From its first pages the book recognizes the intimate connections between heroism and myth. Beginning with the legends of Odin, lord of the Nordic gods, Carlyle describes major forms that heroism can take: in god, poet, warrior, priest, prophet, and king.

The Eddas

The Poetic Edda (1936)

Trans. by Henry A. Bellows

The Poetic Edda (1907)

Trans. by Benjamin Thorpe

The Eddas - The Keys to the Mysteries of the North (2005) - Lays of the Gods and Guide

Trans. by James A. Chisholm

The Younger Edda (1880) - New PDF

Trans. by Rasmus B. Anderson

The Younger Edda (1880) - PDF of Original

Trans. by Rasmus B. Anderson

Younger Eddas of Snorre Sturleson (1906)

Trans. by I.A. Blackwell

The Prose Edda (1916)

Trans. by Arthur G. Brodeur

The Prose or Younger Edda (1842)

Trans. by George Webbe Dasent

The Prose Edda (1954)

Trans. by Jean I. Young

Old Norse Poems (1936)

Trans. by Lee M. Hollander

Völuspá - Prophecy of the Seeress

Seven Translations & Notes

Hávamál - The Sayings of Hár

Seven Translations & Notes

Study Aids for the Eddas

Edda I - Divine Myth... (1902) - HTML

Trans. by Winifred Faraday

Edda I - Divine Myth... (1902) - PDF

Trans. by Winifred Faraday

Edda II - Heroic Myth... (1902) - HTML

Trans. by Winifred Faraday

Elder Edda - Epics for Students - Study Guide

Pub. by the Gale Group

Asatru & Heathenry

Drinking at the Well of Mimir (2000)

William (Bil) R. Linzie

Germanic Spirituality

William (Bil) R. Linzie

Uncovering the Effects of Cultural Background on the Reconstruction of Ancient Worldviews (2004)

William (Bil) R. Linzie

Investigating the Afterlife Concepts of the Norse Heathen (2005)

William (Bil) R. Linzie

Ways of the Asatru (2003)

Michael J. Smith

Think Again! ...Like a Heathen... (2004)

Michael J. Smith

Amma - Wisdom of the Sagas (2005)

Michael J. Smith

The Kids' Book of the Norse Gods

Michael J. Smith

Heathen Gods - A Collection of Essays Concerning the Folkway of Our People (2009)

Mark Ludwig Stinson

Story Books & Mythology

Age of Fable (1856)

Thomas Bulfinch

The Book of the Sagas (1913) - Ill. HTML

Alice S. Hoffman

The Book of the Sagas (1913) - Non-Ill. PDF

Alice S. Hoffman

Children of Odin (1920)

Padraic Colum

Eddic Mythology (1929) HTML

John Arnett MacCulloch

Eddic Mythology (1929) PDF

John Arnett MacCulloch

The Heroes of Asgard (1907 Schoolbook)

A. & E. Keary & M.R. Earle

How the Fenris Wolf was Chained (1909)

E.M. Wilmot-Buxton

Teutonic Mythology (1907)

Victor Rydberg

Books Written for Children

Asgard and the Gods (1880)

M.W. MacDowell

Asgard Stories (1901)

Mary H. Foster & Mabel H. Cummings

Folklore and Legends - Scandinavian (1890)

Pub. by W. W. Gibbings

Legends of Norseland (1894)

Mara L. Pratt

Norse Stories – Retold from the Eddas (1882)

Hamilton Wright Mabie

Old Norse Stories (1900)

Sarah Powers Bradish

The Heroes of Asgard (1907 Schoolbook)

A. & E. Keary & M.R. Earle

The Nine Worlds (1894)

Mary E. Litchfield

Modern & Historical Books

The Cross and the Hammer (1912)

H. Bedford-Jones

Culture of the Teutons Vol. 1 and 2 (1931 Trans.)

Vilhelm Grönbech

The Early Kings of Norway (1875)

Thomas Carlyle

Religion of the Northmen (1854)

R. Keyser Tran. by B. Pennock

The Road to Hel (1942)

H.R. Ellis-Davidson

The Roman and the Teuton (1864)

Charles Kingsley

Social Scandinavia in the Viking Age (1920)

Mary Wilhelmine Williams

Teutonic Myth and Legend (1912)

Donald A. MacKenzie

The Viking Age Vol. 1 (1890)

Dr. Paul Du Chaillu

The Viking Age Vol. 2 (1890)

Dr. Paul Du Chaillu

The Nibelungenlied & Ring of the Niblung

The Nibelungenlied (1909 Trans.)

