In Norse mythology, Brokkr (Old Norse: [ˈbrokːz̠], "the one who works with metal fragments; blacksmith", anglicized Brokk) is a dwarf, and the brother of Eitri or Sindri. [1] According to Skáldskaparmál, Loki had Sif's hair, Freyr's ship Skíðblaðnir and Odin's spear Gungnir fashioned by the Sons of Ivaldi. Loki boasted greatly of all ...

During the Viking Age in northern England, Wayland is depicted in his smithy, surrounded by his tools, at Halton, Lancashire, and fleeing from his royal captor by clinging to a flying bird, on crosses at Leeds, West Yorkshire, and at Sherburn-in-Elmet and Bedale, both in North Yorkshire.

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The Viking blacksmith was highly respected for his craft, as he was responsible for making a wide range of tools, weapons, and equipment necessary for Viking life. The blacksmith’s work was also important in constructing Viking longships, which were crucial to their seafaring culture.

Oct 31, 2019 · Is there an actual Norse god of blacksmithing? Unfortunately, no. That being said, the dwarves in Norse mythology prove themselves to be worthwhile replacements for such a being.

Nov 20, 2020 · Wayland the Smith is a figure for whom there is evidence in almost all Germanic languages. He is recorded throughout history under various names. In Old Norse, he is Völund and Velentr; in old High German, he is Wiolant; in Old Frisian, Welandu; in Old French he is Galant; and in Old English, Wēland.

Wayland the Smith, in Scandinavian, German, and Anglo-Saxon legend, a smith of outstanding skill. He was, according to some legends, a lord of the elves. His story is told in the Völundarkvida, one of the poems in the 13th-century Icelandic Elder, or Poetic, Edda, and, with variations, in the mid-13th-century Icelandic prose Thidriks saga.

May 12, 2015 · Wayland (sometimes Weyland or Weiland) is, according to Völundarkviða (a poem in the Poetic Edda), one of the three sons of the king of the Finns. But, in spite of being a legendary master blacksmith, he didn't forge any remarkable artifacts nor …

In Norse mythology, Völundr (also known as Wayland the Smith in English or Wieland in Germanic legends) is a master blacksmith and a figure of both tragic captivity and dark vengeance.

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