Bodvild

Overview

Bodvild is Nithud's daughter. She brings a broken ring to the captive Volund and is then subjected to his coercion; the poem closes with her weeping report to her father, not with reconciliation.

Key facts

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Relationships

• Volundbrings a broken ring

  Bodvild brings a broken ring to the island and asks Volund to mend it.

• Volundcoerces

  Volund coerces Bodvild on the island; this is harm, not romance.

Story appearances

• The Lay of VolundPrincess drawn into revenge

  The broken ring brings Bodvild into Volund's confined space, where she becomes the victim of his coercion.

Ancient sources

MythWeave distinguishes ancient-source evidence from later adaptations and modern interpretation.

• Anonymous, Poetic Edda, Volundarkvitha, Bellows stanzas 1–41: Volund and his brothers, the swan-maidens, Nithud's captivity, Bodvild and Volund's escape