Reddit reviews Our Troth: History and Lore

As a bit of an investment, you might want to consider The Troth's two volume set Our Troth (Vol. 1 and Vol. 2). They aren't flawless and some content is worthy of criticism (as all things are, really) but there is a lot of good history and lore in there and a lot of good guidance on how to go about doing things and things to think about. Our Troth primarily puts forth the methodology of The Troth and is only one perspective but they are good books. It's a great deal better than "The Rites of Odin," that's for sure (please, don't buy that piece of crap, it's REALLY bad).

Also, take a look for books by Swain Wodening, James Hjuka Coulter, and Garman Lord. They offer more ideas and different perspectives on things. There are plenty of other respectable authors out there as well.

Hi again

This book was great and the first I read after the Poetic Edda

http://www.amazon.com/Our-Troth-History-Kveldulf-Gundarsson/dp/1419635980

The other book that really opened things up for me was this one, but you need to read the Poetic Edda a couple of times first

http://www.amazon.com/Masks-Odin-Wisdom-Ancient-Norse/dp/0911500731/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1347640806&sr=1-1&keywords=the+masks+of+odin

The first book of Our Troth that goes into some detail about it. I think the first three or four chapters are about it.

[Start with this book](Our Troth: History and Lore https://www.amazon.com/dp/1419635980/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_UHsSCbNMWNTNM)

I was doing some morning reading on the bus this morning. It was mentioned that Adam of Bremen, when writing about Uppsala, said that sacrifices were made to Fricco. This isn't a name we're familiar with today, but it is generally thought to be a Germanic cognate of Frey. This quote from Wikipedia sounds like it was pulled almost straight from the book (The Troth: History and Lore):

> "Adam says that the three gods have a priest appointed to them each who offer up sacrifices to the deities from the people. If famine or plague occurs, a sacrifice is made to Thor; if there is war, a sacrifice is made to Wodan; if a marriage is to be held, a sacrifices is made to Fricco."

So, just another backup source on the Frey idea. :)