also VOLUNDR; WIELAND; WAYLAND God of smiths and metal orkers.
Son of the giant Wade.
Weland has much in common with smith gods such as Govannon and Hephaistos, which comes as no surprise.
Technology and metalworking spread slowly in the ancient world, usually on a person to person basis, and highly skilled metalsmiths and other technical workers formed a virtual international brotherhood similar to the Masons.
