An Index for Rudolf Simek’s “Dictionary of Northern Mythology”
Mimisbrunnr.info now hosts an index to scholar Rudolf Simek’s “Dictionary of Northern Mythology”, a resource commonly used by scholars in ancient Germanic studies.
Read MoreA Survey of English Translations of the Prose Edda
Mimisbrunnr.info now hosts the first in-depth survey of English translations of the Prose Edda, including overviews of translations by Jesse Byock, Anthony Faulkes, Anthony Gilchrist Brodeur, Geoge Webb Dasent, and Rasmus Björn Anderson.
Read MoreSix Questions XXII: Nathan Zilka (Zilka Forgewerks)
With the swell of popular interest in topics such as the Viking Age and the development of Germanic Heathenry in locations such as the United States, Europe, and South America, it’s not uncommon to see people wearing Mjöllnir pendants once again. While some of these hammers are mass-produced alongside other trinkets in distant locations by unknown hands, others are produced by craftspeople who derive spiritual value from their production, much as their ancient precursors. An example of the latter, American metalworker and heathen Nathan Zilka of Zilka Forgewerks practices his craft in Portland, Oregon today.
Read MoreAncient Scandinavian Studies Reading Circle Ár Var Alda Returns
Ár Var Alda, the reading circle that led to the creation of Mimsbrunnr.info, is back, this time meeting monthly in Seattle’s historic Ballard neighborhood at a new Viking Age-themed bar, Skål. Meetings will be held at 6:30 to 7:30 PM on the final Wednesdays of every month.
Read MoreSix Questions XXI: Ceallaigh S. MacCath-Moran
For Six Questions XXI, Mimisbrunnr.info interviewed Canadian-American folklorist and writer Ceallaigh S. MacCath-Moran. Residing in Nova Scotia, Canada, MacCath-Moran discusses her upbringing, her areas of academic focus (including studies on the place of Norse myth in metal music and the topic of unverified person gnosis (UPG) in modern Paganism), and elements derived from Germanic myth in her own fiction.
Read MoreGetting Started with Norse Mythology
Looking for the best books for getting started on Norse Mythology? Need a hand navigating primary, second, and tertiary sources? Sick of people trying to sell you stuff every step of the way? Consider our recommendations!
Read MoreSix Questions XX: Paul Kingsnorth
English writer Paul Kingsnorth is perhaps best known to Six Questions readers for his novel The Wake (Gray Wolf Press, 2014). The Wake received critical praise and significant media attention (see, for example, coverage in The Guardian, The New York Times, and NPR), and features a variety of topics rarely represented in modern popular culture.
Read MoreSix Questions XIX: Seiðlæti
The first (and to date only) album by Seiðlæti, Icelandic artists Unnur Arndísardóttir and Reynir Katrínarson, makes for a notable departure from modern popular culture’s tendency to ignore goddesses from the Germanic record: Þagnarþulur (2017) features 17 songs, each dedicated to a different goddess from the Old Norse corpus.
Read MoreEddic to English: Patricia Terry (1989 [1969])
Eddic to English now contains an entry on Patricia Terry’s 1989 [1969] translation of the Poetic Eddic, including reviews and analysis.
Read MoreSix Questions XVIII: Jennifer Snook
Jennifer Snook is an American sociologist and heathen. Snook is perhaps best known to date for her 2015 book American Heathens: The Politics of Identity in a Pagan Religious Movement, an in-depth study of adherents of Germanic Heathenry in the United States.
Read MoreÁr Var Alda now in Seattle
On a date to be announced sometime within the next month or two, ancient Germanic studies reading circle Ár Var Alda will be reborn in Seattle, Washington. The group will meet monthly at Skål Beer Hall in the historic Scandinavian-American enclave of Ballard.
Read MoreSix Questions XVII: Mathias Nordvig
For our seventeenth Six Questions entry, we interview Danish academic Mathias Nordvig. Nordvig grew up in Denmark and Greenland, and today teaches at the Department of Germanic and Slavic Languages and Literatures at the University of Colorado. Nordvig conducts research on a wide variety of topics in ancient Scandinavian studies.
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