{"id":23494,"date":"2020-04-26T11:46:17","date_gmt":"2020-04-26T09:46:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/asa-samfundet.se\/literature\/"},"modified":"2024-11-18T17:49:03","modified_gmt":"2024-11-18T16:49:03","slug":"literature","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/asa-samfundet.se\/en\/literature\/","title":{"rendered":"Literature"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Everyone interprets the written texts differently and there are many different versions of the same things that have been written, this gives a very mixed view of how things should be perceived and sometimes they are mixed with things that are not Asatru. Therefore, it is important to separate things when reading and, as with anything else written, relate critically to both the author and the purpose of what is written.<br\/>There are very few written sources on Asatru some of them are the Codex Regius (more commonly known as the Poetic Edda), Snorri&#8217;s Edda and in the Icelandic Sagas. The poems and sagas of the books are partly supported by archaeological finds and research etc. which sometimes gives us an insight into what rituals and other things looked like.  <\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Texts about Asatru.<\/strong><br\/>We want the public to have access to the poems, texts and sagas that form the basis of Asatru, so we have begun the work of posting poems and other texts. It is mainly Swedish literature, but also material in Old Norse translations of the Swedish ones where available.<\/p>\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>What&#8217;s available is on this page:<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong><a href=\"#eddan\">The Poetic Edda<\/a> &#8211; <\/strong>in Swedish and normalised Old Norse versions<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a href=\"#Ovriga-Dikter\">Other poems<\/a> &#8211;<\/strong> Poems that are not usually included in the Poetic Edda etc.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a href=\"#las-tips\">Reading tips<\/a> &#8211;<\/strong> We have listed several books that are recommended for further reading and immersion in Asatru.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading rich-text block-editor-rich-text__editable\"><strong data-rich-text-format-boundary=\"true\"><a id=\"eddan\"><\/a>The Poetic Edda<\/strong> &#8211; <strong>Songs of the Nordic Gods and Heroes<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n<p><strong>We have chosen to use Erik Brate&#8217;s Swedish translation \u2018Poetiska Eddan &#8211; De Nordiska Guda- och hj\u00e4ltes\u00e5ngerna\u2019 and for the normalised Old Norse (Norse) we have chosen to use Gu\u00f0ni J\u00f3nsson&#8217;s \u2018Eddukv\u00e6\u00f0i S\u00e6mundar-Edda\u2019.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/asa-samfundet.se\/voluspa-valans-spadom\/\"><strong>V\u00f6lusp\u00e1 <\/strong>&#8211; Prophecy of the Volva<\/a><\/strong><br\/>In V\u00f6lusp\u00e1, the Volva tells of the creation and end of the world.<br\/><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/asa-samfundet.se\/havamal-den-hoges-sang\/\"><strong>H\u00e1vam\u00e1l &#8211; The Words of Odin the High One<\/strong><\/a><br\/>The H\u00e1vam\u00e1l contains the language of thought, rules for living and words of wisdom.<br\/><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/asa-samfundet.se\/vafthrudnismal-sangen-om-vavtrudner\/\"><strong>Vaf\u00fer\u00fa\u00f0nism\u00e1l<\/strong> <strong>&#8211;<\/strong> <strong>The Lay of Vaf\u00fer\u00fa\u00f0nir \/ Vafthrudnir&#8217;s sayings<\/strong><\/a><br\/>About when Odin meets the giant Vavtrudner in a wisdom competition<br\/><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/asa-samfundet.se\/grimnismal-sangen-om-grimner\/\"><strong>Gr\u00edmnism\u00e1l<\/strong> <strong>&#8211;<\/strong> <strong>The song of Grimnir<\/strong><\/a><br\/>Is a teaching poem about Frigg and Odin raising the king&#8217;s sons Agnar and Geirr\u00f6d<br\/><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/asa-samfundet.se\/skirnismal-sangen-om-skirner\/\"><strong>Sk\u00edrnism\u00e1l &#8211;<\/strong> <strong>The song of Skirnir<\/strong><\/a><br\/>It&#8217;s about when Freyr falls in love with Gerd and sends his servant Skirnir to try to persuade Gerd to become Freyr&#8217;s consort.