Nithhad
Anglo Saxon · mortal · heroic age · Recorded classification
The king (Old Norse Níðuðr) who captured the smith Wayland, hamstrung him, and set him to forge on an island. Father of Beadohild and of two sons whom Wayland killed in revenge, fashioning cups from their skulls; Wayland then begot Widia on Beadohild and escaped by flight.
Children
Domains
- tyranny and captivity
Powers
- Captures and hamstrings the smith Wayland, forcing him to forge
Relations
- enemy: Wayland the SmithReciprocal of anglosaxon_wayland.enemy — Nithhad hamstrung and enslaved Wayland, who took revenge on the king's sons and daughter before escaping by flight.Völundarkviða; Deor (primary)
Sources
- existence: Völundarkviða; Deor ll. 1-13 — Níðuðr/Nithhad, the king who hamstrung and enslaved Wayland (primary)