Ivaldi
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- This article represents the theories of Viktor Rydberg which are not generally accepted.
Ivaldi, an early Teutonic deity, is also called Wade (or Vate), Keeper of the Ford in Germanic and Anglo-Saxon mythology. The jotun son of a sea goddess, Ivaldi was a smith by trade. He and his sons Brokk, Eitri and Sindri -- known collectiveley the Vatlings or the Sons of Ivaldi -- were responsible for creating many magical treasures for the Æsir, including the ship Skíðblaðnir. Ivaldi's son Volund, the Anglo-Saxon Wayland, forged the Mistillteinn, the sword that cut the haft off of Thor's hammer, Mjollnir. This same sword is the one Hotherus (also Höðr, Svipdag) used in slaying Baldr. The myth evolved in later traditions, in which Höðr is a blind god, deceived by Loki, and Baldr dies by an arrow made of mistletoe.
Ivaldi and the Vatlings fell out of favor with the gods when they came in the possession of the much-coveted Kvasir's blood, the Mead of Poetry.
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