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Title: bug poop
Review: While not as butt-despicable as, say, Rune Magic by "Deon Dolphin", this is still a book to be wary of. I would expect anyone writing about Asatru to at least know the difference between "thou" and "you" ( singular vs. plural ) but this is apparently too much for Fitch. A similar ignorance affects the otherwise appealing artwork by Robin Wood : to use the runes Tir and Hagalaz for _th_ when there's a perfectly good rune Thurisaz available is sheer runic illiteracy and to render Freya as "Freua", using Uruz as _y_, is just plain stoopid. Alas, this seems to be the most popular book on the Asatru revival, if the number of copies I see appearing and disappearing in bookstores is any indication. A far better way to start is with Kveldulf Gundarsson's Teutonic Religion; once you've read that, Fitch can safely be read as entertainment.
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