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Dr. Karl E. H. Seigfried is a Norse mythologist in Chicago. His scholarly work and observations on Norse mythology and Norse religion are featured at the Norse Mythology Blog, the Norse Mythology Facebook Page, the Norse Mythology Google+ Page and the Norse Mythology Twitter Page.

Karl teaches Norse religion as a member of Carthage College's Religion Faculty and teaches Norse myth at Newberry Library & Loyola University-Continuum.

He has been a featured writer and lecturer on Norse myth at both the Joseph Campbell Foundation and the Wagner Society of America. A member of the Society for the Advancement of Scandinavian Study, the Viking Society for Northern Research and the Religion Newswriters Association, he was recently named Official Norse Mythologist of the Stephanie Miller Show.

2012 Weblog Awards: Best Religion Weblog
Chicago Humanities Festival: "Seigfried is a prolific chronicler of the world of Norse mythology."
Johan Hegg (Amon Amarth): "Technically, [Karl is] probably a better Guardian of Asgard than I am."
Jóhanna G. Harðardóttir (Ásatrúarfélagið): "Hér er rétti maðurinn á ferð til að kenna Norræna goðafræði í US."
Syracuse University iSchool: "This is an entertaining and enlightening blog to follow for anyone interested in Norse mythology."
Weaving Wyrd: "His questions are thought-provoking, and his scholarly bona fides are pretty impressive."
The Wild Hunt: "If you aren’t already reading Dr. Karl E. H. Seigfried's amazing The Norse Mythology Blog, then you've been remiss. The blog is one of the most content-rich affairs for lovers of Norse mythology I’ve ever seen."
Vancouver Sun: "The best blog on faith and spirituality may be one about a so-called ‘dead’ religion, Norse mythology. The Norse Mythology Blog reflects deep knowledge of this ancient religion, along with an affable spirit. [Karl] knows everything one would ever want to know about Thor, Odin, Frey, Loki, Frigg, Freya and countless more Norse gods, goddesses and mythological hangers-on."

Aside from his work as a Norse mythologist, Karl is a critically-acclaimed Chicago musician.

NORSE MYTHOLOGY ONLINE logo features art & design by Erik Evensen - author/artist of Gods of Asgard.

NORSE MYTHOLOGY - ONLINE BOOKS

The Age of Fable
by Thomas Bulfinch

Asgard and the Gods
by Wilhelm Wägner & M. W. Macdowall

The Ballad of Svipdag

Beowulf

Beowulf: The Monsters and the Critics
The Hobbit
The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrún
The Lord of the Rings
- The Fellowship of the Ring
- The Two Towers
- The Return of the King
The Silmarillion
by J.R.R. Tolkien

The Children of Odin
by Padraic Colum

The Coming of Conan the Cimmerian
by Robert E. Howard

Dictionary of Norse Myth and Legend
by Andy Orchard

Edda
Heimskringla
by Snorri Sturluson

The European Discovery of America: The Northern Voyages
by Samuel Eliot Morison

Father Rhine Tells His Sagas
by Eugen Hollerbach

Fridthjof's Saga
by Esaias Tegnér

The Gallic Wars - see page 298: "21. Germani differunt"
by Julius Caesar

Geography
by Strabo

The Germania
by Tacitus

Germanische Mythologie
by Eugen Mogk

Gods and Myths of Northern Europe
The Lost Beliefs of Northern Europe
Pagan Scandinavia
The Road to Hel
by Hilda Roderick Ellis Davidson

Gods of the Ancient Northmen
by Georges Dumézil

The Gothic History
by Jordanes

The Gothic War
by Procopius

Grendel
by John Gardner

Handbook of the Old-Northern Runic Monuments of Scandinavia and England
The Runes, Whence Came They
The Runic Hall in the Danish Old-Northern Museum
by George Stephens

Handbuch der Deutschen Mythologie
by Karl Simrock

The Heroic Saga-Cycle of Dietrich of Bern
by Francis Edward Sandbach

History of Germany
by Wolfgang Menzel

History of Lapland
by Johannes Scheffer

History of the Archbishops of Hamburg-Bremen
by Adam of Bremen

History of the Danes, Books I - IX
by Saxo Grammaticus

History of the Vikings
by Gwyn Jones

Hrafnsmál (English translation)
by Þorbjörn Hornklofi

In Northern Mists
by Fridtjof Nansen

The Legends of the Wagner Drama: Studies in Mythology and Romance
by Jessie L. Weston

Loki
by Robert Rodi and Esad Ribic

Lost Worlds: Vikings
by J.M. Clements

Marvel Masterworks: The Mighty Thor, Volumes 1 - 9
by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby

Moondog: The Viking of 6th Avenue
by Robert Scotto

Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas
by H.A. Guerber

New Larousse Encyclopedia of Mythology: Teutonic Mythology
by E. Tonnelat

The Nibelungenlied

Norse Mythology
by John Lindow

The Norse Myths
by Kevin Crossley-Holland

Norse Tales
by Edward Thomas

Odin's Raven-Magic

Origin of the Lombard People

The Perfect Wagnerite
by George Bernard Shaw

The Poetic Edda

The Poetry of the Old Northern Tongue
by Guðbrandur Vigfússon

Publications of the Society for the Advancement of Scandinavian Studies, Volume 1

