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For a short summary, here are a few audiobooks you could listen to while going to bed:
- - A nice book which tells the stories in simple modern language
- - There are lots of other sagas out there, which you can find by yourself
- - One of the most important primary sources
- - Another one of the most important primary sources
- , for good measure, is one about the greco-roman religion, which was closer related to the norse one, than one might think.
- 's what a roman historian wrote about germania, even though that was before what people mean by "norse" existed
In practice religion back then was ancestral worship, e.g. the focus was on highly idealized human-like figures, which kinda blessed those of one's own ancestors, that turned out to be exceptionally well, and therefore were to be emulated. Plus lots and lots of allegory that somehow connected to how people viewed the world back then.
Very nice collection, thank you.
I wonder if there are books comparing ancestral worship between religions; for example you have the whole lineage of Christ in the gospels; their whole royal family and all…
I bet Norse have a lot to say about commoner heroes.
Another faith I am curious about is Shintoism due to the treatment of nature, do they even recognize humans?
Don't ask me. Do your own research. There's a thing called which tries to analyze differences between different religions and cultures, including the polytheistic ones.
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