Alywn wrote:
>Can anyone recommend a good book on pre-Dark Age and Dark Age mythologies of the Germanic tribes (Goth, Vandals, Ostrogoths, Visigoths etc.)? One that isn't all new age fluffy bunny stuff but based on actual scholarship? (Yes, I know Tolkien's stuff.... but I'd like to learn more about the cultures he studied!)
>Thanks,
>L. Avacyn
>
>PS No offense meant to those of you who think of yourself as either New Age or Fluffy Bunny or Both!
>
>
Gods and Myths of Northern Europe by H.R. Ellis Davidson. Originally
published in 1964, my copy is a Penguin paperback reprinted in 1981.
Davidson mostly concentrates on the Norse mythology, but also addresses
the related beliefs of Germanic tribes. Not everything you want, it
sounds like, but a start.
Davidson was a much-published English scholar, and she seems quite
reputable.
Balian de Brionne
From: Roger Jordan <balian@chartermi.net>
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