Wade

The sea-giant Wade (Old Norse Vaði), father of Wayland the Smith. Famous in a lost Germanic legend (Chaucer twice alludes to "Wade's boat"); in Þiðreks saga he carries his son Velent on his shoulders through the sea to apprentice him to the smiths.

Children

• Wayland the Smith

Domains

• the sea crossing
• giant kindred

Relations

• father of: Wayland the Smith

Sources

• Þiðreks saga af Bern (Velents þáttr) — Vaði the giant, father of the smith Velent (Wayland); Old English Wada of the Widsith/Chaucer tradition