then I finished reading The Pre-Christian Religions of the North!
After 2,122 pages, I've leveled up my Norse Lore studies by consuming all four volumes of The Pre-Christian Religions of the North ! Inarguably the new standard academic reference work on Norse Mythology , as of its publication in 2020 CE it establishes a current baseline on what we believe we know about the Norse Gods and references all the possible usable contexts from literature, archaeology, anthropology, ancient sources, folklore, and comparative mythology/beliefs/culture, taking a much needed interdisciplinary approach that tends to support each other, though contrary and conflicting elements and analyses are openly noted, which only adds to the amazing scope of this offering. Breaking the overview of this History and Structures set down into its respective volumes, we get: Volume I: Basic Premises and Consideration of Sources Volume II: Social, Geographical, and Historical Contexts, and Communications Between Worlds Volume III: Conceptual Frameworks: The Cosmos and Collect...