W
Wagner (väg′ner). Four operas from Volsunga Saga, 251
Wain. Same as Great Bear, 30
Wanderer. Same as Odin, 32
Waves. Ægir’s daughters, 187, 359
Wayland. Same as Völund, 175
Wednesday. Sacred to Odin, 41
Weldegg (vel′deg). King of East Saxony, 40
Wener (wān′er). Lake, Thorsten banished to, 302
Werewolf (wer′wulf). Sigmund a, 259
Weser (vā′zer). Rats drowned in, 27
West Saxony. Conquered by Odin, 40
Westerburg (ves′ter-burg). Ilse loves knight of the, 236
Westri (wes′trē). Dwarf supporting heavenly vault, 6
White Lady. Last appearance of, 56, 57
Wild Hunt. Leaders of, 23, 24, 26, 57, 140
Will-o’-the-wisp. Mediæval superstition concerning, 247
Wind. Waves play with, 187
Wingi (wing′ē). Same as Knefrud, 291
Winilers (win′i-lerz). Story of Vandals and, 45, 349
Winter. Odin supplanted by, 38
Wode (wō′da). Same as Frigga, 57
Woden. Same as Odin, 16, 23,41
Woden’s Day. Same as Wednesday, 41
Wood Maidens. Elves known as, 249
Wuotan (wō′tan). Same as Odin, 16, 57
Wurd (wurd). Same as Urd, 167
Y
Ydalir (ē-däl′ir). Abode of Uller, 139
Yggdrasil (ig′drȧ-sil). Creation of, 12; stags pasture on, 13; assembly under, 14; spear from, 31; Odin hangs from, 33; Thor goes to, 60; Idun falls from, 109; Bifröst reaches to, 146; Giallar-horn hung on, 148; Norns dwell under, 166; Nidhug eats, 183, 331; consumed, 336; comparison, 353
Ymir (ē′mir). Giant of fire and ice, 3; sleep of, 4; death of, 5, 230; earth created from, 5; dwarfs from, 10, 239, 345; Fornjotnr same as, 217, 232; comparisons, 217, 343
Younger Edda. Gylfi’s delusion described in the, 40
Yule. Month and festival of, 124, 128
Yule Log, 127