The most trustworthy
translation
is in German, by H.
Cambridge Medieval History - v2 - Rise of the Saracens and Foundation of the Western Empire
Khenanarum.
(Verein von Alterthumsfreui
Rheinlaude, Bonn. ) Elberfeld. 1867.
Bugge, S. Norges Indskrifter med de ajldre Rimer. Christiauia. 1891 ff
Corpus Inscriptionum Latiuarum. See Oen. Bibl. iv.
Stephens, G. Handbook of the Old Northern Runic Monuments. Lone
Copenhagen. 1888. (Contains good plates, but the interpretations are mi
YVimmer, L. F. A. De danske Runemindesmasrker. Copenhagen. 1895 ff
lavs i
x>lo
2. Documentary. Laws.
(a) Continental.
In MGH, Leges. Especially important are:
Constitutio Childeberti (LI. i), Capitulatio de partibus Saxoniae (LI
Frisionum (LI. m), Indiculus Superstitionum (LI. i).
(b) English.
Liebermann. Gesetze der Angelsachsen. See Gen. Bibl. iv. Vols, i n i
(c) Scandinavian.
Corpus Juris Sveo-gotorum antiqui. Ed. Schlyter, C. J. 13 vols St« 1
1838-77. """'
Gutalag och Guta Saga. Ed. Pipping, H. Copenhagen. 1905-7.
Norges Gamle Love indtil 1387. Ed. Keyser, R. and Munch, P. 6 vols (U J
1846-95. n
sburj
trade.
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787
III. AUTHORITIES.
(r 1. Classical.
jus Marcellinus. Hist. Rom. Ed. Gardthausen, V. 2 vols. Leipsic.
(74-6.
is. Germania, Annates, Historia. See Oen. Bibl.
2. Medieval.
i j j,i (a) Continental.
bfftiii Lives of Missionaries, in MGH, scriptores, or in MPL, especially:
Alcuiu. Vita Willebrordi. MGH xxm.
Altfrid. Vita Liudgeri. MGH ii.
Ennodius. Vita Antonii. MGH vi.
Vita S. Columbani. MPL 82.
Rimbert. Vita Anskarii. MGH ii. MPL 108.
Walafrid Strabo. Vita S. Galli. MGH ii.
Willibald. Vita Bonifacii. MGH n.
|/9) Histories of Germanic tribes or kings, especially:
Adam von Bremen. Gesta Hammaburgensis Eccles. ad 1072. MGH vii.
(Tr. GddV. vi. )
Agathias. Hist. MPG88. German transl. Geschichtschreiber der deutschen
Vorzeit. Vol. in. See Gen. Bibl. iv. (GddV. )
Chronique dite de Nestor. Tr. Leger, L. Paris. 1884. (Scandinavians in
Russia. )
Dudo. De moribus et actis Normaunorum i. MPL 141.
Gregory of Tours. Hist. Francorum. MGH, script. Merov. i, 1. MPL
71. (Tr. GddV. iv, v. )
Jordanes. De Origine Actibusque Getarum. See Gen. Bibl. v.
Paulus Diaconus. Hist. Langobardorum. See Gen. Bibl. iv. (Tr. GddV. iv. )
Procopius. De bello Gothico. CSHB, *ee Gen. Bibl. v. Pars n. 1833.
3 vols.
Thietmar von Merseburg. Chronicon. MPL 139. (Tr. GddV. i. )
Widukind. Res gestae Saxonicae. MPL 137. (Tr. GddV. vi. )
(b) English.
Bede. Hist, eccles. gentis Anglorum. Ed. Plummer, C. (Tr. Sellar, A. M. )
See Gen. Bibl. v
(c) Scandinavian.
Elder Edda. Ssmundar Edda. Ed. Bugge, S. Christiania. 18G7. Engl,
translations: In Corp. Poet. Bor. Ed. Vigfusson, G. and York Powell, F.
2 vols. Oxford. 1883. (Some rearrangement and some dubious readings. ) And
also by Bray, O. The Elder or Poetic Edda. Part i. (Viking Club. )
London. 1907.
The most trustworthy translation is in German, by H. Gering.
