RELIGION


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GENERAL TEUTONIC HEATHEN RELIGION

Ellis Davidson, Hilda

The Lost Beliefs of Northern Europe, Routledge 1993. (TT)

Myths and Symbols in Pagan Europe, Syracuse Univ Press 1988 (TT)

Gods and Myths of Northern Europe, Penguin 1964 (TT)

Endright, Michael J

Lady with a Mead Cup, Four Courts Press, 1996 (TT)

Jenson, CK & Nielsen, K H

Burial & Society, Aarhus University Press 1997 (TT)

MacColloch, J A

The Celtic and Scandinavian Religions, Constable 1993.(TT)

Stone, Alby

The Bleeding Lance, Myth Ritual & the Grail Legend, Heart of Albion Press 1992. (TT)

A Splendid Pillar, Images of the axis mundi in the Grail Romances, Heart of Albion Press 1992.(TT)

Wyrd, Fate & Destiny in North European Paganism, Privately Published 1989.(TT)

Ymirs Flesh, Heart of Albion Press, 1997.(TT)

Tonnelat, E

Teutonic Mythology, New Larouse Enc of Mythology, Hamlyn 1977 (TT).

Misc.

Norse / Germanic Myths, Pears Encyclopedia of Myths and Legends, Pelham Books 1977. (TT)

HEATHEN RELIGION OF THE ANGLO SAXONS

Branston, Brian

The Lost Gods of England, Thames & Hudson, 1974 (TT)

Linsell, Tony

Anglo-Saxon Mythology, Migration & Magic, Anglo Saxon Books, 1992 (TT).

Meaney, Audrey L

Anglo Saxon Amulets and Curing Stones, BAR Oxford, 1981 (TTc)

Owen, Gale

Rites and Religions of the Anglo-Saxons, David & Charles, 1981

Puhvel, Martin

Beowulf and Celtic Tradition, Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 1933

Speake, George

A Saxon Bed Burial on Swallowcliffe Down, English Heritage, 1989 (TT).

Van de Noort, Robert

The Context of Early Medieval Barrows in Europe, Antiquity Volume 67 #254 March 1993.(TTc)

HEATHEN RELIGION OF THE NORSE PEOPLES

Brian Branston

Gods of the North, Thames and Hudson, 1980.(TT)

H M Chadwick

The Cult of Othin, Looking Glass Press 1994 (old reprint - 1899) (TT)

Daly, Kathleen

Norse Mythology A -Z, Facts on File, 1991 (TT)

Danielli, Mary

Intiation Ceremonial from Norse Literature, Folklore Volume 56 June 1945. (TT)

Dumezil, George

Gods of the Ancient Northmen, Univ of California Press 1977 (TTc)

Ellis-Davidson, Hilda

Scandinavian Mythology, Newnes 1982 (TT)

The Chariot of the Sun, (with Peter Gelling), J M Dent & Sons 1969 (TT)

The Lost Beliefs of Northern Europe, Routledge, 1993 (TT)

Myths and Symbols in Pagan Europe, Syracuse 1988 (TT)

Grant, John

An Introduction to Viking Mythology, Grange Books 1996 (TT)

Grundy, Stephen

Freyja and Frigg, The Concept of the Goddess, Routledge, 1996.(TT)

Guerber, H A

The Norsemen, Studio Editions 1993 (old reprint!) (TT)

Hagberg, Ulf Erik

The Scandinavian votive deposits of weapons & jewellery in the Roman Iron Age and Migration Period. Gifts to the Gods, Uppsala 1987.(TT)

Lindow, John

Myths & Legends of the Vikings, Bellerophon Books 1992 (TT).

MacCulloch, J A

The Celtic and Scandinavian Religions, Constable, 1993 (TT)

Magnuson, Magnus

Hammer of the North, Orbis 1976 (TT)

Iceland Saga, Bodley Head, 1987 (TT)

Mats P. Malmer

Weight Systems in the Scandinavian Bronze Age (figurines & oath rings), Antiquity Volume 66 #251 June 1992.(TTc)

Nasstrom, Britt-Mari

Freyja - a goddess with many names, The Concept of the Goddess, Routledge 1996.(TT)

Freyja - the great goddess of the North, Lund Univ 1995.(TT)

Page, R I

Norse Myths, British Museum Press 1990 (TT)

Roberts, Morgan

Norse & Viking Myths & Legends, Friedman Group 1994.

Sharpe, Eric J

Scandinavia, (Mythology), Barnes & Noble Books 1992 (TT)

Simek, Rudolf

Dictionary of Northern Mythology, D S Brewer 1993 (TT)

Stjernquist, Berta

Spring cults in Scandinavian prehistory, Gifts to the Gods, Uppsala 1987.(TT)

Stone, Alby

Ymir's Flesh, Heart of Albion Press, 1997 (TT)

Wyrd, Heart of Albion Press, 1989 (TT)

Wagner & McDowall

Asgard and the Gods, W Swan Sonnenschein & Co, 1882 (TT)

Wilkinson, Roy

The Norse Stories and their Significance, The Robinson Press 1988 (TT)

Misc

Scandinavia (The Worlds Mythology), WH Smith & Hamlyn 1981 (TT)

HEATHEN RELIGION OF THE GERMANIC PEOPLES

King, Francis

Germany, (Mythology), Barnes & Noble Books 1992 (TT)

RUNES

Kemble J M

Anglo-Saxon Runes, Andrew Publishing, 1976 (TT)

Page, R

Runes, British Museum Press, 1987 (TT)

Runes and Runic Inscriptions, Boydell Press 1995 (TT)

Stevens, George

Handbook of the Old Northern Runic Monuments, Llanerch c1990 (reprint from 1884)

LAPP & EASTERN EUROPEAN

Alexinsky, G

Slavonic Mythology, New Larouse Enc of Mythology, Hamlyn 1977 (TT).

Bosi, Roberto

The Lapps, Thames & Hudson, 1960.(TT)

Gimbutas, Marija

The Slavs, Thames & Hudson, 1971(TT)

Guirand, F

Finno-Ugric Mythology, New Larouse Enc of Mythology, Hamlyn 1977 (TT).

Koppana, K M

The Finnish Gods, K M Koppana, Mandragora Dimensions 1990 (TT)

Lang, David M

The Slavs, (Mythology), Barnes & Noble Books 1992 (TT)

Spencer, Arthur

The Lapps, David & Charles, 1978 (TT)

Szomjas-Schiffert, Gyorgy

Singing Traditions of Lapp Shamans, Akademiai Kiado 1996 (TT)

Warner, Elizabeth

Heroes Monsters and Other Worlds from Russian Mythology, Peter Lowe, 1985 (TT)

Misc

The Finno-Urgric Myths, Pears Encyclopedia of Myths and Legends, Pelham Books 1977.(TT)

CLASSICAL

The Glory of Hera, Phillip E Slater, Princetown Univ Press, 1992 (TT)

GENERAL TOPICS

GODDESSES

Santuries of the Goddess, Peg Streep, Bulfinch, 1994 (TT)

O Mother Sun, A New View of the Cosmic Feminine, Patricia Monaghan, 1994 (TT)

The Concept of the Goddess, Ed Billington & Green, Routledge, 1996 (TT)

SACRIFICE

Gifts to the Gods - Uppsala Symposium 1985, Uppsala 1897 (TT)

GENERAL MYTHOLOGY

A Companion to World Mythology, Richard Barber, Kestrel, 1979 (TT)

The World's Religions (Ancient & Modern), G Bettany, Ward Lock and Co, 1890 (TT)


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