Wayland the Smith

Anglo Saxon · scion · heroic age · scion

Legendary master-smith of Germanic heroic legend (Old Norse Vǫlundr); maker of heroes' weapons, hamstrung and avenged, depicted on the Franks Casket.

Parentage

Wade

Children

Widia

Domains

smithcraft metalwork

Powers

Forge peerless swords and mail-coats
Take revenge on his captor and escape on forged wings

Relations

enemy: Nithhad

Sources

Old English Deor; Beowulf 450–455; Waldere; Franks Casket
Megalithic tomb 'Wayland's Smithy', Oxfordshire (named by 10th c.)

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