Does anybody know any good sites/communities/easy to find books on Frisian Germanic tribes and believe systems? I'm interested in their heathenry but find it hard to find out local information as opposed to western European info in general.

Thanks!

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We know how the Romans viewed the Germanic peoples as Barbarians ,Uncivilized ,Savage et cetera. But it's unknown how the Ancient Germanic Tribes viewed the Romans. I know this is because the Ancient Germanics didn't have a Writing Culture (only barely using Runes) and we don't have any Primary Sources from them. And also because the Biased Romans would only write from their own Perspective. So as a result I know this is purely just Speculative and not based on any actual First-Hand Sources from the Germanic Tribes.

So how do you think the Germanic Tribes viewed the Romans? Did they view them as richer ,more powerful Neighbours to the South? Were they in Awe at the Roman Civilization or did they scoff at their Decadence and Weakness? What Roman Customs and Traditions would they have found strange and alien and which one would they find familiar?

Also this is purely for the Germanic peoples in Antiquity ,not from the Middle Ages or other Eras.

...was disappointingly spare, on the "general Germanic mythology" page—can it really be the case that even now there is not one single good, modern, scholarly anthology or handbook for (pan-)Germanic myths & sagas?!—but I appreciate the effort even so; and their Norse version of the "Getting Started" page is, of course, absolutely fantastic.

So I am not ungrateful—in fact, I thank Wotan I found a reliable guide to this bewilderingly vast subject (...which appears to—for some reason—attract all sorts of cranks & hype-scammers; 'sweird). But that's not what this thread is about!

It's about this passage (from the latter of the aforementioned pages):

However, we recommend that readers new to the Poetic Edda turn to two different editions: scholar Carolyne Larrington’s 2014 revised translation. [emphases added]

Well, I've gone ahead and obtained Larrington's edition—thanks, M-brunnr! 👊—but, uh...anyone know what the other one is? (i.e.: there does not appear to be another Poetic Edda edition mentioned.)

Cheers, & thanks for any advice.

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• (Also, any other anthology / translation recommendations—aside from Finch's Völsungsaga, which I've also just obtained—are appreciated.
• (Also also, it was interesting to me that Crawford wasn't included among the Mimisbrecommended YT channels, podcasts, books, etc.—do we not like 'im, or ought no comment be read into this omission? See his stuff mentioned a lot on Reddit, but I've no personal experience/opinion.)

Or would I have to first translate modern English to olde English?

I'm hoping to get the attention of someone that knows more about bindrunes and it's connection to the worship of aesir gods.
I've been thinking about covering up some bad stick and poke on my arm for a while and this simple bindrune fits the bill but I don't know if it actually means anything. Is this something that ancient Germanic people wrote down and used or is this the equivalent of sticking a bunch of letters together like a bad company logo?

Or is every single "Germanic" person just a mix of many different Germanic tribes/peoples?

My inability to read German, the age of the book, and the age of many of Kershaw's references has me slightly uneasy accepting the book's arguments and conclusions. It certainly seems to be solid modern work, but I'm too much of a layman to know where I should be critical.

I'm concurrently studying some PIE stuff, so I'm somewhat in the loop for advancements made in that field over the past 24 years. I'm also in the loop for modern Scandanavian archaeology.

What other works are out there that help compliment this one?

Thank you.