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David Warner Mathisen's works include Star Myths of the World and how to interpret them, Volume Four: Norse Mythology (2018), where he draws comparisons between world mythologies by applying Norse overlays to the night sky. Any of you read this? If so, any good? [Excerpt here .] #    #    # Guillermo Maytorena IV knew there was something special in  the Norse Lore when he picked up a copy of the d'Aulaires'  Norse Gods and Giants  at age seven. Since t hen he's been fascinated by the truthful potency of Norse Mythology, passionately read & studied, embraced Ásatrú, launched the  Map of Midgard  project, and spearheaded the neologism/brand NorsePlay.   If you have e mployment/ opportunities in  investigative mythology,  field research, or product development to offer,  do contact him .

As a juggernaut of esoteric knowledge, it's always of interest to read or hear Manly P. Hall hold forth about the hidden aspects behind a given subject. Here Hall brings to bear his recombinant & passionate telling of the myths, mixing & matching the Eddas with the Saga of the Völsungs , and his weighted interpretation of Wagner's The Ring Cycle . Given his highly accomplished masonic background and a lifetime of comparative investigations, MPH's lecture's a challenging & provocative NorsePlay of mystic thought & cosmic ideas you may not have previously considered in tandem with Norse Lore. #    #    # Guillermo Maytorena IV knew there was something special in  the Norse Lore when he picked up a copy of the d'Aulaires'  Norse Gods and Giants  at age seven. Since t hen he's been fascinated by the truthful potency of Norse Mythology, passionately read & studied, embraced Ásatrú, launched the  Map of Midgard  projec...

Georges Dumézil's  Gods of the Ancient Northmen  surpasses the  academic into the realm of poetic & enlightening, like a good professor when he's got love behind his lecture. And of these eight chapters, some actually are taken from Dumézil's lectures. Published in 1959, this  post-doctoral thesis level work of  comparative mythology  shows French professor  Dumézil's thoughtful expansion of the study of Norse lore from the mostly associative philology it was into a functionalist sociology, which invites easier comparisons with the Hindu gods and thus  backtracks their migration to the Indo-European. [Spanish edition cover featuring  Icelandic  Thor.] Dumézil's trifunctional hypothesis posits that the functions of the gods reflect a society's factional roles, with Odin, Thor, & Frey being the major triumvirate and thus classifying that society's members into rulers, warriors, or farmers, respectively. Also if modern ...