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
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.
Ardre image stones
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The Ardre image stones are a collection of ten rune and image stones, dated to the 8th to 11th centuries, that were discovered at Ardre Church, in Ardre, Gotland, Sweden. The principal edition is by S
Völundarkviða
…in Vǫlundarkviða seems also to be portrayed on the front panel of the eighth-century Northumbrian Franks Casket and on the eighth-century Gotlandic Ardre image stone VIII, along with a number of tenth-to-eleventh-century carvings from Northern England, including the Leeds Cross, a fragment in Leeds City Museum, and…
The largest of the Ardre image stones is Ardre VIII.
Ardre VIII detail showing the forge of Weyland.
Side B of Ardre III.