In Modern Fiction
The Winter of the World, a fantasy series by Michael Scott Rohan combines mythical elements from Norse and Old English sources, including the forging of a sword resembling the Curtana, a character being captured and forced to forge items by a king while crippled and imprisoned on an island, and creating a set of wings to escape from imprisonment. The storylines of Elof the Smith in the trilogy in some ways parallel the stories of Wayland Smith.
David Drake's Northworld: Justice is based upon Weyland's story.
There is a character named Weyland Smith in Fables based on Wayland the Smith.
Weyland-Yutani or simply The Company plays a central role in the Alien franchise.
Wayland Smith also appears in Raymond E. Feist's 1988 work Faerie Tale.
In the 2012 Doctor Who audio drama Gods and Monsters, Weyland is revealed to be an Elder God, who has been manipulating the Seventh Doctor (Sylvester McCoy) and some of his companions.
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