The Grimm Brothers - Short Stories
When Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm set about gathering the mostly Germanic narratives, they did so to preserve the oral history being threatened by a Napoleonic invasion that had set about suppressing the local culture. The brothers were in search of ... [... more]
Bella Online |
Viktor Rydberg's Investigations into Germanic Mythology, ...
 Older, but still outstanding: A fantastic work. Rydberg does a tremendous job exploring the shared mythic themes of Indo-European mythology - focusing primarily on the Germanic, Vedic, and Iranian aspects. I'm of the opinion that Rydberg stretches at [... more]
$29.95
Amazon.com |
Sievers' Law In Germanic
Sievers' Law In Germanic [... more]
$82.14
A1 Books |
Current Trends In West Germanic Etymological ...
Current Trends In West Germanic Etymological Lexicography: Proceedings Of The Symposium Held In Amsterdam, 12-13 June 1989 [... more]
$6.59
A1 Books |
Parts Of The Body In Older Germanic And Scandinavian (1915)
Parts Of The Body In Older Germanic And Scandinavian (1915) [... more]
$28.26
A1 Books |
Jeffrey - Baby Names
Jeffrey is made up of two Germanic words -- the first could mean any of a number of things (e.g., god, hostage, stranger, territory), no one is quite sure, but the second definitely means "peace." Geoffrey Chaucer, Jeff Bezos (founder of ... [... more]
Bella Online |
Rune Symbols and Meanings - Pagan
The word rune is derived from a Germanic word meaning mystery. Their origins are still debated by scholars, but we do know the runes themselves were a language form used for mundane, everyday matters as well as for magic in Germanic tribes as ... [... more]
Bella Online |
Mette Ivie Harrison
Mette Ivie Harrison has a PhD in Germanic literature and is the author of The Princess and the Hound; Mira, Mirror; and The Monster in Me. Of The Princess and the Bear, she says, "I never thought there would be a sequel to the princess and the ... [... more]
Harper Collins |
Yule Log Cake Recipe - Pagan
The Yule log cake or buche de Noel is a French tradition celebrating Christmas. But the burning of the wood Yule log which the cake is based on is believed to be of pre-Christian Germanic origin. Pagans as well as Christians serve this cake as ... [... more]
Bella Online |
Simon MacDowall
The 3rd to the 6th centuries saw the collapse of the classical Mediterranean civilization and the emergence of new states in western Europe based on the Germanic warrior society. This book focuses particularly on the men who made up the retinues ... [... more]
Random House |
Nina Marie Martínez
Nina Marie Martínez was born in San José, California to a first generation Mexican-American father, and an American mother of Germanic descent. A high school dropout, she possesses a Bachelors degree in literature from the University of ... [... more]
Random House |
Gods and Worshippers: In the Viking and Germanic World
Clever, but too fanciful to be taken seriously: There is a school of thought in mythological scholarship called "Euhemerism" which searches for real events in history to explain the happenings in mythology. Both Saxo and Snorri indulged in such [... more]
$29.95
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