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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]

Wild Huntsman. [23], [26]

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]

Wyrd (wērd). Mother of Norns, [159], [160]