St Clement and Wayland the Smith

St Clement’s day marks the first day of Winter in the Julian (OS) calendar.

As patron of blacksmiths and metalworkers, Clement is an aspect of the Saxon and Norse godling Wayland the Smith (Weyland; Weland; Watlende), cognate of the North-Germanic/Norse Völundr, the smith of the gods, who was the son of the giant sailor Wate and of a mermaid ...

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