TROLLRÚN reservations now open

We are very pleased to announce that you may now reserve a copy of the hardcover edition of TROLLRÚN: A Discourse on Trolldom and Runes in the Northern Tradition by Nicholaj de Mattos Frisvold by signing up to the mailing list below. THE RESERVATION LIST IS NOW CLOSED.

Please note that a reservation is not an obligation to buy. Subscribers will have the first opportunity to pre-order the book when pre-orders open in the next month or so. The book itself will be sent to the printer next week in order to minimise the pre-order window. 500 litho copies of the hardcover edition will be available which will be covered in Wicotex Brillianta moss green cloth, printed on Munken premium cream 90gsm paper, and have bronze endpapers and tailbands with bronze foil stamping on cover and spine. The book is 342 pages sized at 229mm x 152mm. The image shown is the mock-up of the softcover edition, which will be available upon release later this spring.

When it comes to describing TROLLRÚN, I can do no better than to quote from the two titans who have generously provided material for the book. The table of contents follows. As ever, we thank you for your support of Hadean Press.

 From the Introduction by Johannes Gårdbäck:

In this book Frisvold, being a Norwegian by birth, finally returns to his roots, and in doing so not only sheds a welcome native light on the internationally well-known aspects of our tradition but also serves to bring forth some more unknown gems from the treasure house of Northern magic.

From the Presentation by Claude Lecouteux:

In this inspired study, Nicholaj de Mattos Frisvold explores magic/spellcraft (trolldom), divination and the runes in the Norse tradition, starting from the old Norse cosmology, then presenting to us fantastic creatures, especially trolls, before switching to rituals and the ancients’ practices, in particular the siðr, which rely on beliefs deeply anchored in mentalities which are still prevalent today…

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

Part II: RUNATÁL

Chapter Ten: Origin of the Runes
Chapter Eleven: Magical Runes and Runic Magic
Chapter Twelve: Runic Cryptology
Chapter Thirteen: The Secret of the Runes
Chapter Fourteen: Bureus and the Noble Runes
Appendix A: On the Symbolism of the Rune-drum
Appendix B: The vargulf and Lycanthropy in the North
Appendix C: Correspondences between runes and Trees of the North
Bibliography
Index