<br\/><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/asa-samfundet.se\/harbardsljod-sangen-om-harbard\/\">H\u00e1rbar\u00f0slj\u00f3\u00f0 &#8211; The song of Harbard<\/a><\/strong><br\/>It is about when Thor, after having been in the East, meets a ferryman named Harbard at a ferry crossing and quickly gets into an exchange of words. Harbard is in fact Odin who appears in disguise. <br\/><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/asa-samfundet.se\/hymiskvida-kvadet-om-hymer\/\"><strong>Hymiskvi\u00f0a &#8211;<\/strong> <strong>The lay of Hymir<\/strong><\/a><br\/>Contains 3 poems, first poem when Thor and T\u00fdr visit Hymir to borrow his great cauldron for Aegir&#8217;s guild, second poem is about Thor&#8217;s fishing trip with Hymir, third poem is about when Hymir challenges Thor to carry the huge cauldron.<br\/><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/asa-samfundet.se\/lokasenna-loketratan\/\"><strong>Lokasenna &#8211;<\/strong> <strong>Loki&#8217;s Wrangling<\/strong><\/a><br\/>It&#8217;s about when Loki shows up at Aegir&#8217;s guild and then gets jealous and start<strong>s<\/strong> mocking the other gods who are there.<br\/><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/asa-samfundet.se\/thrymskvida-kvadet-om-trym\/\"><strong>\u00derymskvi\u00f0a<\/strong> <strong>&#8211;<\/strong> <strong>The Lay of Thrym<\/strong><\/a><br\/>It&#8217;s about when Thor wakes up one morning and realises that Mjolnir has been stolen. It is Thrym who is behind the crime. <br\/><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/asa-samfundet.se\/alvissmal-sangen-om-allvis\/\"><strong>Alv\u00edssm\u00e1l &#8211;<\/strong> <strong>The song of Allvis<\/strong><\/a><br\/>The dwarf Allvis turns up at Thor&#8217;s house to fetch Thor&#8217;s daughter Thrud after the agreement made earlier, Thor objects as he was not at home at the time. To resolve this, Allvis is challenged but Thor outwits the dwarf. <br\/><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/asa-samfundet.se\/baldrs-draumar-balders-drommar\/\"><strong>Baldrs Draumar<\/strong> <strong>&#8211;<\/strong> <strong>Baldr&#8217;s Dreams<\/strong><\/a><br\/>Baldr&#8217;s life is in danger, as Baldr&#8217;s nightmares testify, and to find out who the orbiter is, Odin travels to the underworld to meet a volva. <br\/><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/asa-samfundet.se\/rigsthula-rigstula\/\"><strong>R\u00edgs\u00feula &#8211;<\/strong> <strong>The Lay of Rig<\/strong><\/a><br\/>The Lay of Rig tells how Rig, who is Heimdall in the guise of a traveller, creates the three social classes.<br\/><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/asa-samfundet.se\/hyndluljod-hyndlas-sang\/\"><strong>Hyndlulj\u00f3\u00f0 &#8211;<\/strong> <strong>The song of Hyndla<\/strong><\/a><br\/>In The song of Hyndla, at Freyja&#8217;s request, Hyndla enumerates Ottar&#8217;s ancestors, which will help Ottar win a bet against Angant\u00fdr. The \u2018short V\u00f6luspa\u2019 (verses 30-45) also tells of various deities. <br\/><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/asa-samfundet.se\/volundarkvida-kvadet-om-volund\/\">V\u00f6lundarkvi\u00f0a &#8211; The Lay of V\u00f6lund<\/a><\/strong><br\/>In The Lay of V\u00f6lund, the blacksmith V\u00f6lund is captured by King Nidud, who forces him to make jewellery; V\u00f6lund takes revenge by murdering the king&#8217;s sons.