Univers
The Northern Otherworld Series
The Search for Óðinn (2022)
From Pontic Steppe to Sutton Hoo
Sortie : 2022 (Canada). Essai, Mythes & épopée
livre de Shani Oates
Résumé · Óðinn has been scandalised and deified in equal measure by medieval churchmen, demonising pre-Christian beliefs, and more recently by the romantic idealists and nationalists of the 20th Century, who glamorised them, to the extent that the genuine historical persona of this popular figure is... Voir plus
The Hanged God: Óðinn Grímnir (2020)
Volume I of the Óðinn Trilogy
Sortie : 2020 (Canada). Essai, Mythes & épopée
livre de Shani Oates
Résumé · Challenging former atrophied or outdated knowledge regarding Óðinn’s acquisition of the runes and the mead of poetry, this extensive and intense study revisits the Hávamál, Vǫluspá, Skáldskaparmál, Grímnismál, Heimskringla and Ynglinga Sagas specifically, to unravel and reconnect crucial factors... Voir plus
Wolfs-Head (2020)
Óðinn, The Ecstatic God of Tethers and Skin-Turning
Sortie : 2020 (Canada). Essai, Mythes & épopée
livre de Shani Oates
Résumé · Óðinn’s identity as the Ecstatic God of the Tethers of Law and Death, is least recognised through his Skin-Turning and Shape-shifting techniques as gifts of the highest craft he imparts to a shamanic warrior elite. Those themes are explored in this volume, alighting upon a wide range of magics and... Voir plus
