Edited and translated by Einar Haugen, this landmark work by the preeminent French comparative mythologist Georges Dumézil brings his influential trifunctional hypothesis to bear on Norse religion.

Dumézil reveals deep structural parallels between the gods of the Eddas and those of other Indo-European traditions, illuminating Odin, Thor, and the Vanir not as isolated Scandinavian figures but as expressions of a shared archaic theology. A foundational text for scholars of mythology, religious history, and Indo-European studies.