The Northern Way

Sources

PRIMARY SOURCES
The Eddas
- The Poetic Edda (Bellows 1923)
- The Poetic Edda (Cottle 1797)
- The Poetic Edda (Thorpe 1866)
- The Prose Edda (Brodeur)
- Hávamál - Palm OS (Auden & Taylor 1969)
Histories & Chronicles
- The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
- Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England
- Caesar's Commentaries on the Gallic and Civil wars
- Gutasaga
- History of the Franks
- History of the Lombards
- Life of Charlemagne
- The Life of King Alfred
- The Life of St Eligius
- Origo Gentium Langobardum
- The Origins and Deeds of the Goths
- Tacitus' Germania in English and Latin
- The Works of Gildas
Sagas and Epics
- Icelandic Family Sagas
- Kings' Sagas
- Legendary, Herioc and Imaginative Sagas
- Epic Poetry
- Miscellaneous
Old Icelandic, Old English, Texts
- Heliand in Old Saxon
- The Poetic Edda in Old Icelandic
- The Prose Edda in Old Icelandic
- Sagas and Tales in Old Icelandic
- Selected Corpus oof Anglo-Saxon Poetry
Misc Primary Sources
- Against the Heathen
- Anglo-Saxon Metrical Charms
- Conversions
- De Correctione Rusticorum
- First and Second Merseburg Charms
- Ingimund´s Invasion
- The King´s Mirror
- Lokka Táttur
- Misc. Lore Translations
- Omont Fragment
- The Rune Poems
- Sigurd the Dragon–Slayer
- Song and Legend from the Middle Ages
- Theoderic
- Icelandic Sagas vol 3
- Stories and Ballads of the far past
- Viking Tales
SECONDARY SOURCES
Eddic Poetry
- The Elder Edda
- The Home of the Eddic Lays
- The Völuspá
Finnish Tradition
- The Kalevala
Folklore and Fairy Tales
- Contributions to the Study of Odin
- Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Anderson
- Grimms' Household Tales
- Loke in Younger Tradition
- The Norse King's Bridal
- Popular tales from the Norse
- Summer Legends
Germanic Studies
- The Early Kings of Norway
- Guthones (The Goths)
- A History of the Vikings
- Honor in German Literature
- The Invasion of Europe by the Barbarians
- The Roman and the Teuton
Indo–European and General Medieval
- Paganism and Pagan Survivals in Spain
- The Swastika
Law and Ethics
- The Anglo–Saxon Dooms
- Germanic Laws and Medieval Documents
- Corpus juris Sueogotorum antiqui
- The Law of the Salian Franks
- Lex Frisionum
- The Visigothic Code
- Miscellaneous Law Texts
Mythology
- Grimm's Teutonic Mythology
Religion, Culture and History
- The Cult of Nerthus
- The Cult of Othin
- The Culture of the Teutons
- The Religion of the Northmen
- The Religion of Ancient Scandinavia
Modern Retellings and Poetry
- Angliad
- Balder Dead
- Heroes of the Olden Time
- The Norse King's Bridal
Runes
- Runes around the North Sea and on the Continent
- Swedish Vikings in England
Saga Studies
- Proverbs in the Old Icelandic Sagas
- The Icelandic Sagas
Skaldic Poetry
- Haraldr the Hard–Ruler
- Poetical inspiration in Old Norse and Old English poetry
- Skaldic Verse and Anglo–Saxon History
- Skaldic Versifying and Social Discrimination in Medieval Iceland
Misc Secondary Sources
- Viktor Rydberg
- Viking Society for Northern Research
- Back Issues of Saga–Book
- Old–Lore Miscellany
- Grimm Centenary
Links
- The Avalon Project
- The Doner Institute
- Tjatsi
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The Rune Poems

One of the most valuable resources we have for rune lore are the Rune Poems. Included here are four of the most famous Rune Poems.

The Anglo-Saxon Rune Poem

The Old Icelandic Rune Poem

The Old Norwegian Rune Poem

Abecedarium Nordmannicum

Old English Rune Poem (Yves Kodratoff Translation)

Old Norse Rune Poem (Dan Bray Translation)

Old Icelandic Rune Poem (Dan Bray Translation) Updated!