Trans. by Daniel B. Shumway

The Nibelungenlied (1906 Trans.)

Trans. by John Storer Cobb

The Nibelungenlied (1901 Trans.)

Trans. by William Nanson Lettsom

The Ring of the Niblung (1910)

by Richard Wagner

Icelandic Sagas

Entire Index of Fourty-Two Sagas in English and Other Languages

The Story of the Banded Men

The Story of Hen-Thorir

The Story of the Confederates

Hænsa-Thori's Saga

The Story of Burnt Njal

The Story of Howard the Halt

Egil's Saga

The Saga of the Heath Slayings

The Saga of Erik the Red

The Saga of Cormac the Skald

The Saga of the Ere-Dwellers

The Laxdale Saga

The Saga of Thrond of Gate

The Story of the Laxdalers

The Saga of Gisli the Outlaw

The Story of Thórðr Hreða

Grettir's Saga

The Saga of Viga-Glum

Grettir's Saga

The Saga of Viglund the Fair

The Saga of Gunnlaug the Worm-Tongue and Rafn the Skald

The Story of Hrafnkell, Frey's Priest

Dorothea Coke Memorial Lectures ( VSNR)

Canute and his Empire (1964)

G. N. Garmonsway

Swedish Vikings in England (Rune Stone Evidence 1966)

Sven B. F. Jansson

Haraldr the Hard-Ruler and his Poets (1968)

Gabriel Turville-Petre

The Epiphany in Runic Art (1970)

Dag Strömbäck

Skaldic Verse and Anglo-Saxon History (1971)

Alistair Campbell

King Canute's Coinage in the Northern Countries (1974)

Brita Malmer

Níð, Ergi, and Old Norse Moral Attitudes (1974)

Folke Ström

The Vikings in Wales (1977)

Harry Loyn

The Role of Sexual Themes in Njáls Saga (1981)

Ursula Dronke

Patronymics in Denmark and England (1982)

John Kousgard Sørensen

"A Most Vile People” (Early English Historians on the Vikings 1987)

Raymond Page

Poetical Inspiration in Old Norse and Old English Poetry (1997)

Faulkes

The Vikings and Their Victims (1995)

G. Fellows-Jensen

1117 in Iceland and England (2003)

P. Foote

Skaldic Versifying and Social Discrimination in Medieval Iceland (2003)

G. Nordal

Saga-Book(VSNR)

Volume I:1 (1895)

Volume I:2 (1896)

Volume I:3 (1897)

Volume II:1 (1898)

Volume II:2 (1899)

Volume II:3 (1901)

Volume III:1 (1902)

Volume III:2 (1903)

Volume III:3 (1904)

Volume IXV:1-2 (1957-1959)

Volume III:3 (1904)

Volume III:3 (1904)

Volume XV:3 (1960) The Poet and the Spae-Wife

Volume XV:4 (1961)

Volume XVIII:3 (1972) Beowulf, Swedes, and Geats

Volume XIX:1 (1974) Icelandic Journal

Volume XXII:6 (1989) The Vikings in Brittany

Volume XXIII:5 (1992)

Volume XXIII:6-7 (1993)

Volume XXIV:1 (1994)

Volume XXIV:2 (1995)

Volume XXIV:4 (1996)

Volume XXIV:5 (1997)

Volume XXV:1 (1998)

Volume XXV:2 (1999)

Volume XXV:3 (2000)

Volume XXV:4 (2001)

Volume XXVI (2002)

Volume XXVII (2003)

Volume XXVIII (2004)

Volume XXIX (2005)

Historical Sources

The Works of Tacitus (1915 Trans.)

Trans. by Church & Brodribb

The Nine Books of Danish History of Saxo Grammaticus, Vol. I (1906 Trans.)

Trans. by Oliver Elton, Info by Powell

The Nine Books of Danish History of Saxo Grammaticus, Vol. II (1906 Trans.)

