How many words do the Sami have to describe features of reindeer?
 
Who were the three Norns who sat under Yggdrasil's branches?
 
How did Nordic spirit-callers cast their magical spells?
 
In this informative pocket book, author and aclaimed wine-writer Linda Johnson-Bell tells the story of Northern European paganism, and paints a landscape of stunning beauty, populated by otherworldly shamen, strange gods, heathen temples and living elemental energies.