Wade
Anglo Saxon · quartigod · heroic age · Recorded classification
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
Domains
- the sea crossing
- giant kindred
Relations
- father of: Wayland the SmithÞiðreks saga (Velents þáttr); Chaucer, Troilus II.614 (primary)
Sources
- existence: Þiðreks saga af Bern (Velents þáttr) — Vaði the giant, father of the smith Velent (Wayland); Old English Wada of the Widsith/Chaucer tradition (primary)