TROLLRÚN: A Discourse on Trolldom and Runes in the Northern Tradition by Nicholaj de Mattos Frisvold (Hadean Press, 2021) Paperback Edition

Nicholaj de Mattos Frisvold. TROLLRÚN: A Discourse on Trolldom and Runes in the Northern Tradition. West Yorkshire: Hadean Press, 2021. Paperback edition. 348 pages. 

Condition: Near Fine. Very slight wear along edges of the cover (see photos). 

In TROLLRÚN: A Discourse on Trolldom and Runes in the Northern Tradition, Nicholaj de Mattos Frisvold opens the door to landscapes little known outside of Scandinavia. These landscapes are populated by mythical beings and land spirits which offer a quite different approach to the Northern Tradition than what is usual. Here the Aesir have taken a backseat in favour of discussions on the wider tapestry of Northern wisdom, such as trolldom, seidr and the legacy left by the Black Books of magic under the larger theme of ‘What the Trolls told’, comprising the first part of TROLLRÚN. This is followed by a presentation of the Elder runes, runology, and rune magic, all rooted in Scandinavian ideas of the use of runes and their magic. TROLLRÚN views this landscape through the eyes of the cunning arts, where the ice, the frost, the midnight sun, and the majestic mountains and fjords become the orchestra of TROLLRÚN’s wisdom, drenched in the powerful atmosphere of the magical north.

Contents

Introduction
by Johannes Gårdbäck

A Presentation of Trollrún
by Claude Lecouteux

Part I: TROLLATÁL

Chapter One: The Northern Tradition
Chapter Two: Old Norse Cosmology
Chapter Three: Trolldom
Chapter Four: Magical Beings of the North
Chapter Five: A Genealogy of Trolls
Chapter Six: The Northern Observance
Chapter Seven: The Stars and Wells of Yggdrasil
Chapter Eight: The Way of Seidr
Chapter Nine: The Black Books of the North

ISBN 978-1-907881-96-1 (Paperback)
229mm x 152mm
348 pages.