Recommended Heathen Reading List
By no means a comprehensive list….merely our personal curated library list. Pretty much any publication by The Troth should be sound. Thanks to Ursa Sylvest for compiling the list!
General Heathenry/Heathen History
Our Troth – Volumes 1-3 by Ben Waggoner
Heathen Garb and Gear by Ben Waggoner
The Way of Fire and Ice by Ryan Smith
A Practical Heathen’s Guide to Asatru by Patricia M. Lafayllve
Children of Ash and Elm: A History of the Vikings by Neil Price
American Heathens: The Politics of Identity in a Pagan Religious Movement by Jennifer Snook
The Viking Spirit: An Introduction to Norse Mythology and Religion by Daniel McCoy
The Nordic Animist Year by Rune Hjarno Rasmussen
More In-Depth Lore/Academic Studies
Seeds of Yggdrasill by Maria Kvilhaug
The Road to Hel: A Study of the Conception of the Dead in Old Norse Literature by Hilda Ellis Davidson
The Lost Beliefs of Northern Europe by Hilda Ellis Davidson
Roles of the Northern Goddess by Hilda Ellis Davidson
Nordic Religions in the Viking Age by Thomas A. Dubois
Dictionary of Northern Mythology by Rudolf Simek
Country/Culture-Specific Studies
Elves in Anglo-Saxon England by Alaric Hall
A Piece of Horse Liver: Myth, Ritual, and Folklore in Old Icelandic Sources by Jon Hnefill Athalsteinsson
Under The Cloak: A Pagan Ritual Turning Point in the Conversion of Iceland by Jon Hnefill Athalsteinsson
Heathen Magic (Yes, it exists and people practice it)
Elves, Witches, and Gods: Spinning Old Heathen Magic in the Modern Day by Cat Heath
The Viking Way by Neil Price
Icelandic Magic by Christopher Alan Smith
Icelandic Plant Magic by Albert Bjorn
Norse Magical and Herbal Healing: A Medical Book from Medieval Iceland translated by Ben Waggoner
Heathen Theology
Heathen Soul Lore Foundations by Winifred Hodge Rose
Gender Studies
Women in Old Norse Literature: Bodies, Words and Power by Johanna Katrin Frithriksdottir
Women in Old Norse Society by Jenny Jochens
Old Norse Images of Women by Jenny Jochens
Rune Studies
Hanging From the Tree: Living With The Runes by Scott Mohnkern
Long Branches: Runes of the Younger Futhark by Ann Groa Sheffield
Deity Specific
Frey: God of the World by Ann Groa Sheffield
The Trickster and the Thunder God: Loki and Thor in Old Norse Myths by Maria Kvilhaug
Loki and Sigyn: Lessons on Chaos, Laughter, and Loyalty from the Norse Gods by Lea Svendsen
Blood Unbound: A Loki Devotional edited by Bat Collazo
Playing with Fire: An Exploration of Loki Laufeyjarson by Dagulf Loptson
Freya: Meeting the Norse Goddess of Magic by Morgan Daimler
Historical Accounts
Agricola and Germania by Tacitus
Ibn Fadlan and the Land of Darkness by Ibn Fadlan
The History of the Danes Books I – IX by Saxo Grammaticus translated by Peter Fisher
Lore Translations
Anything by Jackson Crawford