Die Edda. Leipsic. n. d.
Prose Edda. Snorri Sturluson, Edda. Ed. Jonsson, Finnur. Copenhagen. 1900.
(Tr. Anderson, R. B. Chicago. 1880. )
Sagas. Largely contained in the following collections:
Altnordische Saga Bibliothek. Ed. Cederschiold, G. , Gering, II. , Mogk, E.
Halle. 1892 ff.
Fornaldar Sogur NorSrlanda. Ed. Rafn, C. 3 vols. Copenhagen. 1829-
30.
CH. XV (c).
50—2
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788 Germanic Heathendom
Fornmanna Sogur. 12 vols. Copenhagen. 1825-7.
Heimskringla. Jdnsson, Finnur. 4 vols. Copenhagen. 1893-1901.
Saxo Grammaticus. Gesta Danorum. Ed. Holder, A. Strasburg. 1886.
(Tr. Elton, O. with Introd. by York Powell, F. London. 1894. )
[Some of the above are translated by Morris, W. and Magniisson, E. , in the
Saga Library. 6 vols. London. 1891-1905. Other translations:
"Story of Burnt Njal. " 2 vols. Edinburgh. New edn. with abridged
introduction. London. 1900. "Story of Gisli the outlaw. '' Edinburgh.
1866. Both by G. W. Dasent. ]
IV. MODERN WORKS.
(a) General.
Bugge, S. Studier over de norske Gude- og Heltesagns Oprindelse. i. Christiania.
1881. ii. Helgedigtene. Copenhagen. 1896. (Tr. Schofield, W. H.
Home of the Eddie Poems. Grimm Library. London. 1899. ) (Attempts,
with great learning and ability, to show that Scandinavian mythology is largely
derived from Christian and classical legends, a now generally discredited theory. )
Chantepie de la Saussaye, P. D. Geschiedenis van den Godsdienst der Germanen.
Haarlem. 1900. English edition, enlarged, tr. Vos, "Religion of the Teutons,"
with bibliography. Boston. 1902. (Gives a good view of the main features of
Germanic religion. )
Craigie, W. Religion of Ancient Scandinavia. London. 1906. (A brief sketch of
Scandinavian cults. )
Golther, W. Handbuch der deutschen Mythologie. Leipsic. 1895. (Influenced
by Bugge. )
Grimm, Jakob. Deutsche Mythologie. 3 vols. Gottingen. 1835. 4th edn.
(Meyer, E. H. ) 3 vols. Berlin. 1875-8. (Tr. Stallybrass. 4 vols. London.
1880-8. ) (Obsolete in many points, but invaluable for the mass of references
it contains. )
Gummere, F. B. Germanic origins. New York. 1892.
Hayes, C. H. An introduction to the Sources relating to the Germanic Invasions.
(Columbia Univ. Studies in Polit. Science, vol. xxxm, No. 3. New York. 1909. )
Herrmann, P. Deutsche Mythologie in gemeinverstandlicher Darstellung. Leipsic.
1896. And Nordische Mythologie. Leipsic. 1903.
Mannhardt, W. Wald- und Feldkulte. 2 vols. Berlin. 1875-7. New edn.
Berlin. 1904-5.
Maurer, K. Die Bekehrung des Norwegischen Starames zum Christentum. 2 vols.
Munich. 1855-6.
Meyer, E. H. Germanische Mythologie. Berlin. 1891. (Interpretations doubtful,
but gives a mass of valuable references, especially to ecclesiastical sources. )
Mogk, E. Deutsche Mythologie, in Paul's Grundriss der germanischen Philologie.
Vol. hi, pp. 230-406. 2nd edn. 1900. (A valuable treatise, with a section
devoted to sources. )
Olrik, A. Nordisk Aandsliv i Vikingetiden. Copenhagen. 1907. (Tr. into
German by Ranisch, W. Nordisches Geistesleben. Heidelberg. 1908. )
Petersen, H. Om Nordboernes Gudedyrkelse og Gudetro i Hedenold. Copenhagen.
1876. (Tr. into Germ, by Riess. Ober den Gottesdienst des Nordens.
