Extremely grateful for my dear friend showing me the ropes of this craft, I also have started my daughter's baby blanket with her help 🤍

I am finding such enjoyment and peace in this.

Viktor Rydberg’s Toward the Evidence:
The Godsaga in Germanic Mythology
Translated and Annotated by William P. Reaves, Oct. 2026
Now Available in Print
 
Do the poems of the Poetic Edda speak of a continuous mythic epic extending from Creation to Ragnarok? Swedish polymath Viktor Rydberg argued they do. In Toward the Evidence, now available in English for the first time, Rydberg shows how the Old Norse myths can be arranged in chronological order, revealing a lost epic tradition shared across the ancient Germanic world. This is the essay that started it all.
        Composed in 1885 as a companion to his first epic narrative, Toward the Evidence serves as an introduction to Rydberg’s two-volume masterwork, Investigations into Germanic Mythology (1886-1889). With a focus on the Poetic Edda, Snorri Sturluson's Prose Edda, and Saxo Grammaticus' History of the Danes, Rydberg challenges the conventional approach to Norse mythology. Rather than interpreting the Eddic poems through Snorri's later prose retellings, Rydberg recognizes the poems themselves as the primary witness to the pre-Christian religion of Northern Europe.
From this foundation, he seeks to recover the original mythic history and geography preserved in the surviving sources. More than a translation, this volume serves as an introduction to Rydberg's Epic Method. Included are a pioneering lecture on the Indo-European heritage of the Germanic peoples, the first English translation of Toward the Evidence, newly translated excerpts from his cosmological studies, and selections from the criticism and reception of his work, tracing how his ideas were received over the following century.
       For enthusiasts of Norse mythology, Indo-European studies, and Germanic tradition, Toward the Evidence offers an accessible introduction to one of the most ambitious attempts ever made to reconstruct the mythic history of the ancient North. In Rydberg's critical crucible, the familiar myths of gods, heroes, and giants emerge not as isolated tales but as surviving fragments of a greater whole. When the dross of centuries is burned away, the outlines of a deeper structure emerge, revealing an enduring epic history of the world spanning from Creation to Ragnarok, and beyond, which once gave order and meaning to the ancient heathen worldview of the North.
 
In an effort to keep the book affordable, I’ve made it available in a variety of formats:
 
Black and White Illustrations only:
9x6 Hardcover $19.99
9x6 Paperback $16.99
 
Color and Black and White Illustrations:
9x6 Paperback $21.88 (my personal favorite)
Kindle $4.99      

Hi everyone, I'm still processing this so bear with me.. My grandparents health are in great decline and the financial stress for our family has hit heavier, if you're able to share or donate my uncle has set this up to help us through this and it would mean so much to us from our communities for the support.

Thank you.

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In Old English the month of November was called Blōtmōnaþ (Blood Month or Month of Sacrifice). It would be the time that excess livestock would be slaughtered for food storage (smoked,dry, salted meat) or dedicated to the Gods.
November’s name comes from Latin Novem for Nine. It was the ninth month in the original Roman calendar.

Incredible!

Artist: Harald Damsleth

Artist: Harald Damsleth

One of four tapestries I’ll be posting for sale soon. Stay tuned 🙂