edderkopper:

sphinxliike:

Help I need beginner Asatru resources plz

So, since you’re bi and Kemetic, I’ve gotta warn you that you probably need to brace yourself for white nationalists hijacking the post and might want to turn asks/submissions off if they’re on. That said, here are some LGBT-friendly, non-folkish links.

Norse Polytheism Primary Sources:

• Icelandic Saga Database
• Sacred Texts
• Northvegr (defunct but archived)
• Thorraborinn’s List of Primary Sources
• Recommended Edda Translations

Modern Heathen Religion and Scholarship:

• GLE’s Frequently Referenced Posts
• Lokavinr’s Master List
• Hedendom’s Resources
• Fuck Yeah Norse Mythology’s Resources
• Heathen Terms and Concepts
• Jackson Crawford’s YouTube Channel
• Huginn’s Heathen Hof
• Books to Avoid
• Old Norse Pronunciation Basics
• Homosexuality and Gender Roles in the Viking Age
• The Valkyrie Squad’s List of Non-Folkish Heathen Blogs

As you research, be aware that most of the books written by Heathens for Heathens are
either written by racist, homophobic, or otherwise dangerous people or just
generally very inaccurate. Until you have a basic grasp of the lore to
help you differentiate between fact and BS, I really recommend sticking
with academic sources. Not that academics can’t be full of it too, but
assuming you stick with recent sources, they are less likely to be
neonazis. (For obvious reasons, this does not apply to academic stuff
from the late 19th/early 20th century when certain movements were at
their height.)

Thank you so much for the help and thanks for the heads up about that. Partly why I have been avoiding learning about Norse Paganism were because of those people but..yeah. 

Wonderful resources and I will be sure to read through them c: Thank you again.