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1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
 Awesome Sep 24, 2009
For anyone who wishes to understand Asatru, this book is a must! It presents historical references to show where and how this religion came to be what it is today. Anyone who is Asatruar, I suggest adding this to their library.
1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
The Best On The Subject May 27, 2009
I have been a germanic heathen for 25 years now. In all the years and of all the books I have read, these two volumes pack the most punch. This is the best heathen source book around. Yes, there are other good ones too. But, these two volumes will answer most of your questions on lore, history, and ritual. Worth the $55.00 for the new set, buy them!
1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
Best still May 20, 2009
This is an updated version of the old one from the 90's and it is still the best comprhensive book out there bar none.
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Our Troth: HIstory and Lore May 16, 2009
This book gives an indepth history of the Germanic people from the Stone Age on, as well as that of the Asatru beliefs. Its descriptions of the Gods, Alfar and Desir is detailed and informative. I would recommend this book to anyone who is a student of Asatru or just casually interested in the subject of the Northern history, lore and traditions.
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 A Must Have on any Heathen's Library Shelf Sep 03, 2008
Our Troth Volume I
Compiled By Kveldulf Gundarsson
Truly an excellent work. This competently researched massive repository of Germanic Lore is an absolute must for any Asatru/Heathen library. I really appreciated, Part One: History. Very few modern works on Heathenry go into the basic foundations of the early societies of Northern Europe. Volume 1's tracking of the Pre-Migration period is seldom mentioned outside academia. Following the progression of the Indo-European migration thru the Bronze and Iron Age's established a strong foundation from which to build. While much of the information on the early periods is based of a fair amount of speculation, it is well researched scholarly speculation. These hypothesis's are based on the most up to date research by both Archeological and Linguistic scholars.
Part Two: Lore. Probably one of the most in-depth and well organized looks at the "Norse Pantheon", a reader will be able to find outside of Academia. If any of the players in Norse Mythology have been missed I can't think of them. I especially like the large sections on Tyr and Heimdal. Both of which are often given only minor places in many modern works.
I have only two minor problems with this otherwise excellent work. Both of which are more my personal opinion rather than reflection on the book itself. Firstly, I found the lack of an index very annoying. My brain cells cannot retain all this information and a quick reference index would have been a great help to me. Granted I know why there is not one , (basically cost and size, what chapter do you leave out in order to include and index?), and while I understand and agree with the reasoning I don't have to like it. I will say however, that the book itself is very well organized and that the table of contents is straight forward and easy to use. My second problem is, again not directed at the information presented, but more at my ability to shift mental gears. I'll explain; this work is the cooperative effort of over 40 people and researched by many, many more. As a consequence of multiple authors, the writing styles from section to section change rather abruptly at times. I found that I had to set the book down and come back to it later on several occasions. It was like finishing a chapter in a Jim Butcher novel and then starting Nietzsche, I had problems shifting mental gears. Again more of a readers problem than an authors. Having said this, these were the only faults I have so far found in Volume One so now I'm picking nits.
All & all I highly recommend this work for anyone interested in Germanic/Norse History, Myth, Lore or the reconstruction of Northern European ancestral religion, "Our Troth Volume 1", is a MUST have!
In Frith,
Spence The Elder
"Sic gorgiamus allos subjectatos nunc"
M. Addams
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