Norse Mythology and Asatru for Beginners by author Jayden K. Helman was a surprisingly fun read. This book’s cover needs some work, but the contents are filled with easy to understand mythology and Asatru practices. We highly recommend this book for the novice or someone curious about Norse Mythology.

You can find this book on Amazon at this link: eBook

Book Information

• Reviewed Status
  • Reviewed
• Book Type
  • Novel
• Genre
  • Educational, Norse Mythology
• Reader Age
  • Middle Grade, Young Adult, Adult

Book Blurb

Are you ready to unravel the secrets of a mythological universe and explore the profound truths of the ancient religion Asatru?

Step into the captivating world of the Vikings and their Norse Gods, delve into the enchanting runic alphabet, face the Ragnarok, and immerse yourself in the epic sagas of ancient heroes. This unmissable book, written by Jayden K. Helman, will take you on an extraordinary journey through myths, magic, and millennia-old rituals.

And there’s more:

• explore the ancient religion of Asatru, with its centuries-old traditions, captivating stories, and powerful esoteric magical practices.
• uncover Asatru in the contemporary world and challenge the Nazi’s distorted interpretation of the swastika, rediscovering its true spiritual meaning.

With the expert guidance of Jayden K. Helman, this double volume invites you to discover a hidden universe, revealing profound connections between past and present, myth and reality. Quench your thirst for knowledge and prepare for an extraordinary journey through the lands of the Vikings and Asatru.

Don’t let this opportunity to explore the essence of an ancient culture and broaden your understanding of the world slip away. Get your copy of ‘Norse Mythology & Asatru for Beginners’ by Jayden K. Helman today and embark on your quest for mythological enlightenment!

I hope you find this updated version of the text more appealing and captivating to English readers!

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The Viking Gael Saga, written by author J.T.T. Ryder, is steeped in Norse mythology and Viking lore. This author clearly knows Norse history better than most, and he should, considering he is an actual archaeologist. The Viking Gael Saga Book 1 is classified on our site as a novel, but it is a short, easy read. This is book one in a three part series, and is available at this Amazon link: eBook

Book Information

• Reviewed Status
  • Reviewed
• Book Type
  • Novel
• Genre
  • Fantasy, Norse Mythology
• Point of View
  • Third Person Omniscient
• Reader Age
  • Young Adult, Adult
• Content Warnings
  • Gore

Book Blurb

A debt that needs paid. A life ended. A man sworn to avenge what is lost… no matter the price.

AD 870, western Norway.

In a time when marauders stoke fear in the hearts of Kings and commoners, a Viking named Ulf the Old comes to collect a debt owed to him by demanding that brothers Asgeir and Odd join his crew.

Not eager to leave their life behind, the brothers challenge Ulf and his son to a duel, but suffer defeat when Ulf slays Odd.

With his wounded pride and shattered heart, Asgeir joins Ulf’s Vikings, and swears to avenge his brother. But as the days unfold, they face a barrage of attacks from every direction.

Will Asgeir win back his family’s honor? Or will he find himself slowly developing camaraderie with Ulf?

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The Shepherd written by visionary author Matthew Owen Jones is an emotional, and action packed novella. It’s takes place in front of the backdrop of a small rural European town, and well worth the short amount of time it takes to read. Vivid landscapes abound in this well-crafted tale of close family bonds, painful grief, devastating loss, and dark family secrets. You won’t regret reading this book, so get your copy on Amazon at the following link: eBook

Book Information

• Reviewed Status
  • Reviewed
• Book Type
  • Novella
• Genre
  • Fantasy, Werewolf
• Point of View
  • Third Person Omniscient
• Reader Age
  • Young Adult, Adult
• Content Warnings
  • Animal Harm, Gore

Book Blurb

An old shepherd lives in isolation with his orphaned granddaughter in rural Europe.

A wolf plagues his life, one that years ago killed his daughter, disfigured his granddaughter, and continues to prey upon his flock, eluding all his efforts to find it. He resolves to take a stand against the beast, which took so much from him, and threatens all that he has left.

This is a tale of love and regret in a rough, unforgiving land. The tale continues in Blood in the Snow, included in this book.

”This big wolf somewhere out in the dark with him was a hunter. It was born to be a predator, at home in the darkness that would not hinder it. He was just an old man riddled with doubt.” – The Shepherd.

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The Slain Maiden is a great fantasy story written by author Eleanor Currit. It has well crafted elements of Norse lore built into the story in a very creative way. You can find it on Amazon at this link: eBook

Book Information

• Reviewed Status
  • Reviewed
• Genre
  • Fairy Tale, Fantasy, Norse Mythology
• Point of View
  • Third Person Omniscient
• Reader Age
  • Young Adult

Book Blurb

In the small village of Holm, Tora and her family live a safe, regular life despite an outside world awash in myth. Young Tora has heard many wondrous tales of the strange people and places beyond the walls of Holm. She always hoped that maybe, someday, she might have the opportunity to see it all for herself—but she never expected that hope to become a nightmare.

