Reccommend me some books?

[patch99329]

Hi ^_^

Recently I've been wanting to get my hands on some books to do with celtic mythology and norse mythology.
But I don't really know where to start when it comes to buying/getting such things from the library.
What books/authors would you reccommend I look into, and which should I avoid? (I aleready know to avoid dj conway)

Thankies, smile
Emma.  

[PhantomPhoenix0]

If you want Norse Mythology, the first stop would be the Eddas. You can find both of them on Sacred Texts, but I'll link the both of them here.

Poetic Edda
Prose Edda

I'm not sure what other books would be good for Norse Mythology, but I would assume many if not all use the Eddas as a primary source.  

[TeaDidikai]

It appears the Norse mythos have been covered-

The question I would ask would be which Celts?

I mean, the Irish have some different collections from the Scots who have different collections than the Welsh who have different collections from the
French who have different collections from...

You get the idea.

Do you want P-Celt or Q-Celt based mythology?  

[patch99329]

Tea>I'm looking at irish and welsh mythology if that helps ^_^

Thanks for the info phoenix!  

[TeaDidikai]

patch99329

Tea>I'm looking at irish and welsh mythology if that helps ^_^

Thanks for the info phoenix!

In that case for the Welsh:
The Four Ancient Books of Wales
The Mabinogion

The Irish have many Cycles and Sagas. Beloved Wing gave me a lovely book. I will record the title when I get home and post it tomorrow.  

[ShadowSharrow]

http://www.ucc.ie/celt/publishd.html  

[TeaDidikai]

ShadowSharrow

http://www.ucc.ie/celt/publishd.html

A wonderful resource.

Do keep in mind that the Irish texts suffered much the way the Eddas did in their translations. So read all with a salt lick. Christian Allegory was jammed into many translations by the monk scribes.  

[saint dreya]

TeaDidikai

The Irish have many Cycles and Sagas. Beloved Wing gave me a lovely book. I will record the title when I get home and post it tomorrow.

ooh, i will wait with baited breath for that *licks lips*.

patch: try Peter Berresford Ellis. great scholarship with loads of Celtic material. also, try the Tain.

Norse; i agree the above suggestions, as well as H.R. Ellis-Davidson. from those i know who follow that tradition, she's been said to be fairly good, as well as easy to find.  

[TeaDidikai]

phoenix shadowwolf

TeaDidikai

The Irish have many Cycles and Sagas. Beloved Wing gave me a lovely book. I will record the title when I get home and post it tomorrow.

ooh, i will wait with baited breath for that *licks lips*.

Darnit. I forgot. crying  

[saint dreya]

TeaDidikai

phoenix shadowwolf

TeaDidikai

The Irish have many Cycles and Sagas. Beloved Wing gave me a lovely book. I will record the title when I get home and post it tomorrow.

ooh, i will wait with baited breath for that *licks lips*.

Darnit. I forgot. crying

s'okay. you just get to make up for it other ways, twisted

heart heart heart  

[godhi]

PhantomPhoenix0

If you want Norse Mythology, the first stop would be the Eddas. You can find both of them on Sacred Texts, but I'll link the both of them here.

Poetic Edda
Prose Edda

I'm not sure what other books would be good for Norse Mythology, but I would assume many if not all use the Eddas as a primary source.

The Norse Myths by Kevin Crossley-Holland is an excellent book for beginning and intermediate students of Norse mythology; I also recommend the following web sites:

Wikipedia--Asatru
The Wikipedia entry on Asatru, with a number of useful links.

Wikipedia--the Poetic Edda
The Wikipedia entry on The Poetic Edda, with links to most of the poems.

Wikipedia--the Prose Edda
The Wikipedia entry on The Prose Edda of Snorri Sturluson.

About.com--Asatru/Odinism
This page includes a number of useful links on the subject of Odinism and Asatru.

Huginn and Muninn--the Asatru Search Engine
One of the best search engines for information on Asatru and all things Heathen.

The Viking Answer Lady
If she doesn't know it, no one does. The Viking Answer Lady is considered by many to be the best online scholar on the subject of Norse mythology, culture, and history.

The Encyclopedia Mythica--Norse Mythology
A good web site on Norse mythology.

Raven Online
A useful collection of links, articles, and information on Asatru.
Highly recommended.

Wicca and Asatru
An excellent article on the basic differences between Wicca and Asatru.
Required reading for beginners.

Good luck on your quest for knowledge!  

[Shorti Rock]

all of the above suggestions are pretty much "must reads", i always look online for the topic i am interested in, not all books are worth your time, but i have a theory, if i pick out one good thing among 250 pages, i am not walking away empty handed...and i read a lot about a vast collection of mythologies and ideologies....perhaps i waste much time in doing so, but i believe knowledge is key, and books contain much knowledge so to me it is gratifying...pick up anything that interests you....(some things are crap, and there have been previous posts of what is bogus vs what is a good read...just read reviews and go on intuition...it may not always work, but not everything is fool proof)  

[TeaDidikai]

Shorti, how much of what you read are source texts?  

[Shorti Rock]

i don't read a lot of source texts really, everything i know i have learned personally and not from a book... i pick topics that interest me and go for it, hoping that i can pull something out of it. i have read the eddas, various books on numbers and their influence (not just numerology), histories of mythologies... im not looking for the same thing that most others look for in books..(or any thing else i suppose)...im looking for knowledge, i dont read spell books because they are a waste of my time, (any book that has love next to the word spell is a bad book in my opinion.) I suppose i look at things on more of a sociological perspective...hence the theory that one should read anything that grabs their attention...perhaps that makes me wrong, but i believe every one has a right to their own way of doing things...  

[Sivirs]

Shorti Rock

(any book that has love next to the word spell is a bad book in my opinion.)

Why?