LINKS
Here is a simple compendium of informative links. It is by no means all-inclusive, though it tends to evolve over time. We have no affiliation with any of these sites, which are mostly non-commercial. They are just a collection for your enjoyment.
Cheers!
ARCHEOLOGY
Ancient British Language Discovered: Pictish Symbols are Scotland’s Hieroglyphs
Kaupang - Excavations of Sciringes heal – Norway’s first town
Secrets of a Neolithic Time Machine
ART & CRAFT
American Museum of Straw Art
Buy Handmade
Goddess Embroideries – a series of books on pagan/heathen textile art
Jugendstil Steins - A Pictorial Essay – just so you can drool
The Celtic Knot Font
Tryggvi Thorleif Larum – inspired wood-carving from an Icelandic-American artist (and Hex contributor!)
Theodor Kittelsen Art Archive
ASATRU / HEATHEN / TRADITIONAL PAGAN COMMUNITY
Anglo-Saxon Heathenism
Åsatrufellesskapet Bifrost - The asatrufellowship Bifrost
Asatru TV
Asatru-U - develops and publishes Germanic Heathen courses
BBC Heathenry Article
Birch Grove
Frigga’s Web
Foreningen Forn Sed - to restore the Ancient Way
Gangleri – articles and reviews about many heathen-related topics
Geferræden Fyrnsidu – The Fellowship of Anglo-Saxon Heathenry
Irminsul
Jenny Blain – UK Heathen and anthropologist
Jordsvin’s Norse Heathen Pages
Kenaz Kindred
Loki’s Laughter – Heathen humour
Norse Heathen Holidays
Ravencast - The Asatru Podcast
Shadowplay E-Zine – interesting pagan e-zine
Living in Season
Stang Top Moor – the writings of Robin Artisson
The Northvegr Foundation
The Troth
Uncle Thor’s Online Magazine
Vinland’s Völva – Daily mystic musings
Germanic Neopaganism Wikipedia Entry
BRITISH ISLES / CELTIC CULTURE
Gael Agus Gall - Irish Living History During the Viking Age
IMBAS - promotes the spiritual path of ancestral Celtic peoples
Irish National Heritage Park
Pretanic World - Information about England, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales
Viking Network Ireland
DIRECTORIES
Anglo-Saxon Poem Archive
Arild Hauge’s Runes & Viking Stuff
Jordsvin’s Norse Heathen Pages
EARTH STEWARDSHIP
Ancient Yew Group
Heathen Homesteading E-List
Radical Homemaking
Revive the Victory Garden! – think global, grow local
Rodale Institute – leaders in organic solutions since 1947
Path of Freedom – urban homesteading
Seasonal Ingredient Map
Victory Horticultural Library
EASTERN EUROPEAN CULTURE
Pan Slavic Traditions and Beliefs
The Ukrainian Gift Shop
FOLK & NEOFOLK MUSIC
Folk Music of England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales - good source but watch out for the loud synthesizer music!
Odin LIVES! Radio
Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
FOLK MEDICINE
Folk Remedies for You
Lithuanian Folk Medicine
FORUMS
Asatru Lore - An open board for the discussion of topics germane to Asatru. Open to members of any religion.
Heathen Board - A forum for Germanic pagans.
Traditional Witchcraft Forum - dedicated to living the old ways in time-honored tradition (with a strong reconstructionist bent!)
HEALTH & NUTRITION
Early Brits were Original Cheeseheads
Michael Pollan – author of The Omnivore’s Dilemma, In Defence of Food, and Food Rules
Nina Planck – author of Real Food: What to Eat and Why
Nourished Magazine
Real Milk
Price-Pottenger Foundation
Weston A Price Foundation
INTERESTING SITES / ARTICLES
Albert Hofmann turns 100
Hippie Roots & The Perennial Subculture
The Long Now Foundation – Fostering long-term thinking and responsibility
The William Morris Society
KIDS
Åsgard - A closer look at the Nordic Myths
Bbc.co.uk - The Vikings
Jordsvin Young Heathens’ Page
Raising Your Spirited Child
LITERATURE & MYTHOLOGY
Asgard and the Gods - Adapted from W. Wagner by M. W. Macdowall
British Library Online Gallery - Leaf through some old great books
Encyclopedia Mythica
Glossary of Mythological Terms
Heart of Albion Press
Heathen Gods in Old English Literature - by Richard North
Heimskringla – Old Norse Prose & Poetry
List of People, Items, and Places in Norse Mythology
Myths of Northern Lands - H. A. Guerber
Norse Mythology - by Peter Andreas Munch
Odin’s Gift - Norse mythology, Asatru poetry, and music
Online Etymology Dictionary
Project Runeberg - electronic editions of classic Nordic literature
The Poetic Edda - translated by Henry Adams Bellows
MARTIAL ARTS
Berserkergang
Krigarenve - A Northern European Martial Arts System
No Nonsense Self Defence
The Association for Renaissance Martial Arts
Soma Fera – The Body Wild
MUSEUMS
Lofotr - Viking Living History Museum
Royal Jelling
Sunnmøre Museum in Ålesund
Vikingeskibs Museet - The Viking Ship Museum
RUNES & ESOTERIC ARTS
Arild Hauge’s Runes
Odsmal – fascinating esoteric Heathen speculation
Elhaz Ablaze – seidh, runes, Heathenry, martial arts, & chaos magic!
Rune Secrets
Rune Web Vitki
Runes: Alphabet of Mystery
Rune-Net – International Network for Students of the Runes
Seidr & Norse Shamanism
SCANDINAVIAN & GERMANIC CULTURE
Germanic Mythology
Midgard Historisk Senter
Die Iwwerliefering – Pennsylvania Dutch website
Hurstwic Living History Society
Jomsborg Vikings Hird
Lejre Center - Living History
Nordelag - Polish Slavic & Viking re-enactment group
Norse America - Gift shop for all things Scandinavian
Norway Heritage
Reclaim the swastika
Scandinavia House – The Nordic centre in America
Smithsonian – Vikings, the North Atlantic Saga
The Jomsvikings - world’s leading Viking re-enactment organisation
The Last Viking
The Museum of Foteviken - Living History
The Sea Stallion - Reconstructed Viking longship from Denmark
Ulfhednir – Living History
Viking Answer Lady
Viking Ships and Norse Wooden Boats
TRAVEL & SACRED SITES
Panoramic Earth - 360° panoramas from all over the world
Sacred Sites, Contested Rights/Rites project