I get asked a lot about how I got started practicing seiðr, so I’ve decided to try and compile a Helpful Post™
from all the resources I’ve collected over the years instead of gesturing vaguely with a spindle or babbling at another stranger for hours.
I would suggest checking out the bibliographies of these sources (when they have one.)General Essays:
Women and Magic in the Sagas: Seiðr and Spá by the Viking Answer Lady
Seiðr, seið, Sol-Iss-Þurs and Nordic shamanism by Yves KodratoffHeathen Shaman, A Practical Look into Seiðr and Norse Shamanism by Larisa Hunter
The Return of the Völva: Recovering the Practice of Seiðr by Diana L. Paxson
Drumming with the Witches: Odin and Women’s Wisdom by Diana L. PaxsonThe Image of Seiðr in Old Icelandic Literature: An Essay by Lyonel D. Perabo
What is a völva? by Kari Tauring
Völva, a Shamanic Seeress by Bernadette Weyde
Purveyors of Fate – Symbols of Life and Destiny in the Icelandic Sagas by Nóel Braucher
Norns as Fates in Gisli’s Saga by
Nóel Braucher
Ergi Things:
The Valkyrie’s Gender: Old Norse Shield-Maidens and Valkyries as a Third Gender by Kathleen M. Self
Old Norse religion in long-term perspectives : origins, changes, and interactions : an international conference in Lund, Sweden, June 3-7, 2004 by
Anders Andrén; Kristina Jennbert; Catharina Raudvere
Loki and Women Myriad Hallaug Lokadís
Sex, Love, and Beauty in Viking Age Culture by Cara Freyasdaughter
An Examination of Gender in Viking Age Scandinavia by Lizzie ColwillOdin and Loki: A Comparison of Two Tricksters by Sam Urfur
A Womb by Magic – Transcending Gender, Transcending Realities by Maria Kvilhaug
For the anon!🌿
Seiðr Resources (WIP)
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