Gardelegen. 1882. )
Pfannenschmid, H. Germanische Erntefeste. Hanover.
Rheinlaude, Bonn. ) Elberfeld. 1867.
Bugge, S. Norges Indskrifter med de ajldre Rimer. Christiauia. 1891 ff
Corpus Inscriptionum Latiuarum. See Oen. Bibl. iv.
Stephens, G. Handbook of the Old Northern Runic Monuments. Lone
Copenhagen. 1888. (Contains good plates, but the interpretations are mi
YVimmer, L. F. A. De danske Runemindesmasrker. Copenhagen. 1895 ff
lavs i
x>lo
2. Documentary. Laws.
(a) Continental.
In MGH, Leges. Especially important are:
Constitutio Childeberti (LI. i), Capitulatio de partibus Saxoniae (LI
Frisionum (LI. m), Indiculus Superstitionum (LI. i).
(b) English.
Liebermann. Gesetze der Angelsachsen. See Gen. Bibl. iv. Vols, i n i
(c) Scandinavian.
Corpus Juris Sveo-gotorum antiqui. Ed. Schlyter, C. J. 13 vols St« 1
1838-77. """'
Gutalag och Guta Saga. Ed. Pipping, H. Copenhagen. 1905-7.
Norges Gamle Love indtil 1387. Ed. Keyser, R. and Munch, P. 6 vols (U J
1846-95. n
sburj
trade.
## p. 787 (#819) ############################################
Bibliography
787
III. AUTHORITIES.
(r 1. Classical.
jus Marcellinus. Hist. Rom. Ed. Gardthausen, V. 2 vols. Leipsic.
(74-6.
is. Germania, Annates, Historia. See Oen. Bibl.
2. Medieval.
i j j,i (a) Continental.
bfftiii Lives of Missionaries, in MGH, scriptores, or in MPL, especially:
Alcuiu. Vita Willebrordi. MGH xxm.
Altfrid. Vita Liudgeri. MGH ii.
Ennodius. Vita Antonii. MGH vi.
Vita S. Columbani. MPL 82.
Rimbert. Vita Anskarii. MGH ii. MPL 108.
Walafrid Strabo. Vita S. Galli. MGH ii.
Willibald. Vita Bonifacii. MGH n.
|/9) Histories of Germanic tribes or kings, especially:
Adam von Bremen. Gesta Hammaburgensis Eccles. ad 1072. MGH vii.
(Tr. GddV. vi. )
Agathias. Hist. MPG88. German transl. Geschichtschreiber der deutschen
Vorzeit. Vol. in. See Gen. Bibl. iv. (GddV. )
Chronique dite de Nestor. Tr. Leger, L. Paris. 1884. (Scandinavians in
Russia. )
Dudo. De moribus et actis Normaunorum i. MPL 141.
Gregory of Tours. Hist. Francorum. MGH, script. Merov. i, 1. MPL
71. (Tr. GddV. iv, v. )
Jordanes. De Origine Actibusque Getarum. See Gen. Bibl. v.
Paulus Diaconus. Hist. Langobardorum. See Gen. Bibl. iv. (Tr. GddV. iv. )
Procopius. De bello Gothico. CSHB, *ee Gen. Bibl. v. Pars n. 1833.
3 vols.
Thietmar von Merseburg. Chronicon. MPL 139. (Tr. GddV. i. )
Widukind. Res gestae Saxonicae. MPL 137. (Tr. GddV. vi. )
(b) English.
Bede. Hist, eccles. gentis Anglorum. Ed. Plummer, C. (Tr. Sellar, A. M. )
See Gen. Bibl. v
(c) Scandinavian.
Elder Edda. Ssmundar Edda. Ed. Bugge, S. Christiania. 18G7. Engl,
translations: In Corp. Poet. Bor. Ed. Vigfusson, G. and York Powell, F.
2 vols. Oxford. 1883. (Some rearrangement and some dubious readings. ) And
also by Bray, O. The Elder or Poetic Edda. Part i. (Viking Club. )
London. 1907.
The most trustworthy translation is in German, by H. Gering.
Die Edda. Leipsic. n. d.
Prose Edda. Snorri Sturluson, Edda. Ed. Jonsson, Finnur. Copenhagen. 1900.
