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King Niðhad, ''Níðuðr'' or ''Niðung'' was a cruel king in Germanic legend. He appears as Níðuðr in the Old Norse ''Völundarkviða'', as ''Niðung'' in the ''Þiðrekssaga'', and as ''Niðhad'' in the Anglo-Saxon poems ''Deor'' and ''Waldere''. The legend of Níðuðr and Wayland also appears on the Gotlandic Ardre image stone VIII from the 8th century and possibly on the front panel of the 7th century Anglo-Saxon Franks Casket. However, Austin Simmons has recently argued that it is not Niðhad who is depicted, but his daughter Beadohilde (twice).〔(A recent paper on the Franks Casket, resolving many long-standing artistic and linguistic problems. )〕 ==''Völundarkviða''== In ''Völundarkviða'',〔(''The Lay of Völund'', in translation by Henry A. Bellows, at Northvegr. )〕 Níðuðr appears to be a king of Närke (the Njars) and captures Völund. Níðuðr orders Völund hamstrung and imprisoned on the island of Sævarstaðir. There, Völund was forced to forge items for the king. Völund's wife's ring was given to the king's daughter, Bodvild, and Níðuðr wore Völund's sword. For revenge, Völund killed the king's sons when they visited him in secret, fashioned goblets from their skulls, jewels from their eyes, and a brooch from their teeth. He sent the goblets to the king, the jewels to the queen and the brooch to the kings' daughter. When Bodvild took her ring to him to be mended, he took the ring and seduced her, fathering a son and escaping on wings he made. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Niðhad」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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