This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1869 edition. Excerpt: ...smith or workman in iron;' and a labyrinth with them is a Wayland house. 'It is in the Icelandic Sagas, ' remarks Depping and Michel,1 'that Veland is the subject of long romantic fictions, and the story regarding him forms one of the oldest fragments of this poetical literature. It has been attempted ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1869 edition. Excerpt: ...smith or workman in iron;' and a labyrinth with them is a Wayland house. 'It is in the Icelandic Sagas, ' remarks Depping and Michel,1 'that Veland is the subject of long romantic fictions, and the story regarding him forms one of the oldest fragments of this poetical literature. It has been attempted to trace the romance to a historical period, --to the reign of King Nidung, who appears to have lived in Sweden in the 6th century of our era, and who is reported to have been the protector of the smith. But there is nothing historical in this, and if on the one hand such has been claimed for it, on the other hand it is as likely to belong to Scandinavian mythology.' We must not forget that the Teutonic word 'Welsh, ' 'Wilisc, ' or 'Waelisc, ' was the term for stranger or foreigner, and that France was called by the old and mediaeval Germans 'Das Welsche lant;' while the Le Forgeron Veland. Paris, 1833 designation 'Walsch' was applied in its primitive sense by the Saxons to the Britons. 'Wilisc' is often met with in the Anglo-Saxon laws, and denotes the Welsh. Might not the Druid blacksmith be designated by the ancient Germans, as the foreign or strange-land smith--Welsch-lant-Schmid? The slight change in the pronunciation might readily occur in a short period. It may be mentioned, however, that Langley Mortier' concludes that the name ' Gallia' was derived from Wal, happy, and Land, country: 'Walland' being the designation given to their territory by the Gauls. This mysterious smith, it would appear, was no other than the traditionary armourer and farrier of the Celts and Gauls, as well as of the German and Northern nations. 'The sacred blacksmith, such as Wayland, ' remarks M. Castan, 'not only fashioned the weapons, but he also shod the hor
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