Wayland the Smith

Wayland the Smith
noun
(European mythology) a supernatural smith and king of the elves; identified with Norse Volund
• Syn: ↑Wayland, ↑Wieland
• Topics: ↑mythology
• Regions: ↑Europe
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑mythical being

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Way|land «WAY luhnd», noun, or Wayland the Smith,
a marvelously skilled smith, normally invisible but able to become visible under certain circumstances, so called in English folklore, but encountered as a standard figure in all early Germanic folklore.

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  • Wayland the Smith — /ˈweɪlənd/ (say wayluhnd) noun (in English and Scandinavian folklore) a demigod who became a smith of great skill. Also, Wayland …  

  • Wayland Smith — Wayland (also spelled Weyland , Wieland , Weland , Welent and Watlende ) is a smith of Germanic legend.In Scandinavian sources, he appears (as Völund Smed) in Völundarkviða , a poem in the Poetic Edda , and in the Þiðrekssaga , and his legend is… …   Wikipedia

  • Wayland — [wā′lənd] n. Eng. & Gmc. LegendEng. Folklore Gmc. Folklore a lame (in some stories, invisible) smith: also Wayland (the) Smith …   English World dictionary

  • Wayland's Smithy — Deckplatten der Grabkammern der zweiten Ausbaustufe Wayland s Smithy ( Wielands Schmiede ) bei Swindon bzw. Compton Beauchamp ist ein Hügelgrab in Oxfordshire, dessen ältester Ausbau vor ca. 5.500 Jahren stattfand. Es wurde auf einem flachen… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Wayland’s Smithy — Deckplatten der Grabkammern der zweiten Ausbaustufe Wayland’s Smithy (engl. „Wielands Schmiede“) bei Swindon bzw. Compton Beauchamp ist ein Hügelgrab in Oxfordshire, dessen ältester Ausbau vor ca. 5.500 Jahren stattfand. Es wurde auf einem… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Wayland Smith — Völund Pour les articles homonymes, voir Wieland. le forgeron Völund. Wieland, dans la mythologie des Saxons immigra …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Wayland — noun (European mythology) a supernatural smith and king of the elves; identified with Norse Volund • Syn: ↑Wayland the Smith, ↑Wieland • Topics: ↑mythology • Regions: ↑Europe • Instance H …   Useful english dictionary

  • WAYLAND —    the smith, a Scandinavian Vulcan, of whom a number of legends were current; figures in Scott s Kenilworth …   The Nuttall Encyclopaedia

  • Wayland's Smithy — Infobox Megalith Name = Wayland s Smithy Photo = Waylands Smitty 2 db.jpg|Wayland s Smithy, Tomb (detail) Type = Neolithic long barrow and chamber tomb Country = England County = Oxfordshire Nearest Town = Nearest Village = Uffington Grid ref UK …   Wikipedia

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