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In Germanic and Norse mythology, Wayland the Smith (; ; ; , from '' *'', lit. "battle-brave"〔see Hellmut Rosenfeld, ''Der Name Wieland'', Beiträge zur Namenforschung (1969).〕) is a legendary master blacksmith. In Old Norse sources, Völundr appears in ''Völundarkviða'', a poem in the ''Poetic Edda'', and in ''Þiðrekssaga'', and his legend is also depicted on the Ardre image stone VIII. In Old English sources, he appears in ''Deor'', ''Waldere'' and in ''Beowulf'' and the legend is depicted on the Franks Casket. He is mentioned in the German poems about Dietrich von Bern as the Father of Witige. ==Old Norse references== According to ''Völundarkviða'', the king of the Finns had three sons: Wayland and his two brothers Egil and Slagfiðr. In one version of the myth, the three brothers lived with three Valkyries: Ölrún, Hervör alvitr and Hlaðguðr svanhvít. After nine years, the Valkyries left their lovers. Egil and Slagfiðr followed, never to return. In another version, Wayland married the swan maiden Hervör, and they had a son, Heime, but Hervör later left Wayland. In both versions, his love left him with a ring. In the former myth, he forged seven hundred duplicates of this ring. Later, King Niðhad captured Wayland in his sleep in Nerike and ordered him hamstrung and imprisoned on the island of Sævarstöð. There Wayland was forced to forge items for the king. Wayland's wife's ring was given to the king's daughter, Bodvild. Nidud wore Wayland's sword. In revenge, Wayland 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 king's daughter. When Bodvild took her ring to Wayland for mending, he took the ring and raped her, fathering a son. He then escaped, using wings he made. Wayland (Völund) made the magic sword Gram (also named Balmung and Nothung) and the magic ring that Thorsten retrieved. 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「Wayland the Smith」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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