Trans. by Oliver Elton, Info by Powell

The Nine Books of Dannish History of Saxo Grammaticus (1906 Trans., in One Volume)

Trans. by Oliver Elton, Prep. by Killings

Ecclesiastical History of the English Nation (1903 Trans.)

The Venerable Bede - Trans. by L.C. Jane

Heimskringla (1996 E-Text in One Volume)

Snorri Sturlson - Prep. by Douglas Killings

Heimskringla, Vol. 1 (1906)

Snorri Sturlson – Trans. by Morris and Magnusson

Heimskringla, Vol. 2 (1906)

Snorri Sturlson - Trans. by Morris and Magnusson

Heimskringla, Vol. 3 (1906)

Snorri Sturlson - Trans. by Morris and Magnusson

Heimskringla, Vol. 4 (1906)

Snorri Sturlson - Trans. by Morris and Magnusson

Heimskringla, Vol. 1 (1889)

Snorri Sturlson - Trans. by Samuel Laing

Heimskringla, Vol. 2 (1889)

Snorri Sturlson - Trans. by Samuel Laing

Heimskringla, Vol. 3 (1889)

Snorri Sturlson - Trans. by Samuel Laing

Heimskringla, Vol. 4 (1889)

Snorri Sturlson - Trans. by Samuel Laing

Ágrip af Nóregskonungasogum (1995, 2008 2nd Ed. VSNR)

Trans. with Notes by M.J. Driscoll

Language

English-Old Norse Dictionary (2002)

Ross G. Arthur

Beginners' Book in Norse (1915)

J.A. Holvik

Beowulf Translations

Beowulf (1876)

Trans. by Thomas Arnold

Notes on Beowulf (1878)

Thomas Arnold

Beowulf (1904)

Trans. by Clarence G. Child

Beowulf, with Notes and Intro. Sketch

Trans. by Clarence G. Child

Beowulf (1910)

Trans. by Francis B. Gummere

Beowulf (1892)

Trans. by J. Lesslie Hall

Beowulf

Trans. by Johann Köberl

Beowulf (1902)

Trans. by Chauncey B. Tinker

Beowulf (1849)

Trans. by A. D. Wackerbarth

Beowulf (1907)

Trans. by Wentworth Huyshe

Beowulf (1883)

Trans. by H. W. Lumsden

Beowulf (1895)

Trans. by William Morris & A. J. Wyatt

Comparing Heathenry to Wicca

The Pentagram and the Hammer

D. Gillette & Lewis Stead

Similarities & Differences Between Heathenry and Wicca

by Arlie Stephens

Additional Books In Order by Author

The Pre & Proto Historic Finns - J Abercromby

The Saga of Grettir the Strong - G Ainslie Hight

The Orkneyinga Saga - J Anderson

America Not Discovered By Columbus - RB Anderson

The Flatey Book - RB Anderson

The Norse Discovery of America - RB Anderson

The Younger Edda - RB Anderson

Viking Tales of the North - RB Anderson

Early Norse Visits to North America - WH Babcock

Stories From Northern Myths - EK Baker

The Story of Siegfried - J Baldwin

The Cross & the Hammer - H Bedford-Jones

The Poetic Edda - H Adams Bellows

Saga Plays - F Betts

Asgard & the Norse Heroes - KF Boult

Gunnar A Tale of Norse Life - HH Boyesen

The Elder or Poetic Edda Part I - O Bray

In the Days of Giants A Book of Norse Tales - AF Brown

The Home of the Eddic Poems - S Bugge

The Vikings Skull - JR Carling

Ivar the Viking - P du Chaillu

The Viking Age; the Early History, Manners, & Customs of the Ancestors of the English

Speaking Nations Vol 1 - P du Chaillu

The Viking Age; the Early History, Manners, & Customs of the Ancestors of the English

