Recommended Resources

Most reading lists are just that, lists of titles and authors; they give the list reader no idea why a book has been included, or even where it sits within the framework of the subject investigated. 

Here at ‘Daughters of Freyja’ Janet walker-Harris has put together a list of materials you might like to check out, with reasons why you might want to choose a title. 

Included are written and visual resources for those who prefer to watch or listen.

Primary Sources – Eddic and Saga Materials

There are a number of translations of both the Poetic and Prose Edda available in print form and on-line. The various translations offer what we perceive as a mainly ‘correct’ form of the oldest sources pertaining to the Norse Pantheon.

Recently I came across this article by Carolyne Larrington which explains in detail the reasons behind many of the translations that we can access: https://www.academia.edu/265041/_Translating_the_Poetic_Edda_

Recommended paper or book shelf copies:

• Edda- Snorri Sturluson – translated and edited by A Faulkes, Everyman 1995
• The Poetic Edda – translated by Carolyne Larrington, Oxford World Classics 2014

Online translations are available at; https://archive.sacred-texts.com/neu/ice/index.htm 

Poetic Edda is translated by Henry Bellows  and the Prose Edda by AG Brodeur

By far the best translation of the Prose Edda is an 841 page tomb available free online – or for purchase – 

The Poetic Edda- a dual language edition – Edward Pettit - https://www.openbookpublishers.com/books/10.11647/obp.030