The Reckoning of Time
by the Venerable Bede

The Religion of the Teutons
by P. D. Chantepie de la Saussaye

Der Ring des Nibelungen (vocal / piano score)
- Das Rheingold

The Risala
by Ibn Fadlan

Runemarks
by Joanne Harris

Runes
by R.I. Page

Runes and their Secrets: Studies in Runology
Edited by Marie Stoklund, Michael Lerche Nielsen, Bente Holmberg, and Gillian Fellows-Jensen

The Runes of Sweden
by Sven B.F. Jansson

Runic Amulets and Magic Objects
Mindy MacLeod and Bernard Mees

Runic and Heroic Poems of the Old Teutonic Peoples
by Bruce Dickins

Saga Book of the Viking Club, Volume 1

Saga of Hrolf Kraki

Saga of the Volsungs

The Saga Library
by William Morris & Eiríkr Magnússon

Sagas of the Icelanders

The Saxon Stories
- The Last Kingdom
- The Pale Horseman
- The Lords of the North
- Sword Song
- The Burning Land
by Bernard Cornwell

Scandinavian Mythology
by Rasmus Björn Anderson

The Sea of Trolls
by Nancy Farmer

Selected Letters of Richard Wagner
by Stewart Spencer and Barry Millington

Siegfried
by Stephanie von Buchau

Sorli's Tale
Tales of a Wayside Inn
by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Teutonic Mythology
Volume I
Volume II
Volume III
Volume IV
by Jacob Grimm

Teutonic Myth and Legend
by Donald A. MacKenzie

Thor: Ages of Thunder
by Matt Fraction

Thor the Wind-raiser and the Eyrarland Image
by Richard Perkins

Thor, Volumes 1 - 2
by J. Michael Straczynski and Oliver Coipel

The Thunderweapon in Religion and Folklore
by Chistopher Blinkenberg

A Tolkien Bestiary
by David Day

Uses of Wodan: The Development of his Cult and of Medieval Literary Responses to It
by Philip Andrew Shaw

The Viking
by Bertil Almgren

The Vikings
by Howard La Fay

The Vikings: Life, Myth, and Art
by Tony Allan

The Vikings: Lords of the Seas
by Yves Cohat

Viking Tales from the North
(Saga of Thorstein, Viking's Son; Saga of Fridthjof the Bold; Fridthjof's Saga by Esaias Tegnér)
by Rasmus B. Anderson

What If the Mighty Thor Battled Conan the Barbarian?

NORSE MYTHOLOGY - ONLINE MUSIC

"Ahti"
by Ensiferum

"Cold Wind to Valhalla"
by Jethro Tull

"Freya"
"Lament for the Aurochs"
by The Sword

"Hammerheart"
by Bathory

"Hammer of the Gods"
by Danzig

"Haugebonden"
by Øyonn Groven Myhren

"The Immigrant Song"
"No Quarter"
by Led Zeppelin

"In the Land of Odin"
by Bob Cook

"In the Navy"
by the Muppets

"Invasion"
by Iron Maiden

"Lightning Strikes"
by Thor

"Literally: The Viking Song"
by Horrible Histories

"Loreley"
by Blackmore's Night

Lucky Leif and the Longships
- "Ragna Rock"
- "Voyaging to Vinland"
by Robert Calvert

"March of the Varangian Guard," "Stand Up and Fight," "To Holmgard and Beyond"
by Turisas

"Nehalennia"
"Ostara"
by Heidevolk

Odin's Raven Magic
by Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson

Olav Trygvason (Unfinished)
by Edvard Grieg

"One for Lok"
by Nik Turner & Karl E. H. Seigfried

"One Rode to Asa Bay"
by Bathory

Princess Valhalla Hawkwind

"Tor with the Hammer"
by TNT

Twilight of the Gods
by Andrew Boysen Jr & Erik A. Evensen

The Ring of the Nibelung
- The Rhinegold - 1st excerpt, 2nd excerpt
- The Valkyrie - 1st excerpt
- Siegfried
- The Twilight of the Gods
by Richard Wagner

Sigurd
by Ernest Reyer

"Song of the Viking"
by Todd Rundgren

"Troll Sat Along"
by J.R.R. Tolkien

"Valhalla"
by Black Sabbath

"Voices from the War"
by Motörhead

Völuspá
Chanted by Sveinbjörn Beinteinsson

What's Opera, Doc?

"The Wizard"
by Uriah Heep

NORSE MYTHOLOGY - ONLINE TELEVISION

The Anglo-Saxon Report
from Horrible Histories

Ásatrú in Iceland

Beowulf - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
(animated version)

Blood of the Vikings

Chilly Willy & the Vicious Viking

Histeria! The Attack of the Vikings

Hobbit Day at Carthage College

The Incredible Hulk Returns
(features Thor as supporting character)

In Our Time: The Norse Gods

The Mighty Thor

Njorl's Saga
by Monty Python

Rhinegold - 1, 2, 3
(animated version, sung in English)

Secrets of the Viking Sword

Thor, God of Thunder - 1, 2

A Viking's Story

Viking Woods

A Walk Through Time: The Vikings

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