<br\/><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/asa-samfundet.se\/helgakvida-hjorvardssonar-kvadet-om-helge-hjorvardsson\/\"><strong>Helgakvi\u00f0a Hj\u00f6rvar\u00f0ssonar &#8211;<\/strong> <strong>Lay of Helgi Hj\u00f6rvar\u00f0sson<\/strong><\/a><br\/>This is a poem found in the collection of heroic poems in the Poetic Edda&#8217;s manuscript Codex Regius and is part of a Helgetrilogy together with Helgakvida Hundingsbana in fyrri and Helgakvida Hundingsbana \u00f6nnur. <br\/><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/asa-samfundet.se\/helgakvida-hundingsbana-i-forsta-kvadet-om-helge-hundingsbane\/\"><strong>Helgakvi\u00f0a Hundingsbana I &#8211; <\/strong><strong>The First Lay of Helgi Hundingsbane<\/strong><\/a><br\/>This is the second poem in the Helgetriologin, Helge Hundingsbane is a hero from \u00d6sterg\u00f6tland, Sweden who also appears in the V\u00f6lsunga saga. He belongs to the V\u00f6lsunga family and the \u00d6sterg\u00f6tland Ylvinga family. <br\/><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/asa-samfundet.se\/volsungakvida-in-forna-helgakvida-hundingsbana-ii-andra-kvadet-om-helge-hundingsbane\/\"><strong>V\u00f6lsungakvi\u00f0a in forna (Helgakvi\u00f0a Hundingsbana II) &#8211;<\/strong> <strong>The third Lay of Helgi Hundingsbane<\/strong><\/a><br\/>\u00c4r den tredje dikten i Helgetriologin men andra om Helge Hundingsbane. I denna avslutande dikt ber\u00e4ttas det om V\u00f6lsungarna, om Helges d\u00f6d och Sigruns natt tillsammans med Helge vid hans gravh\u00f6g. <br\/><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/asa-samfundet.se\/gripisspa-sigurdarkvida-fafnisbana-i-gripers-spadom\/\"><strong>Gr\u00edpissp\u00e1 (Sigur\u00f0arkvi\u00f0a F\u00e1fnisbana I) &#8211;<\/strong> <strong>Griper&#8217;s prediction<\/strong><\/a><br\/>Is a dialogue in which Sigurd Fafnesbane asks the wise King Griper about the future, who then predicts Sigurd&#8217;s life and destiny.<br\/><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/asa-samfundet.se\/reginsmal-sigurdarkvida-fafnisbana-ii-sangen-om-regin\/\">Reginsm\u00e1l (Sigur\u00f0arkvi\u00f0a F\u00e1fnisbana II) &#8211; The Lay of Regin<\/a><\/strong><br\/>Here Sigurd Fafnesbane meets the blacksmith Regin, who forges Sigurd the sword that will kill Regin&#8217;s brother Fafner.<br\/><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/asa-samfundet.se\/fafnismal-sangen-om-favner\/\"><strong>F\u00e1fnism\u00e1l &#8211;<\/strong> <strong>F\u00e1fnir&#8217;s sayings<\/strong><\/a><br\/>It tells the story of Sigurd F\u00e1fnirsbane slaying the dragon F\u00e1fnir for gold.<br\/><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/asa-samfundet.se\/sigrdrifumal-sangen-om-sigrdriva\/\"><strong>Sigrdr\u00edfum\u00e1l &#8211;<\/strong> <strong>The Lay of Sigrdrifa<\/strong><\/a><br\/>Is the third and final poem about Sigurd Favnersbane&#8217;s youth, and it relates to the meeting between Sigurd and the Valkyrie Sigrdr\u00edfa who gives advice to Sigurd consisting of runic magic and wisdom.<br\/><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/asa-samfundet.se\/sigurdarkvida-in-meiri-brot-brottstycke-av-det-storre-kvadet-om-sigurd\/\"><strong>Sigur\u00f0arkvi\u00f0a in meiri (Brot) &#8211;<\/strong> <strong>Fragment of a Sigurth Lay<\/strong><\/a><br\/>The poem is believed to have contained around 250 verses, now only 22 remain after someone removed the fifth leaf of the Codex Regius containing the poem before 1643. Here, in the 22 remaining verses, the death of Sigurd is disputed. <br\/><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/asa-samfundet.se\/gudrunarkvida-in-fyrsta-forsta-kvadet-om-gudrun\/\"><strong>Gu\u00f0r\u00fanarkvi\u00f0a in fyrsta &#8211;<\/strong> <strong>First Lay of Gudrun<\/strong><\/a><br\/>It&#8217;s about Gudrun, paralysed by grief, she sits by Sigurd&#8217;s body and mourns. No matter what those who come to help her do, nothing helps. <br\/><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/asa-samfundet.se\/sigurdarkvida-in-skamma-det-korta-kvadet-om-sigurd\/\">Sigur\u00f0arkvi\u00f0a in skamma &#8211; The Short Lay of Sigurd<\/a><\/strong><br\/>Is one of the longest poems and its name derives from the fact that there was once a longer Sigur\u00f0arkvi\u00f0a.