What begins as an act of neighborliness takes on an ominous tone when Tora and her mother visit Helga, a neighbor with a newborn. With gray skin and black eyes, the baby’s horrid screams leave no doubt there is something wrong. Helga claims an evil creature took her baby, leaving a monster behind, and Tora soon learns Helga is right.

Tora’s life takes a traumatic turn when the seasonal workers arrive for the summer. A young man with piercing blue eyes and mysterious tattoos is among them, and things will never be the same. In a valley long ago teeming with magic and trolls, Tora uncovers secrets she couldn’t have imagined and sets off a series of disturbing events that alter her life forever.

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The Book of Swedish Fairy Tales is a wonderful book with many short stories in a strong Norse folklore voice. Written by author Anon E. Mouse (that cannot be a real author name….) these retellings will entertain, and perhaps, teach you some things. You can find this book on Amazon at the following link: eBook

Book Information

• Reviewed Status
  • Reviewed
• Genre
  • Fantasy, Norse Mythology
• Point of View
  • Third Person Omniscient
• Reader Age
  • Middle Grade, Young Adult
• Content Warnings
  • Animal Harm, Gore, Suicide

Book Blurb

This volume of 28 Swedish fairy-tales represents a careful choice of the best examples of Swedish lore and tales. Every story, at its core, depicts Swedish culture, they are the most colorful and entertaining tales found, for the fairy-tales of Scandinavia, Sweden, Denmark and Norway, have a distinct local color of their own.

Herein you will find 28 children’s stories like the delightful “Lasse, My Thrall”, and “The Princess and the Glass Mountain.” Of course there are stories of princesses rescued from ogres and giants like in the story of “Silverwhite And Lillwacker.” There are also stories of the low-born lad who makes good and becomes a king, like that of “The Mount Of The Golden Queen.” But you can’t have a book of tales from the far Northern realms without a story about a “giant, troll and werewolf”, for this is also the land of Beowulf the Vikings.

We could carry on waxing lyrical for a lot longer but will leave the discovery of these wonderfully, magical tales to you and your kin.

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Windborn is a dark, character-driven Norse fantasy packed with emotion, deadly foes, and vicious battles written by author Alex S. Bradshaw. You can find this book on Amazon at the following link: eBook

Book Information

• Reviewed Status
  • Reviewed
• Book Type
  • Novel
• Characters
  • Strong female main characters
• Genre
  • Fantasy, Norse Mythology
• Point of View
  • First Person
• Reader Age
  • Young Adult, Adult
• Content Warnings
  • Animal Harm, Gore, Language

Book Blurb

Drowning is only the beginning…

Edda Gretasdottir is a raider, a fell-handed shield-maiden, feared along every coast. Hers is a life woven in battle scars.
But she never wanted to walk the warrior’s path. All she wanted was freedom, to earn enough gold to buy her family their own remote farm, and to escape their oppressive chieftain. Now, she has enough plunder so that she can finally hang up her shield and live in peace.

That peace is stolen from Edda, however, when raiders burn her home, destroy all that she loves, and toss her, wounded and bleeding, into the ravenous ocean. But the fates are cruel and this is not the end for Edda: she rises from the bloody surf as a Windborn, a cursed warrior whose supernatural gifts are a poor exchange for everything she has lost.
Fueled by rage and armed with strange new powers Edda will hunt for whoever sent the raiders, for whoever is responsible for taking everything from her. She will show them the sharp edge of her ax… or die trying.

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Ascension, The Ymir Trinity is a Military Science Fiction Fantasy book set in the very near future, written by new-on-the-scene author, A. M. Leishman. You can find this book on Amazon at this link. It contains many elements of Norse Mythology with tons of subtle and not-so-subtle subtext (some of it may be offensive). This book assumes a universe were the amazing works of Snorri Sturluson’s Prose Edda never existed. It portrays Christianity and Norse Paganism as mutually beneficial belief systems while showing the United States military in a positive light.

Book Information

• Reviewed Status
  • Reviewed
• Book Type
  • Novel
• Characters
  • Strong female main characters, Strong male main characters
• Genre
  • Fantasy, Military, Norse Mythology, Science Fiction
• Point of View
  • Third Person Omniscient
• Reader Age
  • Young Adult, Adult
• Content Warnings
  • Animal Harm, Gore, Gun Violence, Suicide, Torture

Book Blurb

Ascension, The Ymir Trinity: A clandestine American military team, created to stop the emergence of another hostile demigod, betrayed the world they swore to protect. Led by an Air Force General with his own secrets, they did the unthinkable. They negotiated a partnership with the most powerful being in the known universe, an unassuming demigoddess from Iceland named Alma.

Alma and her young, eugenics obsessed, American companion, Dawn, unwittingly plunged humanity into war after brutal war. With each hard-fought battle, human military and technological progress took a quantum leap forward.

Will humankind’s violence-accelerated evolution raise them to the level of the gods? Was this Ymir’s plan from the beginning?

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