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Tables of Contents for The Well of Remembrance
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Illustrations
x
Foreword
xi
Acknowledgments
xiii
Introduction
1
16
Prologue: The Nazi Curse on Germanic Mythology
17
14
PART ONE THE INDO-EUROPEAN AND NORDIC-GERMANIC PEOPLES
Migrations and Invasions of the Indo-Europeans
31
15
Origins of the Indo-Europeans
31
6
The Descendants of the Kurgan Invaders in Europe
37
6
The Indo-European Legacy
43
3
The Religion and Worldview of the Indo-Europeans
46
15
Animism, Shamanism, and Paganism
48
3
Changing Conceptions of Death and the Afterlife
51
4
The Destruction of the Old Religion
55
6
Ancient Germanic Society
61
12
Patriarchy
63
2
The Family, the Clan, and the Tribe
65
3
From Endogamy to Exogamy
68
5
Wodan's Warriors and the Heroic Mystique
73
12
Berserker Fury and the Rituals of Battle
75
4
Women in War and the Valkyrie Battle Maidens
79
2
The Transformed Berserkers
81
4
Sacred Runes and Mythic Poetry
85
26
Runes and Divination
85
6
The Edda: Songs and Visions of the Elder Mothers
91
20
Chronology
98
13
PART TWO NORDIC-GERMANIC MYTHS AND THEIR MEANING FOR OUR TIME
Odin and the Aesir Sky Gods
111
22
Odin the Wandering Truth-Seeker
112
10
Other Aesir Gods: Tyr, Thor, Balder, and Loki
122
11
The New Berserkers
Norbert Mayer
133
17
Freyja and the Vanir Earth Deities
150
23
Freyja: Goddess of Earth, Sexuality, and Magic
152
9
Other Vanir Deities: Njord and Freyr
161
4
Gullveig and the Origins of War
165
8
Visions of the Fourfold Goddess
Barbel Kreidt
173
18
Odin's Self-Sacrifice and the Tree of Worlds
191
24
Odin's Self-Sacrifice
192
7
The Tree of Nine Worlds
199
12
Dwarves, Elves, Giants, and Gods in the Twentieth Century
211
4
The Well of Remembrance and the Knowledge of the Ancestors
215
14
The Three Norns
215
4
Mimir's Well and the One-Eyed God
219
5
The Revenge of the Vanir and Mimir's Head
224
5
Rituals of Reconciliation and the Quest for the Mead of Inspiration
229
15
The Reconciliation Ritual and Kvasir's Blood
230
4
Twentieth-Century Rituals of Reconciliation
234
4
Loss and Recovery of the Mead of Inspiration
238
6
The Twilight of the Sky Gods and New Dawn of the Earth Goddess
244
23
The Volva's Vision of the Ragnarok
246
4
Cataclysmic Earth Changes
250
5
The Loosened Monsters and the Final Battle
255
4
Defeat and Return of the Pagan Deities
259
8
Epilogue
267
12
Appendix: The Mead of Inspiration and Magical Plants of the Ancient Germans
Christian Ratsch
279
18
Notes
297
28
Index
325
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