<br\/><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/asa-samfundet.se\/helreid-brynhildar-brynhilds-fard-till-hel\/\"><strong>Helrei\u00f0 Brynhildar &#8211;<\/strong> <strong>Brynhild&#8217;s Hel-Ride<\/strong><\/a><br\/>It is about how Sigurd and Brynhild are burned at the stake, first they burn Sigurd and then they burn Brynhild, who is lying on a richly decorated wagon. This wagon takes Brynhild on her journey to the afterlife. On her journey she passes a house where G\u00fdgrin lives.  <br\/><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/asa-samfundet.se\/drap-niflunga-nivlungarnes-drap\/\"><strong>Dr\u00e1p Niflunga &#8211;<\/strong> <strong>The Slaying of the Niflungar<\/strong><\/a><br\/>This poem is about how Brynhild&#8217;s brother Atli becomes Gudrun&#8217;s second husband and how Atli avenges Brynhild&#8217;s death by killing Gudrun&#8217;s brothers Gunnar and Hogni.<br\/><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/asa-samfundet.se\/gudrunarkvida-in-forna-andra-kvadet-om-gudrun\/\">Gu\u00f0r\u00fanarkvi\u00f0a in forna &#8211; The Second Lay of Gudrun<\/a><\/strong><br\/>The poem is a brief overview of Gudrun&#8217;s fate, from her childhood, Sigurd&#8217;s death and until shortly before her revenge on Atle, who is guilty of Gudrun&#8217;s brothers&#8217; deaths.<br\/><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/asa-samfundet.se\/gudrunarkvida-in-thridja-tredje-kvadet-om-gudrun\/\"><strong>Gu\u00f0r\u00fanarkvi\u00f0a in \u00feri\u00f0ja &#8211;<\/strong> <strong>The Third Lay of Gudrun<\/strong><\/a><br\/>Gudrun is falsely accused of adultery by Atle&#8217;s slave Herkja, who claims to have seen Gudrun and King Tjodrek together. Atle confronts Gudrun, who denies this. <br\/><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/asa-samfundet.se\/oddrunarkvida-oddruns-grat\/\"><strong>Oddr\u00fanarkvi\u00f0a &#8211;<\/strong> <strong>Oddr\u00fan&#8217;s poem or Oddr\u00fan&#8217;s lament<\/strong><\/a><br\/>Atli&#8217;s sister Oddrun visits a friend Borgny, who can&#8217;t get pregnant, and Oddrun helps Borgny to get pregnant by bile. Oddrun also tells her that her brother Atle is behind Gunnar&#8217;s death. <br\/><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/asa-samfundet.se\/atlakvida-kvadet-om-atle\/\"><strong>Atlakvi\u00f0a &#8211;<\/strong> <strong>The Lay of Atli<\/strong><\/a><br\/>The lay is considered one of the oldest poems in the Codex Regius, originally from the 9th century. Atle Budlasson marries Gudrun for the sake of her rich family, and in order to share in the wealth, Atle has Gudrun&#8217;s brothers murdered, whereupon Gudrun avenges her brothers. <br\/><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/asa-samfundet.se\/atlamal-in-graenlenzku-den-gronlandska-sangen-om-atle\/\"><strong>Atlam\u00e1l in gr\u00e6nlenzku &#8211;<\/strong> <strong>The Greenlandic Lay of Atli<\/strong><\/a><br\/>Atle plans to kill his brothers-in-law Gunnar and Hogne, and sends them an invitation. Gudrun, Atle&#8217;s wife, finds out what is going on and sends a message with runes to her brothers, but one of the messengers partially destroys the message. Hogne&#8217;s wife Kostberga manages to decipher the runes and realises that something is wrong and warns Hogne.  <br\/><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/asa-samfundet.se\/gudrunarhvot-gudruns-eggelse\/\"><strong>Gu\u00f0r\u00fanarhv\u00f6t &#8211; <\/strong><strong>Gudruns Incitement<\/strong><\/a><br\/>Is another poem about Gudrun Gjukesdotter, here she incites her sons to avenge the murdered daughter Svanhild, the daughter she had with Sigurd Favnesbane. <br\/><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/asa-samfundet.se\/hamdismal-sangen-om-hamder\/\">Ham\u00f0ism\u00e1l &#8211; The Lay of Hamdir<\/a><\/strong><br\/>It&#8217;s about Hamdir and his brothers who, at the urging of their mother Gudrun, take revenge for their half-sister Svanhild, whom her suitor King J\u00f6rmunrek had murdered.