alice Karlsdottir

The Maiden with the Mead: a Goddess of Initiation Rituals in Norse Mythology?, Maria Kvilhaug

The Mysteries of the Goths, Stephen “Edred Thorsson” Flowers

Myth and Religion of the North: the Religion of Ancient Scandinavia, E. O. G Turville-Petre

Myths and Symbols in Pagan Europe: Early Scandinavian and Celtic Religions, H. R. Ellis Davidson

The Poetic Edda, translated by Lee M. Hollander

The Prose Edda, Snorri Sturluson

Odin’s Way in the Modern World, Wayland Skallagrimsson

The Road to Hel: a Study of the Conception of the Dead in Old Norse Literature, H. R. Ellis (Davidson)

Roles of the Northern Goddess, H. R. Ellis Davidson

Runarmal I: the RUNA Talks, Stephen “Edred Thorsson” Flowers

The Sagas of the Icelanders, Penguin Edition with a preface by Jane Smiley

Teutonic Mythology, Jacob Grimm

Teutonic Mythology: Gods and Goddesses of the Northland, Victor Rydberg

Teutonic Religion, Kveldulf Gundarsson

The Well and the Tree: World and Time in Early Germanic Culture, Paul Bauschatz

Witchdom of the True, Edred Thorsson

Magic: Runes, Galdor, and Seidhr

Aegishjalmur: the Book of Dragon Runes, Michael Kelly

The Bifrost Monographs, Thor & Audrey Sheil

The Book of Runes, Francis Melville

The Book of Seidr: the Native English and Northern European Shamanic Tradition, Runic John

Futhark: a Handbook of Rune Magic, Edred Thorsson

Green Runa: the Runemaster’s Notebook, Edred Thorsson

Hedgerider: Witches and the Underworld, Eric DeVries

Hellrunners, Warlocks, and Wolfsheads: a Handbook of the Living Blade Tradition of the Elder Craft, Runewolf

Helrunar: a Manual of Rune Magick, Jan Fries

Helsongs: a Manual of Northern Sorcery, Rune Galdar, and Seid-Work, Robin Artisson

The Nine Doors of Midgard: a Curriculum of Rune-Work, Edred Thorsson

Nordic Runes, Paul Rhys Mountfort

Northern Mysteries and Magick: Runes and Feminine Powers, Freya Aswynn

Power and Principles of the Runes, Freya Aswynn

The Road to Bifrost, Thor & Audrey Sheil

Runecaster’s Handbook: At the Well of Wyrd, Edred Thorsson

Runelore: a Handbook of Esoteric Runology, Edred Thorsson

Rune-Song, Edred Thorsson

Runes and Magic: Magical Formulaic Elements in the Older Runic Tradition, Stephen “Edred Thorsson” Flowers

The Runes Workbook: A Step-by-Step Guide to Learning the Wisdom of the Staves, Leon D. Wild

Runic Amulets and Magic Objects, Mindy MacLeod & Bernard Mees

Scientific Magic, Wayland Skallagrimsson

Seidways: Shaking, Swaying, and Serpent Mysteries, Jan Fries

Taking Up The Runes, Diana L. Paxson

Teutonic Magic, Kveldulf Gundarsson

The Thunder Wizard Path: Modern Teutonic Shamanism, Michael William Denny

Understanding the Galdrabok and Creating Original Designs, Greg Crowfoot

Uthark: Nightside of the Runes, Thomas Karlsson

Vril: the Life Force of the Gods, Robert Blumetti

Wiccecraeft: Shamanic Magic from the Dark Ages, Sinead Spearing