Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Wolf and the Raven | 1993 | Diana L. Paxson | Buy |
| 2 | The Dragons of the Rhine | 1995 | Diana L. Paxson | Buy |
| 3 | The Lord of Horses | 1996 | Diana L. Paxson | Buy |
Wodan’s Children draws on the Germanic heroic tradition, specifically the Nibelung cycle that also underlies the Norse Volsunga Saga and Wagner’s Ring operas. Paxson approaches the material as historical fantasy, grounding the legendary events in the realities of post-Roman tribal Europe in the 5th century.
The three books — The Wolf and the Raven, The Dragons of the Rhine, and The Lord of Horses — follow successive generations and the accumulating tragedy of the Nibelung story, told from perspectives that humanize the legendary figures without diminishing the mythological weight of the source material.