This book explores the world of Nordic ritual folk music, including Viking reenactments, neopagan spiritualities, and creative musical anachronisms.

Ross Hagen is associate professor of music studies at Utah Valley University.

Mathias Nordvig is visiting assistant professor of Nordic and Arctic studies at the Department of Germanic and Slavic Languages and Literatures at the University of Colorado.

Table of Contents

List of Figures

Preface

Acknowledgments

Chapter 1: Paradoxes of Ritual Folk Music: Enchantment and Escape

Chapter 2: Anglo Fascinations: A Cultural History of Borealism

Chapter 3: The Music of the North

Chapter 4: World Music of the Ancient World

Chapter 5: Individual Musical Approaches: Ancient Enchantments, Modern Technology, and Putting Away "Viking Things."

Aftermath: Final Libations

Bibliography

About the Authors