Heathen Wyrdos Podcast, Coffee Break - Top 10 Books for New Heathens
This week, Wyrdos Sif, Kenna, and Theo talk about the top 10 books for new Heathens. We had to do it eventually. And it's more like top 16... there's wiggle room. Side note, mic cut out when Neil Gaiman's book was mentioned: It's Norse Mythology. Neil Gaiman's Norse Mythology. Thanks, microphone. Sources Mentioned: 1) Prose Edda - Snorri Sturluson & Poetic Edda - Translation by Jackson Crawford or Caroline Larrington or Anthony Faulkes 2) Heimskringla - Snorri Sturluson 3) The History of the Danes - Saxo Grammaticus 4) Myths & Symbols in Pagan Europe - H. R. Ellis Davidson 5) Rudiments of Runelore - Stephen Pollington 6) The Road to Hel - Hilda Roderick Ellis 7) Norse Mythology: A Guide to the Gods, Heroes, Rituals, & Beliefs - John Lindow / Dictionary of Northern Mythology - Rudolf Simek 8) The Gods' Own County - Dan Coultas & Heathens of Yorkshire / Hearth & Field: A Heathen Prayer Book - Hester Butler-Ehle 9) Norse Mythology - Neil Gaiman / The Penguin Book of Norse Myths: Gods of the Vikings - Kevin Crossley-Holland 10) The Viking Way: Religion and War in Late Iron Age Scandinavia - Neil Price Further Reading: The Saga of King Hrolf Kraki The Sagas of Icelanders The Vinland Sagas - Support the Wyrdos and all their weirdness by becoming a Patron https://www.patreon.com/user?u=69955157 Join the Heathen Wyrdos Discord Server - It's FREE! (beware, may contain cheese and bagels)- https://discord.gg/vyXntbzSxN Want to support the Wyrdos? Buy us a coffee @ https://ko-fi.com/heathenwyrdos We now have a Redbubble store as well if you're after some Wyrdos merch: https://www.redbubble.com/people/heathenwyrdos/shop Find Heathen Wyrdos Podcast on Youtube, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Podbay, Overcast, Pocket Casts, and other places where podcasts live. Avatar Art by by Nes on Discord. Video Editing by @holycrapacupcake Heathen Wyrdos Logo Art by Forfeda: http://www.forfeda.com Music: Towards the Horizon by Alexander Nakarada (www.serpentsoundstudios.com) Licensed under Creative Commons by Attribution 4.0 License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ All other sound effects used here are under license courtesy of envato elements.