A review by aliciaking3
The Viking Spirit: An Introduction to Norse Mythology and Religion by Daniel McCoy

5.0

This is one of the most readable books that is of scholarly value on the Norse religion and mythos that I've read. I enjoyed the author's attempt to apply some imagination to what it would have been like to live in the ancient stretches of northern Europe. It's well-done and well-reasoned. The endnotes are a bit strange, he doesn't always include the excerpts of poems and sagas that he references - requiring a bit more work for the reader than most endnotes do. I do feel like it's a "beginner's" book for studying the Norse -- but a solid foundation nonetheless.