Asatru Bibliography

I ntroduction Iceland, home of the Edda and the Sagas. Editor's Notes:      Basic history of the settlement of Iceland. Details the casting of the house totem pole into the water to decide where to settle. Joe Sevnson's book Vinlanders also references this tradition, and situates the settling of North America by Vikings as actually a migration of Asatruar (Freya cult specifically) fleeing Christianity from Scandinavia to Iceland to Greenland to North America. He makes the case that native american totem poles are the remnants of this ancient Nordic tradition.  Settlement of Iceland. The colonization of Iceland falls into the time of the Vikings; Strictly speaking, there is no Viking foundation here, but a pure peasant colony, which has its cause in the political conditions in Norway at that time. Today's Norway was organized under a number of petty kings and princes until the 9th century. There were also areas in which free peasants lived who did not recognize any au...

Introduction     This publication aims to use a number of individual examples to show how Old Norse poetry can be incorporated and evaluated in schools. The author has two purposes in mind: on the one hand, the encounter with the Sagas should give pupils a lively picture of the being, essence, nature and attitude of our Germanic ancestors; and on the other hand, in this encounter the great, defensive, and exemplary nature of that humanity should become an inalienable experience. Of course, this text does not replace the source material, but rather leads the teacher to them, points out aspects of the treatment, and guides them to see and judge and thus bring these not always easily accessible subjects closer to educators and pupils.       In Old Norse poetry, the great experiences of the Germanic man, his way of life, his values ​​and ideal images have taken shape: these heroic songs are a reflection of the migration of peoples; the Sagas give an extremely c...