(Tr. Anderson, R. B. Chicago. 1880. )
Sagas. Largely contained in the following collections:
Altnordische Saga Bibliothek. Ed. Cederschiold, G. , Gering, II. , Mogk, E.
Halle. 1892 ff.
Fornaldar Sogur NorSrlanda. Ed. Rafn, C. 3 vols. Copenhagen. 1829-
30.
CH. XV (c).
50—2
## p. 788 (#820) ############################################
788 Germanic Heathendom
Fornmanna Sogur. 12 vols. Copenhagen. 1825-7.
Heimskringla. Jdnsson, Finnur. 4 vols. Copenhagen. 1893-1901.
Saxo Grammaticus. Gesta Danorum. Ed. Holder, A. Strasburg. 1886.
(Tr. Elton, O. with Introd. by York Powell, F. London. 1894. )
[Some of the above are translated by Morris, W. and Magniisson, E. , in the
Saga Library. 6 vols. London. 1891-1905. Other translations:
"Story of Burnt Njal. " 2 vols. Edinburgh. New edn. with abridged
introduction. London. 1900. "Story of Gisli the outlaw. '' Edinburgh.
1866. Both by G. W. Dasent. ]
IV. MODERN WORKS.
(a) General.
Bugge, S. Studier over de norske Gude- og Heltesagns Oprindelse. i. Christiania.
1881. ii. Helgedigtene. Copenhagen. 1896. (Tr. Schofield, W. H.
Home of the Eddie Poems. Grimm Library. London. 1899. ) (Attempts,
with great learning and ability, to show that Scandinavian mythology is largely
derived from Christian and classical legends, a now generally discredited theory. )
Chantepie de la Saussaye, P. D. Geschiedenis van den Godsdienst der Germanen.
Haarlem. 1900. English edition, enlarged, tr. Vos, "Religion of the Teutons,"
with bibliography. Boston. 1902. (Gives a good view of the main features of
Germanic religion. )
Craigie, W. Religion of Ancient Scandinavia. London. 1906. (A brief sketch of
Scandinavian cults. )
Golther, W. Handbuch der deutschen Mythologie. Leipsic. 1895. (Influenced
by Bugge. )
Grimm, Jakob. Deutsche Mythologie. 3 vols. Gottingen. 1835. 4th edn.
(Meyer, E. H. ) 3 vols. Berlin. 1875-8. (Tr. Stallybrass. 4 vols. London.
1880-8. ) (Obsolete in many points, but invaluable for the mass of references
it contains. )
Gummere, F. B. Germanic origins. New York. 1892.
Hayes, C. H. An introduction to the Sources relating to the Germanic Invasions.
(Columbia Univ. Studies in Polit. Science, vol. xxxm, No. 3. New York. 1909. )
Herrmann, P. Deutsche Mythologie in gemeinverstandlicher Darstellung. Leipsic.
1896. And Nordische Mythologie. Leipsic. 1903.
Mannhardt, W. Wald- und Feldkulte. 2 vols. Berlin. 1875-7. New edn.
Berlin. 1904-5.
Maurer, K. Die Bekehrung des Norwegischen Starames zum Christentum. 2 vols.
Munich. 1855-6.
Meyer, E. H. Germanische Mythologie. Berlin. 1891. (Interpretations doubtful,
but gives a mass of valuable references, especially to ecclesiastical sources. )
Mogk, E. Deutsche Mythologie, in Paul's Grundriss der germanischen Philologie.
Vol. hi, pp. 230-406. 2nd edn. 1900. (A valuable treatise, with a section
devoted to sources. )
Olrik, A. Nordisk Aandsliv i Vikingetiden. Copenhagen. 1907. (Tr. into
German by Ranisch, W. Nordisches Geistesleben. Heidelberg. 1908. )
Petersen, H. Om Nordboernes Gudedyrkelse og Gudetro i Hedenold. Copenhagen.
1876. (Tr. into Germ, by Riess. Ober den Gottesdienst des Nordens.
Gardelegen. 1882. )
Pfannenschmid, H. Germanische Erntefeste. Hanover.
