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Swords Described As Having Been Forged By Wayland

  • Albion, the sword of Herne's Son, the "Hooded Man", in the TV series Robin of Sherwood. Also, Morax, Solas, Orias, Elidor, Beleth, and Flauros, in the Robin of Sherwood episode "The Swords of Wayland".
  • Almace, the sword of Archbishop Turpin, according to Karlamagnus Saga.
  • Caliburn, in Mary Stewart's Arthurian Legend, is the sword of Macsen, Merlin, and Arthur.
  • Curtana, the sword of Ogier the Dane, according to Karlamagnus Saga.
  • Durandal, the sword of Roland, according to Karlamagnus Saga: though in Orlando Innamorato Durandal is said to have been originally the sword of Hector of Troy.
  • Mimung, which he forged to fight the rival smith Amilias, according to Thidrekssaga; Karlamagnus Saga relates that Mimung later came into the possession of Landri or Landres, nephew of Charlemagne.
  • The unnamed sword of Huon of Bordeaux, according to Lord Berners.
  • An unnamed sword whose history is related by Rudyard Kipling in Puck of Pook's Hill.
  • The unnamed sword of the hero in the Chanson de Gui de Nanteuil.
  • "Un ouvrier de Galan", a journeyman of Wayland's, is said to have forged the hero's sword Merveilleuse in the Chanson de Doon de Mayence.
  • Gram, the sword of Sigmund, which would be destroyed by Odin, and is later reforged by Regin and used by Sigmund's son Sigurd to slay the dragon Fafnir. according to Völsunga saga

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