<br\/><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/asa-samfundet.se\/grottasongr-grottesangen\/\">Gr\u00f3ttas\u00f6ngr &#8211; Song of Gr\u00f3tti or The Mill&#8217;s Songs<\/a><\/strong><br\/>It&#8217;s about the giant women Fenja and Menja who pull the magical mill Grotte owned by King Frode. The Grotte mill is magical and produces whatever is desired. The poem is designed as a work song depicting the fate of the women.  <br\/><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/asa-samfundet.se\/grogaldr-groas-trollsang\/\"><strong>Gr\u00f3galdr &#8211;<\/strong> <strong>The Spell of Gr\u00f3a<\/strong><\/a><br\/>It&#8217;s about a young man (Svipdag), who is searching for Mengl\u00f6d. Faced with a long and perilous journey, he goes to the grave of his mother, the dead volva Gr\u00f3a, to wake her and ask for advice. Gr\u00f3a teaches him nine galdr\u00b4s to help him on his journey.  <br\/><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/asa-samfundet.se\/fjolsvinnsmal-sangen-om-fjolsvinn\/\">Fj\u00f6lsvinnsm\u00e1l &#8211; The Lay of Fj\u00f6lsvinn<\/a><\/strong><br\/>The poem is about the disguised Svipdag, who has now arrived at Mengl\u00f6d&#8217;s castle, meets the castle&#8217;s guardian Fj\u00f6lsvinn and asks him questions. In the end, Svipdag reveals who he is to Fj\u00f6lsvinn and is let in. <br\/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading rich-text block-editor-rich-text__editable\"><strong data-rich-text-format-boundary=\"true\"><a id=\"Ovriga-Dikter\"><\/a>Other poems<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/asa-samfundet.se\/forspjallsljod-hrafnagaldr-odins-odens-korpgalder\/\">forspjallslj\u00f3\u00f0 (hrafnagaldr \u00f3\u00f0ins) \u2013 Prelude poem (Odins raven-galdr)<\/a><\/strong><br\/>Believed to be a 17th century work, perhaps even after the Codex Regius was rediscovered in 1643. The poem is believed to be an introductory poem to Baldrs Draumar &#8211; Baldr\u00b4s Dreams. Since 1876, when Sophus Bugge discussed the poem and its origins in his edition of the Poetic Edda, the poem has not been included in later editions of the Poetic Edda.   <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/asa-samfundet.se\/hervararkvida-hervars-kvade\/\">Hervararkvi\u00f0a \u2013 The Incantation of Hervor or The Waking of Angant\u00fdr<\/a><\/strong><br\/>This is a poem from the Hervarar Saga, which is found in the ancient sagas and is about the shield-maiden Hervor and her visit to her father Angant\u00fdr in his burial mound. She visits him to get him to give her the sword Thyrfing. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading rich-text block-editor-rich-text__editable\"><strong data-rich-text-format-boundary=\"true\"><a id=\"las-tips\"><\/a>Is there literature for me who is curious or wants to know more?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n<p>There are different ways of looking at literature and archaeological sites, and there are different ways of reading or interpreting them. The interest of the person reading pretty much determines what they can take in and understand. Every historical find from the Migration Period and the Viking Age teaches us more about how the heathen norse lived and is to be regarded as a religious find, whether it is a literary find in the form of writing or a solid find in the form of graves, rune stones or ancient castles.  <\/p>\n\n<p>By reading as many sources as possible, preferably in the original language for those who have the knowledge, you are best placed to understand the whole picture. We have tried here to create a little order in the jumble of information available.  <br\/>If you are strictly interested and really want to understand what it is all about, you should turn to historical literature, especially the Eddas and the Icelandic sagas. These works are the most contemporary that have been preserved and are the best preserved source we have available today. <\/p>\n\n<p>For those who are mildly interested or want to start creating an overview, the internet is good and there are countless sites that provide information about most things when it comes to general information about both Norse history and mythology. Searching the internet for Norse stories and sagas gives you a fairly general idea of how mythology is structured and you get a feel for recurring words and meanings. The following links are suggestions for pages with relevant information.   <br\/>Links:<\/p>\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fotevikensmuseum.se\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fotevikensmuseum.se<\/a> <\/strong>\u2013 Very good site with relevant information about the Viking Age, Asatru, ancient monuments, rune stones, contemporary music, live village and much more<\/p>\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>If you prefer books, we recommend these:<br\/><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n<p>The books are available in bookshops such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bokus.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bokus<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.adlibris.com\/se\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Adlibris<\/a>. For second-hand or hard-to-find books, there is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bokborsen.se\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bokb\u00f6rsen<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Historical literature:<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Poetic Edda<\/strong> (There are many translations to choose from, recommendation is to read several different ones)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Snorris Edda<\/strong> &#8211; Snorri Sturlasson (There are many translations to choose from, recommendation is to read several different ones)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Icelandic Sagas<\/strong> &#8211; Icelandic family chronicles (There are many translations to choose from, recommendation is to read several different ones)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Gesta Danorum<\/strong> &#8211; Saxo Grammaticus<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Beowulf <\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Heimskringla<\/strong> (The Lives of the Norse Kings, or A History of the Norse Kings) &#8211; Snorri Sturlasson<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>The Fornaldars\u00f6gur or Fornaldarsaga<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Fact books<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Jul, disting och f\u00f6rkyrklig tider\u00e4kning. Kalendrar och kalendariska riter i det f\u00f6rkristna Norden &#8211;  <\/strong>Andreas Nordberg<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Krigarna i Odins Sal<\/strong> &#8211; Andreas Nordberg<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Fornnordisk Religion<\/strong> \u2013 Gro Steinsland<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>M\u00e4nniskor och makter i vikingarnas v\u00e4rld<\/strong> &#8211; Gro Steinsland och Preben Meulengracht S\u00f8rensen<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Eddans dolda visdom<\/strong> \u2013 J\u00f6rgen Eriksson<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Nordisk Mytologi Fr\u00e5n A till \u00d6<\/strong> &#8211; Katarina Harrison Lindbergh<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Fornnordiskt Lexikon<\/strong> &#8211; \u00c5ke Ohlmarks<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Asar, Vaner och Vidunder<\/strong> &#8211; \u00c5ke Ohlmarks<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Vem \u00e4r vem i nordisk mytologi<\/strong> &#8211; \u00c5ke Hultkrantz<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Vikingarnas spr\u00e5k: 750-1100<\/strong> \u2013 Rune Palm<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Djur och natur i fornnordisk mytologi<\/strong> &#8211; Lars Magnar Enoksen<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Nordiska gudinnor: nytolkningar av den nordiska