In Germanic mythology, Wayland the Smith (Old English: Wēland; Old Norse: Vǫlundr [ˈvɔlundr̩], Velent [ˈvelent]; Old Frisian: Wela(n)du; German: Wieland...
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Kennealy-Morrison Wayland (band), a US rock music band Wayland the Smith, figure from northern European folklore HM Prison Wayland, Norfolk Wayland, Norfolk Wayland Wood...
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warfare Hephaestus, god of metalworking and the forge Hadúr, god of metalworking and war Wayland the Smith, legendary master blacksmith (in some sources...
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Dictionary "Wayland the Smith". www.waylands.net. Archived from the original on 2007-09-28. Retrieved 2007-08-24. "Flibbertigibbet - Word of the Day | Merriam-Webster"...
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Wayland's Smithy is an Early Neolithic chambered long barrow located near the village of Ashbury in the south-central English county of Oxfordshire. The...
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that of puppeteer Wayland Flowers. The idea for Smithers's ambiguous sexual orientation came from Sam Simon. He proposed that Smithers should be gay and...
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English mythology (section Before the Norman conquest)
8th century: Wayland the Smith: Legendary master blacksmith who appears in Deor, Waldere, and Beowulf; the legend is depicted on the Franks Casket....
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also involving a deal with the devil Stingy Jack Wayland the Smith, a European myth also involving a smith "Fairy tale origins thousands of years old, researchers...
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Närke (redirect from Óláf the Keen-eyed)
Närke, Nidud, Olof the Sharp-sighted and Sporsnjall. Nidud was a villainous king in the lay of Wayland the smith, Olaf aided the Norwegian king Vikar...
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certain territory in the same way as a Scottish clan, where the chief owned the territory. The land of the Scandinavian clan was owned by the individuals who...
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Weyland or Wayland the Smith, a legendary smith in Germanic and Norse mythology Völundarkviða, the Lay of Weyland, a Norse epic poem about the smith Bernadette...
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first Sign. John Wayland Smith: Another Old One who lives near Will Stanton; he is also a skilled smith. Though he is affiliated with the Light, he aids...
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Witege (category German literature of the Late Middle Ages)
with Langben Rese/Risker (the giant Etgeir in the Þiðrekssaga). During the Middle Ages, he became the son of Wayland the Smith and Böðvildr, and this entitled...
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List of mythological objects (section Swords from Anglo-Saxon mythology and folklore of the British Islands)
impenetrable. (Greek mythology) Armor of Beowulf, a mail shirt made by Wayland the Smith. (Anglo-Saxon mythology) Armor of Örvar-Oddr, an impenetrable "silken...
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Þiðreks saga (section Sources of the compilation)
of the story, including Attila, Wayland the Smith (in the section called Velents þáttr smiðs), Sigurd, the Nibelungen, and Walter of Aquitaine. The section...
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Normans (redirect from The Normans)
The Normans (Norman: Normaunds; French: Normands; Latin: Nortmanni/Normanni) were a population arising in the medieval Duchy of Normandy from the intermingling...
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of Wayland the smith's revenge on her father, but in later Scandinavian versions, she becomes Wayland's wife and the mother of the hero Viðga of the Þiðrekssaga...
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Monde's 100 Books of the Century List of works published posthumously Magic realism Surrealism The Big Read Urban fantasy Wayland the Smith Works based on Faust...
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portrayed as winged. Thoth was portrayed as having the head and sometimes the body of an Ibis. Wayland the Smith from Germanic mythology; scholars differ on...
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Germanic heroic legend (category German literature of the Late Middle Ages)
heroic tradition is on the Anglo-Saxon Franks Casket (c. 700), which depicts a scene from the legend of Wayland the smith: Wayland is portrayed after having...
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Old Norse (category Languages attested from the 8th century)
with the Viking Age, the Christianization of Scandinavia, and the consolidation of Scandinavian kingdoms from about the 8th to the 15th centuries. The Proto-Norse...
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England (redirect from The land of the Angles)
to be ancient, such as the tales featuring Offa of Angel and Wayland the Smith, others date from after the Norman invasion. The legends featuring Robin...
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Poetic Edda (redirect from The poetic edda)
The Poetic Edda is the modern name for an untitled collection of Old Norse anonymous narrative poems in alliterative verse. It is distinct from the closely...
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Durendal (category The Song of Roland)
of the works of the Matter of France agree that it was forged by Wayland the Smith, who is commonly cited as a maker of weapons in chivalric romances...
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Anglo-Saxons (redirect from The anglo saxon way of life)
gefylced wære. Ac se kyng þeah him swiðe heardlice wið feaht mid þam mannum þe him gelæstan woldon, þær wearð micel wæl geslægen on ægðre healfe. Ðær wearð...
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Viking Age (redirect from Age of the Vikings)
The Viking Age (about 800–1050 CE) was the period during the Middle Ages when Norsemen known as Vikings undertook large-scale raiding, colonising, conquest...
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Proto-Indo-European mythology (redirect from Indo-European smith god)
the magical sword have been proposed in the legends of Excalibur and Durandal (the weapon of Roland, said to have been forged by the mythical Wayland...
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Elf (section Decline in the use of the word elf)
craftsmanship. Wayland the Smith embodies this feature. He is known under many names, depending on the language in which the stories were distributed. The names...
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earlier parts of the poem through his allusions to Wayland the Smith, Theodoric the Goth, Eormanric the Goth, and other legendary figures of the Germanic past"...
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