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Vulcan (Latin: Vulcanus, in archaically retained spelling also Volcanus, both pronounced [wʊɫˈkaːnʊs]) is the god of fire [1] including the fire of volcanoes, deserts, metalworking and the forge in ancient Roman religion and myth.
Name Description Alfheim: The Land of elves in Norse mythology.: Asgard: The high placed city of the gods, built by Odin, chief god of the Norse pantheon.: Biarmaland: A geographical area around the White Sea in the northern part of (European) Russia, referred to in Norse sagas.
Apollo is seen wearing a toga which leaves his torso exposed to view. Vulcan, in this picture, is just a blacksmith, as are his helpers, who are men from the village who know the trade. Vulcan is staring at him in astonishment after having heard the news of his wife's adultery with the god Mars, for whom he is forging armour at this very moment.
Draupnir multiplying itself The third gift — an enormous hammer (1902) by Elmer Boyd Smith.The ring Draupnir is visible among other creations by the Sons of Ivaldi.. In Norse mythology, Draupnir (Old Norse: [ˈdrɔupnez̠], "the dripper" [1]) is a gold ring possessed by the god Odin with the ability to multiply itself: Every ninth night, eight new rings 'drip' from Draupnir, each one of the ...
Many societies group their myths, legends, and history together, considering myths and legends to be factual accounts of their remote past. In particular, creation myths take place in a primordial age when the world had not achieved its later form. Origin myths explain how a society's customs, institutions, and taboos were established and ...
The sword was forged by the gods and was meant to be wielded only by those who posed above the stone of destiny (the Lia Fail), which roared and the sword whispered to in response. [ 1 ] Nuada lost his arm in the first battle of Mag Tuired and, being mutilated, was no longer suitable to be high king.
Wayland in Fredrik Sander's 1893 Swedish edition of the Poetic Edda. In Germanic mythology, Wayland the Smith (Old English: Wēland; Old Norse: Vǫlundr [ˈvɔlundr̩], Velent; Old Frisian: Wela(n)du; German: Wieland der Schmied; Old High German: Wiolant; Galans (Galant) in Old French; [1] Proto-Germanic: * Wēlandaz from *Wilą-ndz, lit. "crafting one" [2]) is a master blacksmith originating ...
For three days, he sought a place to build a great forge. In that forge he placed metals and started working, tending the magic fire with help of the slaves of Pohjola. On the first day, Ilmarinen looked down into the flames and saw that the metal had taken the form of a crossbow with a golden arch, a copper shaft and quarrel-tips of silver.