mytologin<\/strong> &#8211; Britt-Mari N\u00e4sstr\u00f6m<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Blot, tro och offer i den f\u00f6rkristna Norden<\/strong> &#8211; Britt-Mari N\u00e4sstr\u00f6m<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Fornskandinavisk Religion: en grundbok<\/strong> &#8211; Britt-Mari N\u00e4sstr\u00f6m<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>The Children Of Ash &amp; Embla)<\/strong> &#8211; Neil Price<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>The Viking Way<\/strong> &#8211; Neil Price<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>The Seed of Yggdrasill<\/strong> &#8211; Maria Kvilhaug<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Kultledare i Fornskandinavisk Religion<\/strong> &#8211; Olof Sundqvist<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Gamla Uppsala<\/strong> &#8211; Kristina Ekero Eriksson<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Vikingatidens H\u00e4rskare<\/strong> &#8211; Anna Lihammer<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Asaguden Balder<\/strong> &#8211; Bo G\u00f6ran Carlsson<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Nordisk Hedendom<\/strong> &#8211; Folke Str\u00f6m<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Asa-Tors hammare; Gudar och j\u00e4ttar i tro och tradition<\/strong> \u2013 Ebbe Sch\u00f6n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>F\u00e4dernas gudasaga<\/strong> \u2013 Viktor Rydberg<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Fornnordiska sagor, andra samlingen<\/strong> \u2013 Lars Ulwencreutz<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Fornnordiska sagor<\/strong> \u2013 Lars Ulwencreutz<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>V\u00e5ra Gudamakter (En f\u00f6rteckning \u00f6ver Asarnas, Vanernas och Alvernas Gudamakter) <\/strong>&#8211; Henrik Andersson (Finns i v\u00e5r <a href=\"https:\/\/asa-samfundet.se\/produkt\/asatrons-147-gudamakter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">webbshop<\/a>)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Asatron levde vidare i Sagorna<\/strong> &#8211; Henrik Andersson (Finns i v\u00e5r <a href=\"https:\/\/asa-samfundet.se\/produkt\/asatron-levde-vidare-i-sagorna-henrik-andersson\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">webbshop<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Fiction\/Children and Youth books:<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Valhall<\/strong> &#8211; Peder Madsen, Henning Kure, Per Vadmand, Hans Rancke-Madsen<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Sagan om Valhalla<\/strong> &#8211; Johanne Hildebrandt<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Norse Gods<\/strong> &#8211; Johan Egerkrans<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Vaesen<\/strong> &#8211; Johan Egerkrans<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Gods and heroes from Viking mythology<\/strong> &#8211; Brian Branston<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Fornnordiska myter och sagor <\/strong>&#8211; Alex Frith, Louie Stowell<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Asg\u00e5rd : sagor ur den nordiska mytologin<\/strong> &#8211; Sofi Hjort<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Inkr\u00e4ktarna<\/strong> &#8211; Linus Karl\u00e9n (Finns i v\u00e5r <a href=\"https:\/\/asa-samfundet.se\/?post_type=product&#038;p=5954\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">webbshop<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n<p><strong>Contact details or if you want to get involved<br\/>E-mail: info@asa-samfundet.se<br\/>Tel: +46 (0)8-519 70 720<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Everyone interprets the written texts differently and there are many different versions of the same things that have been written, this gives a very mixed view of how things should be perceived and sometimes they are mixed with things that are not Asatru. 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