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Niðhad
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King Niðhad, Níðuðr, Niðungr or Niduth 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.
Depiction of the hamstrung smith Weyland from the front of the Franks Casket.
Depiction of the hamstrung smith Weyland from the front of the Franks Casket.
Völundarkviða
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Vǫlundarkviða is one of the mythological poems of the Poetic Edda. The title is anglicized in various ways, including Völundarkvitha, Völundarkvidha, Völundarkvida, Volundarkvitha, Volundarkvidha and Volundarkvida.
Völundr and his two brothers see the swan-maidens bathing. Illustration by Jenny Nyström, 1893.
Völundr and his two brothers see the swan-maidens bathing. Illustration by Jenny Nyström, 1893.
"The three smith boys spy and later marry three valkyrie maidens" (1882) by Friedrich Wilhelm Heine.
"The three smith boys spy and later marry three valkyrie maidens" (1882) by Friedrich Wilhelm Heine.