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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...

Discovering that celebrated Argentinian author, librarian, & intellectual Jorge Luis Borges wrote a survey called  Ancient Germanic Literatures was like finding a hoard of gold in my backyard, and I finally got to open & read this brief book during my recent Scandinavian cross-Atlantic vacation. As an investigative researcher, avid reader, Hispanic writer, and appreciator of Borges, I was totally enthusiastic to explore his insights into the sources from a Latin perspective I could personally identify with. Borges' masterful surrealism & erudition is pretty much second to none, so to turn that brilliant spotlight of his mind upon the deep dark wells of Norse source texts was such an exciting prospect. Yet, not to criticize the Master, my essay & short fiction-bred high expectations of Borges were actually far beyond what his intention was , and the fault in doing that is solely mine.  When writing  Ancient Germanic Literatures  back i...