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I like bibliographies. Here is one I made about the Vikings and Norse mythology. All titles can be purchased from Amazon.com by clicking on the title link. I do get a commission, so please use my links.

Cassell Dictionary of Norse Myth and Legend: Andy Orchard / Hardcover / 224 pages / Published 1997
From Booklist 8/19/97:
187 pages of alphabetical entries ranging from one to several paragraphs. Topics covered include various sagas and other poetic and literary works, gods and heroes, real and mythical places, social and religious customs, literary practices and practitioners, and non-Norse historians of the Norse. Many entries have liberal quotations from the sagas or other literary or historical works. Entries are liberally cross-referenced. The writing is clear and accessible. Illustrations, which are black and white, include photographs and line drawings.
Cultural Atlas of the Viking World: Colleen E. Batey (Editor), James Graham-Campbell / Hardcover / 240 pages /Published 1994; From their origins in the Iron Age to the Norman Conquest, the life and culture of the Vikings--including their rich legacy of literature, mythology, and geographic knowledge--is thoroughly traced in this stunning volume. 260 illustrations, most in color. Index. Bibliography. Chronological table. Highly recommended. Absolutely one of the best books for the popular reader on the subject.

The Oxford Illustrated History of the Vikings: Peter Sawyer (Editor) / Hardcover / 300 pages / Published 1997
: For this compelling, colorful portrait of the Vikings and their age, twelve leading scholars draw on the latest research and archaeological evidence to provide the clearest picture yet of this fabled people. From sagas to shipbuilding, from funeral rites to the fur trade, this volume is an indispensable guide to the Viking world. 124 color plates, including 24 color plates. 16 maps.
: Amazon.com Military History Editor's Recommended Book, 02/01/98:
Everyone feared the Vikings during their three centuries of terror, which lasted roughly from the start of the 8th century to the end of the 11th century. They are best remembered as cruel pagan raiders from the frigid north, but their vibrant warrior culture also managed to transform the north Atlantic and much of Russia through trade and settlement. Their seafaring exploits, passed down through the generations in a series of entertaining sagas, led them to Iceland, Greenland, and even North America (which they called "Vinland"). These accomplishments are truly extraordinary, and reveal how a group of people often belittled as cruel brutes actually expanded the frontiers of human knowledge. Peter Sawyer has pulled together a group of accomplished scholars, including Janet L. Nelson and Simon Keynes, to contribute chapters to this attractive, full-color volume. The Oxford Illustrated History of the Vikings contains the very latest information available about the Vikings and their often violent--but always intriguing--ways.
The Penguin Historical Atlas of the Vikings (Penguin Historical Atlases): John Haywood / Paperback / Published 1995
Viking marauders in their longships burst through the defenses of 9th-century Europe, striking terror into the hearts of monks, peasants, and rulers. But the Vikings were more than seaborne terrorists. This atlas shows their development as traders and craftsmen, explorers, settlers, and mercenaries, and follows the routes of Viking merchants from Constantinople to the new world. Full color.
The Vikings: Else Roesdahl, et al / Paperback / 323 pages / Published 1992
The Vikings : Lords of the Seas (Discoveries Series): Yves Cohat / Paperback / 175 pages /Published 1992 /young adult

Vikings : Raiders from the North (Lost Civilizations): Thomas H. Flaherty (Editor) / Hardcover / 168 pages /Published by TIME-LIFE 1994

The Vikings and Their Origins : Scandinavia in the First Millennium: David M. Wilson / Paperback / 388 pages /Published 1989

Norse Mythology

The Celtic and Scandinavian Religions

The Poetic Edda

Carolyne Larrington (Translator) / Paperback / Published 1997
Card catalog description
The collection of Norse-Icelandic mythological and heroic poetry known as the Poetic Edda contains the great narratives of the creation of the world and the coming of Ragnarok, The Doom of the Gods. The mythological poems explore the wisdom of the gods and giants, narrating the adventures of the god Thor against the hostile giants and the god's rivalries amongst themselves. The heroic poems trace the exploits of the hero Helgi and his Valkyrie bride, the tragic tale of Sigurd and Brynhild's doomed love, and the terrible drama of Sigurd's widow Gudrun and her children. Many of the poems predate the conversion of Scandinavia to Christianity, allowing us to glimpse the pagan beliefs of the North. Since the rediscovery of the Poetic Edda in the seventeenth century, its poetry has fascinated artists as diverse as Thomas Gray, Richard Wagner, and Jorge Luis Borges. This is the first complete translation to be published in Britain for fifty years, and it includes a scholarly introduction, notes, a genealogy of the gods and giants, and an index of names.
Main Genealogies of Giants, Gods, and Heroes
The Seeress's Prophecy
Sayings of the High One
Vafthrudnir's Sayings
Grimnir's Sayings
Skirnir's Journey
Harbard's Song
Hymir's Poem
Loki's Quarrel
Thrym's Poem
The Lay of Volund
All-Wise's Sayings
The First Poem of Helgi Hundingsbani
The Poem of Helgi Hiorvardsson
A Second Poem of Helgi Hundingsbani
The Death of Sinfiotli
Gripir's Prophecy
The Lay of Regin
The Lay of Fafnir
The Lay of Sigrdrifa
Fragment of a Poem About Sigurd
The First Lay of Gudrun
A Short Poem About Sigurd
Brynhild's Ride to Hell
The Death of the Niflungs
The Second Lay of Gudrun
The Third Lay of Gudrun
Oddrun's Lament
The Lay of Atli
The Greenlandic Poem of Atli
The Whetting of Gudrun
The Lay of Hamdir
Baldr's Dreams
The List of Rig
The Song of Hyndla
The Song of Grotti

The Well of Remembrance : Rediscovering the Earth Wisdom Myths of Northern Europe

Ralph Metzner / Paperback / Published 1994

Dictionary of Northern Mythology

Rudolf Simek, Angela Hall (Translator) / Hardcover / Published 1993

Freyja - The Great Goddess of the North (Lund Studies in History of Religions, Vol 5)

Britt-Mari Nasstrom / Paperback / Published 1995
Table of Contents:

The Sources of Old Norse Religion
The Goddess Freyja in the Source Material
Previous Research on the Goddess Freyja
The Mysterious Nerthus
The Voluptuous Vanir
The Great Goddess of the North
Freyja, Frigg and the Other Goddesses in Old Norse Mythology
Fertility, Fight and Fate: Disir, Valkyries and Norns in Old Norse Mythology
Freyja and the Giants: The Background of Prymskvida
Who Killed the King?
The Obscured Goddess: Freyja After the Christianisation Process
References
Indices

Gods and Myths of Northern Europe

Hilda Roderick Ellis Davidson, Ellis Davidson / Paperback / Published 1990
Highly rated, scholarly, but readable book.

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