Wayland the Smith (Old English: Wēland; Old Norse: Vǫlundr) is a legendary master blacksmith in Norse and Germanic mythology, renowned for his craftsmanship, cunning, and the saga surrounding his captivity and revenge. Wayland's story is most clearly told in the Old Norse sources Völundarkviða (a poem in the Poetic Edda) and Þiðreks saga.
Wayland the Smith (Old English: Wēland; Old Norse: Vǫlundr) is a legendary master blacksmith in Norse and Germanic mythology, renowned for his craftsmanship, cunning, and the saga surrounding his captivity and revenge. Wayland's story is most clearly told in the Old Norse sources Völundarkviða (a poem in the Poetic Edda) and Þiðreks saga.
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