Speaking Nations Vol 2 - P du Chaillu

The Religion Of The Teutons - P D Chantepie de la Saussaye

Beowulf A Poem - SH Church

The Life & Death of Cormac the Skald - W Collingwood

The Children of Odin - P Colum

The Mythology of the Aryan Nations Vol 1 - G Cox

The Mythology of the Aryan Nations Vol 2 - G Cox

The Religion of Ancient Scandanavia - W Craigie

Saga of Halfred the Sigskald - F Dahn

Ballads From the Danish - EM Smith Dampier

The Norse Kings Bridal - EM Smith Dampier

East O' the Sun West O' the Moon - GW Dasent

Popular Tales From the Norse - GW Dasent

Tales From the Fjeld - GW Dasent

The Story of Burnt Njal - GW Dasent

The Story of Gisli the Outlaw - GW Dasent

The Nine Books of Saxo Grammaticus Vol I - O Elton

The Nine Books of Saxo Grammaticus Vol II - O Elton

The Ethical World Conception of the Norse People - AP Fors

The Norse Discovery of America - A Fossum

The Story of Rolf & the Vikings Bow - A French

Wonderful Stories From Northern Lands - J Goddard

Teutonic Mythology Vol 1 - J Grimm

Teutonic Mythology Vol 2 - J Grimm

Teutonic Mythology Vol 3 - J Grimm

Teutonic Mythology Vol 4 - J Grimm

Myths of Northern Lands - HA Guerber

Myths of the Norsemen From the Eddas & Sagas - HA Guerber

Viking Tales - J Hall

The Story of Viga-Glum - W Head

Norse Myths in English Poetry - CH Herford

Gudrid the Fair - M Hewlett

Balders Death & Lokes Punishment - C Steketee Hulst

The Vikings at Helgeland - H Ibsen

The Spellbound Fiddler A Norse Romance - K Jansen

Valhalla the Myths of Norseland - JC Jones

The Northern Saga - EE Kellett

Religion of the Northmen - R Keyser

Kalevala The Land of the Heroes Vol I - WF Kirby

Kalevala The Land of the Heroes Vol II - WF Kirby

Beowulf & the Fight at Finn - FR Klaeber

The Thirsty Sword - R Leighton

The Nibelungenlied - WN Lettsom

Randvar the Songsmith - OA Liljencrantz

A Vikings Love & Other Tales From the North - O Liljencrantz

The Thrall of Leif the Lucky - O Liljencrantz

The Vinland Champions - O Liljencrantz

The Ward of King Canute - O Liljencrantz

The Skeleton in Armour - HW Longfellow

Norse Stories Retold From the Eddas - H Wright Mabie

The Saga Library Vol I - W Morris & E Magnusson

The Saga Library Vol II - W Morris & E Magnusson

Three Northern Love Stories - E Magnusson

Sagas & Songs of the Norsemen - AF Major

Northern Antiquities Vol I - PH Mallet

Northern Antiquities Vol II - PH Mallet

Runic Odes From the Norse Tongue - TJ Mathias

The Saga Library Vol I - W Morris & E Magnusson

The Saga Library Vol II - W Morris & E Magnusson

The Story of the Volsungs & Niblungs - W Morris

A Handbook of Norse Mythology - K Mortensen

A Manual of Scandanavian Mythology - G Pigott

The Finding of Wineland the Good - A Middleton Reeves

The Heroic Legends of Denmark - A Olrik

The Tale of Thrond Gate - FY Powell

Torquil Or the Days of Olaf Tryggvason - F Robertson

Teutonic Mythology Vol 1 - V Rydberg

Teutonic Mythology Vol 2 - V Rydberg

Teutonic Mythology Vol 3 - V Rydberg

Frithiof's Saga A Legend of Ancient Norway - CB Shaw

The Scandinavian Races. The Northmen; the Sea-Kings & Vikings - PC Sinding

The Waif Woman - RL Stevenson

The Heimskringla Vol I - S Sturlason

The Heimskringla Vol II - S Sturlason

The Heimskringla Vol III - S Sturlason

The Sagas of Olaf Tryggvason - S Sturluson

Northern Mythology Vol 1 - B Thorpe

Northern Mythology Vol 2 - B Thorpe

Northern Mythology Vol 3 - B Thorpe

The History of Ancient Vinland - T Torfason

Erik the Red Leif the Lucky - GP Upton

The Poetry of the Old Northern Tongue Vol I - G Vigfusson

The Poetry of the Old Northern Tongue Vol II - G Vigfusson

Asgard & the Gods; Tales & Traditions of our Northern Ancestors - W Wagner

Romances & Epics of Our Northern Ancestors - W Wagner

Illustrations of Northern Antiquities - H Weber

Harald First of the Vikings - C Young