#eldar heide

[jonquilclegane]

Hello! So I'm trying to read more Norse Mythology, and I was wondering if you had any recommended resources (especially involving mythological Loki)?

Of course!! :D

There are so many books on Norse myths, but alas, not all have been written by experts/scholars/academics and you find again and again the same mistakes and generalisations. It’s so frustating! (but explains the mistakes we find in popular/mainstream media depiction of the Norse gods ^^' If their writers read THESE books, of course, they're going to write their characters like that ^^')

Now, for the GOOD, reliable sources/books :)

First of all, I must recommend Rudolf Simek’s Dictionnary of Norse mythology. He’s an expert in the domain. A lot of his works are in German, but at least, we’ve got his dictionnary. It’s a must have if you’re interest in Norse myths :)

(He has also written very interesting things about the world of LotR, if you’re into it :p )

@poeticnorth recommended me Andy Orchard’s Dictionnary of North myth and Legend, and it was fantastic and full of interesting information.

John Lindow is another great expert, and his book on Old Norse mythology is a fantastic reference too! :)

There are also A LOT of interesting academic papers on the subject of Norse mythology on the https://www.academia.edu/ website.

One of my favourites is the one about Loki as a Vatte and in Scandinavian fairytales, by Eldar Heide.

The one about the Ardre images was really interesting too!!!

Re-Interpretations of Gotlandic Picture Stones Based on the Reflectance Transformation Imaging Method (RTI): Some Examples

ISBN (Paperback): 978-91-7635-099-7 ISBN (PDF): 978-91-7635-096-6 ISBN (EPUB): 978-91-7635-097-3 ISBN (Mobi): 978-91-7635-098-0

And of course, you’ve got Professor Jackson Crawford’s work. He’s amazing and so very knowledgeable on the subject and is an expert in Old Norse. His translations of the Prose and Poectic Eddas, along with the Volsung saga are on amazon and on Audible, if you prefer.

He also did a lot of videos on youtube on Norse myths and the Old Norse language, etc.

Jackson Crawford

Real expertise in Norse language and myth, free of both ivory tower elitism and the agendas of self-appointed gurus.

There is also Professor of archeology Howard Williams on Tik Tok who is SUPER interesting and made a series on early Medieval Loki depictions in art and archeology.

If you want to know more about the Norse goddesses/Asynjur, may I recommend you @loptrcoptr 's brilliant master thesis on the subject. A must-read to get to know better all the goddesses from the Norse pantheon!

A Full(a) Roster: Re-addressing the Ásynjur in Snorra Edda and Beyond

The Ásynjur, goddesses of old Icelandic myth, do not draw much scholarly attention. When they do it is fairly dismissive, labeling many deit

And of course, if you're into paganism and want to worship Loki & Sigyn, there's Lea Svendsen's book "Loki and Sigyn: Lessons on Chaos, Laughter & Loyalty from the Norse Gods". Really interesting!!

Happy reading!

[trollkatt]

Ny episode av Eldar Heides podd Tru og meining i gammal tid.

Plantar i gammalnordisk medisin, kult og myte, samtale med arkeobotanikar Jens Heimdahl

Kvann - Angelica archangelica

Andre norske navn er kvannjol, jol, kvanj, kvanne, kvønn, kvenne, kvanngress, kvannegras og erkeengelurt

[trollkatt]

Norse religion pod

If you are Norwegian - or studying Norwegian - and also interested in our indigenous religions and worldviews, you can hit two flies with one swat with this podcast: Tru og meining i gammal tid (sometimes called "Tru og tanke i gammal tid" for some reason). It covers indigenous religions and everything related from the earliest time to today.

Host is Eldar Heide, professor of Norwegian at the Western Norway University of Applied Sciences and Old Norse philologist. He appears terribly somewhat awkward in the initial episodes, but it gets better, so Do Not Give Up. Eldar is full of knowledge and what he talks about always interesting. Curious layperson sidekick is Gry Offernes.

The Norwegian used is media Nynorsk (the written standard Nynorsk as spoken in media) and whatever dialect the guests speak. Some of the episodes are in English or some other Scandinavian language, since not all the guests - all experts in their field - speak Norwegian.

This is how the pod is presented:

Korleis skapte folk i Norden meining i livet og universet før kristendommen og før naturvitskap og psykologi? Vi skal særleg snakke om førkristen norrøn religion, samisk religion og det som blir kalla folketru, gjerne med ei eksistensiell vinkling. Eg som står bak er Eldar Heide, professor i norsk ved Høgskulen på Vestlandet og doktor i norrøn filologi. Det blir samtalar mellom meg og lekperson Gry Offernes og intervju med forskarar frå dei ulike faga som dekker feltet. Vi vinklar det mot forsking og held oss tett på kjeldene.

A new episode is published every Sunday, and so far 27 episodes of varying length are up - I listen to them on Stitcher.