The Language of Birds in Old Norse Tradition

How the old Norse religion ended in Viking Age Scandinavia, and how its followers defended it against Christianity. A recent study of temples, rulers, and the fall of the old gods.

Olof Sundqvist

Essays on how people in Merovingian and Viking Scandinavia actually lived their religion, from sacred places and amulets to the myths of Odin and Freyr.

Klas Wikström af Edholm et al.

A short, clear introduction to the beliefs of the pagan Norse: their gods, temples, sacrifices, and ideas about death, based on the Eddas and sagas.

W. A. Craigie

A classic essay on the worship of Odin: human sacrifice, hanging, and the god's link to kings and the dead, traced through the Norse and Old English sources.

H. M. Chadwick

From Odin's eight legged Sleipnir to horse sacrifice and burial, this study shows how horses linked the living, the dead, and the gods in Old Norse belief.

Katrín Sif Einarsdóttir