"Heathen stars stood above their heads,
painted with ominous staves..."
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Sólarljóð 60
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Hliðskjálf
The High-Seat of the Gods
Capricorn: Heimdallr
The God with the Wet Back
Fomalhaut
:
The Eye of Odin
Mjöllnir
Thor's Short-Handled Hammer
Virgo and Astrea:
Star-Maidens of the Eddas
Loki, the Salmon
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The Waterfall, the House with 4 Doors and the Net
Járnglófar/ Járngreipr
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Thor's Iron Gloves
Ophiuchus and Loki Bound
Scorpio
: The Fenris Wolf
The Hound of Hel and the River of Poison
Öku-Þórr
Thor's Chariot and Goat Team
Völund: Wayland Star-Smith
The Kneeling Man and
the Virgin with the Golden Ring
Freyr's Attributes
:
The Boar Gullinbursti and
Skidbladnir, the Finest Ship of All
Draupnir
and the Ring of Andvari
Brisingsamen
:
Freyja and her Necklace
Asgard's Wall
:
The Milky Way
Thor in Jötunheim
The Expedition to
Geirröd
Hrungnir,
Thor's Mightiest Foe
Thrymskviða:
Thor battles Thrym
Antares:
And the Guardians of the Netherworld
Nár, The Deadman
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The 'Lost' Constellation
Serpens Caput
:
The Head of the Serpent
Loki's Daughter
The Blue Star Vega
Völuspá 45
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Odin Speaks with Mimir's Head
Three Roots on Three Ways
Yggdrasil and the Milky Way
The Milky Way
Irung's Way and Irung's Wall
The Milky Way
The Watlings Street and the Vaði myth
The Birth and Death of Sigurd
The Solar Hero
Gunnarr
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The Snakepit, the Harp and Högni's Heart
The Forging of the Sword of Mimung
Dragons and Dwarves
and the Guardians of the Nibelung Hoard
Vidga Völund's son
Vidar and Vali
The Wolf and the Vé
Germanic Variants of
The Scorpio and Orion Myth
Some Thought on the Scenery of
Harbarðsljóð
The Abduction of Idunn
Suttung and the Mead Myth
Mermaids:
Beauty and the Beast
in the German Heroic Sagas
Additional Resources:
Dr. Christopher E. Johnsen's
OBSERVATIONS IN
EDDIC ASTRONOMY
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The Works of Ernst Christian Trautvetter
(1921)
[in German/auf Deutsch]
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Sterndeutige Aufschluesse über die altdeutschen Heldensagen
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(Astronomical Revelations in the Old-Germanic Heroic Sagas)
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Asciburg oder die germanischen Goetter und Heldenbilder
des Tacitus und der Edda als Sternbild dargestellt
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(Asciburg or the Germanic Images of Gods and Heroes
in Tacitus and in the Edda Depicted as Constellations)
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