A Resource List for Modern Heathens

- May 01, 2023

Runic Stone Upplands runinskrifter U839.

Accessed from WikiMedia Commons.

I have been noticing more and more that many Heathens don’t realize they can access a lot of the source material online, often for free. So I thought it might be useful to link you up with some places to find good sources. I am sure there are many more out there I am missing, and I will try to update these when I come across more good ones. I am also including sites that have fairly reputable takes on Modern Heathenry.

Please note I don’t endorse any of these sites. This is purely a reference list. The materials are worthwhile, but I cannot speak for whoever posted them there. Some discernment is necessary on the part of the reader. The author of this blog does not agree with all opinions or takes of people whose content is listed. Please Heathen in a way that is right for you.

General:

Skaldic.org has a large collection of all things Norse.

https://skaldic.org/m.php?p=onw

While mostly more broadly Indo-European with a focus on Hinduism, you will find some Heathen texts here:

https://www.wisdomlib.org/various

This has a whole lot of source material including the Sagas and Eddas, but also other texts.

https://germanicmythology.com/

Sagas and Eddas:

The best site I have found for having Sagas and Eddas is Sacred Texts. It can be a bit difficult to navigate though. I usually type the text I want into Google to find what I want there, but I will link you right to the search section of their page.

https://www.sacred-texts.com/search.htm

Another good one for Sagas and Eddas is Project Gutenberg. You can search right at the top with them.

https://www.gutenberg.org/

The University of Oslo has a lot of Old Norse texts translated into either English or Norwegian.

https://www2.hf.uio.no/polyglotta/index.php?page=library&bid=18

Another possibility is the Viking Society for Northern Research.

http://vsnrweb-publications.org.uk/

Also this open online library.

https://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/book/browse?type=lcsubc&key=Mythology%2c%20Norse

Retellings or Informational Pages:

Norse Mythology for Smart People breaks down material in an easy to understand way.

https://norse-mythology.org/

A blog about Norse stories and religion.

https://www.norsemyth.org/

Academic Articles/Books:

Lots of Academic articles available for free and once you have downloaded some of them they will email you suggestions of other things that might interest you.

https://www.academia.edu/

The book Norse Revival is free and open access on JSTOR.

https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1163/j.ctt1w76v8x

The Road to Hel is available free as a PDF on germanic mythology.

https://www.germanicmythology.com/scholarship/road_to_hel.pdf

Digital Images:

My Norse Digital Image Repository is a collection of images from Nordic stories which is easily searchable. It is hosted by the University of Victoria.

https://myndir.uvic.ca/index.html

Heathen/Nordic Information for Kids:

Academic Kids is an online Encyclopedia for Kids. It has all topics, but includes a lot of information about the Lore. The search bar is in the bottom of the left hand column.

https://academickids.com/

Kiddle has a Norse Mythology section.

https://kids.kiddle.co/Norse_mythology

StoryNory retells some of the Lore.

https://www.storynory.com/category/myths/norse/

A resource page for Pagan/Heathen families.

https://www.pagankids.org/

Courses:

Audit Mathias Nordvig’s course on Old Norse Mythology in the Sources. (Warning, it is not easy!)

https://www.coursera.org/learn/old-norse-mythology-sources

Podcasts/YouTube:

Good beginner Heathen YouTube channel.