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The Old Ways Library

Search old myth and religious texts and get the passage with its source.

  • Community · not tested by us yet
  • Free
  • Hosted by its maker

What is The Old Ways Library?

A reference library of old texts covering Viking-age, classical Greek, ancient Egyptian, Celtic and Persian Zoroastrian belief. The assistant searches it and quotes the passage with a link to where it came from, rather than paraphrasing from memory.

Shelf
Everyday life
Price
Free
Runs on
Hosted by its maker
Code
Not public
Website
theoldways.co
On MCP Shelf since
27 Oct 2026

Our check: Its maker sent it in and we wrote this page from what they published. We have not installed it yet, so there is no tool list or test result here. When it passes our own install check it moves to the main shelf.

Try asking

What do the sources actually say about Ragnarök? Quote the passages and cite them.
A prompt to try once it is connected, written by MCP Shelf.

Worth knowing before you add it

Old editions can contain transcription slips, and the short summaries are there to help you read, not to replace the passage.

How do I connect The Old Ways Library?

What you need first

Free, read-only, with no account or key.

Server address

As its maker publishes it.

Address
https://mcp.theoldways.co/mcp

Add The Old Ways Library to your app

Built from the address above. If it asks you to sign in, your app will open the page for it.

Claude Code
claude mcp add --transport http old-ways-library https://mcp.theoldways.co/mcp
Cursor, VS Code and others (JSON)
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "old-ways-library": {
      "url": "https://mcp.theoldways.co/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Full instructions are on theoldways.co. New to this? See the setup guides for Claude Code, Cursor, Claude Desktop and ChatGPT.

Before you add any community server

  • Hosted servers see whatever you send them. Check who runs it and what the sign-in can reach.
  • Servers that run on your computer can do what your user account can. Read the repository first.
  • Keep your app's “ask before each tool call” setting on until you trust it.

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