Who is he, this Wayland? The old Saxons knew him, as did their cousins the Germans. Wiolunt, the Rhineland Suebi called him. To the Vikings he was Volundr. The names carry something of a boar’s grunt. Something of the straining arm. Wayland, means ‘Battle-Brave’ in the old language. But who is he, this giant smith, cauled in sweat and soot?
