Request for Pagan/Polytheism-Themed Books
Happy Thanksgiving to those who celebrate it, and to those in America (mostly the Natives) who refrain from observing the public holiday, I am deeply sorry that the English colonists were such jerks.
While waiting for the bus in Northampton, one of those nudges from the Gods came. I ran into one of the professors in the religion department and through conversation she learned that I co-run the college's pagan group. Apparently, there may be a first-year seminar focusing on reading religious theologies through fiction. She asked me if I knew of any general pagan or Wiccan books that could be included in the course readings.
Now, while I did grow up Neopagan, I am a Hellenic Polytheist and most of the strenuous studying I have done centers around the Hellenic pantheon. For the sake of the first-year seminar, I know that a Wiccan or general pagan book would be more useful for the simple reason that students are more likely to encounter Wicca-derived faiths than Recon ones. I told her that I would get back to her.
I am soliciting comments on what fictional books from a pagan world view you think are appropriate for a 100-level college class. Memoirs may be included among fictional titles.
To those of you who respond, thanks in advance. You may help increase awareness of non-monotheistic religions in the United States.
EDIT: THANK YOU to everyone who responded. Your comments were all incredibly helpful, and those books look fantastic. I might actually look into a few for myself. ^_^

4 responses:
Would Calasso's Marriage of Cadmus and Harmony work? It retells mythology, but it's very much a literary/poetic novel.
Or Mary Renault's stuff?
Rosemary Edghill's "Bast" mysteries (modern Wiccan) - "Speak Daggers To Her" is the first. Good stuff, realistic depiction of a modern pagan community.
Terry Pratchett's "Small Gods", or even "Hogfather". Fantasy, but Pratchett does a brilliant job of polytheologizing - and his books are spiritually significant to an awful lot of pagans.
M. R. Sellars, the "Rowan Gant" mysteries. I'm hesitant about suggesting these, both because the cross the line into fantasy and because the violence can be fairly rough - they fall into the 'hard-boiled' school of crime fiction - but they are out there. "Harm None" is the first.
Gerald Gardner's A Goddess Arrives and High Magic's Aid would be my top two picks. Plus I second the Bast mysteries.
Oh, and Neil Gaiman's American Gods. Can't leave that one out.
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