
#redirect Norse dwarves
In Norse mythology, the dwarves (Old Norse: ''dvergar'') are highly significant entities associated with stones, the underground and forging. Apart from the Eddas, they notably appear in the Völsunga saga, where Sigurd meet the dragon Fafnir. They are often identified and seem to be interchangeable with the svartálfar (''black elves'') and sometimes the trolls (see also wight). Some sources divide them into three tribes, lead by Mótsognir, Durinn and Dvalinn, respectively. The dwarves were created when Odin and his brothers Vili and Ve fabricated the world from the jotun Ymir's body, the dwarves grew like maggots in his flesh (i.e. earth or stone). They were later gifted with intelligence and human-like appearance by the gods. The dwarves are described as small and rather ugly to the human eye. They fear sunlight, which might even turn them into the stone they sprang from. Their dwelling places is the underground realm of Nidavellir, one of the nine worlds fixed to the world-tree Yggdrasil according to Norse cosmology. They are mostly seen as selfish, greedy, and cunning. They are skilled metal-workers and the makers of most of the artifacts of the gods, both Aesir and Vanir. Among their most famous creations are the spear Gungnir and the golden ring Draupnir of Odin, Mjolnir the hammer of Thor, the golden hair of Sif, Freya's necklace Brisingamen and even the ship Skidbladnir of Frey. The dwarves also fabricated a certain kind of helmet, called ''huliðshjálmr'' (concealing helmet), or sometimes a cloak, with which they could make themselves invisible. (Once more, ''cf''. wights.) They could also be minor deities, much like the (light) elf, which is suggestive of why they have accuired the name of dark or black elves (see also: ''elf versus dwarf''). The dwarves ''Norðri'', ''Suðri'', ''Austri'' and ''Vestri'' support the four cardinal points. ''Nýi'' and ''Niði'' governs the waxing and waning lunar phase, respectively. Their role at Ragnarök is not clear, Völuspá only mentions that: :''How fare the gods?'' :''how fare the elves?'' :''All Jotunheim groans,'' :''the gods are at council;'' :Loud roar the dwarfs :by the doors of stone, :The masters of the rocks; :''would you know yet more?"'' J. R. R. Tolkien got some of the names of the Dwarves (Middle-earth) from from the Völuspá, where a long list of dwarves constitutes the by far most boring section of the poem: Durin, Dwalin, Náin, Dáin, Bifur, Bofur, Bombur, Nori (Middle-earth), Thorin, Thráin, Fili, and Kili. He also used some of the Norse dwarf names for other non-dwarf characters, for example Gandalf. ==List of Norse dwarves== *Alvis *Andvari *Brokk *Durin *Dvalin *Eitri *Fafnir *Fjalar *Galar *Hreidmar *Otr *Regin *Sindri (dwarf) ==See also== * Dwarf (Dwarves from later folklore) * Elf versus dwarf * Elf * Jotun (Norse giant) * Troll * Wight Norse mythology Dwarves
Actually, the spelling "artefact" is also correct - it's just more British. User:Ausir 20:27, 11 May 2004 (UTC) == Move to "Norse dwarfs"? == The correct plural of "dwarf" in any non-Tolkien context is "dwarfs". I'll move it when I have time, but there are too many links to this page for me to handle right now. If someone can run the renamebot, then please do. User:PhilHibbs 15:56, 26 Aug 2004 (UTC) :Actually, currently both forms are considered correct, not only in Tolkien context. My Longman dictionary even gives "dwarves" first - it might have been incorrect earlier, but due to Tolkien's influence, it no longer is. Of course, it does matter which version is used by a particular writer (Tolkien uses dwarves, Pratchett uses dwarfs, some other fantasy works use one or the other), but when it comes to non-English works, like the Norse dwarves, the form used is irrelevant. User:Ausir 18:55, 26 Aug 2004 (UTC)
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#redirect Norse dwarves
Norse dwarves
In Norse mythology, the dwarves (Old Norse: ''dvergar'') are highly significant entities associated with stones, the underground and forging. Apart from the Eddas, they notably appear in the Völsunga saga, where Sigurd meet the dragon Fafnir. They are often identified and seem to be interchangeable with the svartálfar (''black elves'') and sometimes the trolls (see also wight). Some sources divide them into three tribes, lead by Mótsognir, Durinn and Dvalinn, respectively. The dwarves were created when Odin and his brothers Vili and Ve fabricated the world from the jotun Ymir's body, the dwarves grew like maggots in his flesh (i.e. earth or stone). They were later gifted with intelligence and human-like appearance by the gods. The dwarves are described as small and rather ugly to the human eye. They fear sunlight, which might even turn them into the stone they sprang from. Their dwelling places is the underground realm of Nidavellir, one of the nine worlds fixed to the world-tree Yggdrasil according to Norse cosmology. They are mostly seen as selfish, greedy, and cunning. They are skilled metal-workers and the makers of most of the artifacts of the gods, both Aesir and Vanir. Among their most famous creations are the spear Gungnir and the golden ring Draupnir of Odin, Mjolnir the hammer of Thor, the golden hair of Sif, Freya's necklace Brisingamen and even the ship Skidbladnir of Frey. The dwarves also fabricated a certain kind of helmet, called ''huliðshjálmr'' (concealing helmet), or sometimes a cloak, with which they could make themselves invisible. (Once more, ''cf''. wights.) They could also be minor deities, much like the (light) elf, which is suggestive of why they have accuired the name of dark or black elves (see also: ''elf versus dwarf''). The dwarves ''Norðri'', ''Suðri'', ''Austri'' and ''Vestri'' support the four cardinal points. ''Nýi'' and ''Niði'' governs the waxing and waning lunar phase, respectively. Their role at Ragnarök is not clear, Völuspá only mentions that: :''How fare the gods?'' :''how fare the elves?'' :''All Jotunheim groans,'' :''the gods are at council;'' :Loud roar the dwarfs :by the doors of stone, :The masters of the rocks; :''would you know yet more?"'' J. R. R. Tolkien got some of the names of the Dwarves (Middle-earth) from from the Völuspá, where a long list of dwarves constitutes the by far most boring section of the poem: Durin, Dwalin, Náin, Dáin, Bifur, Bofur, Bombur, Nori (Middle-earth), Thorin, Thráin, Fili, and Kili. He also used some of the Norse dwarf names for other non-dwarf characters, for example Gandalf. ==List of Norse dwarves== *Alvis *Andvari *Brokk *Durin *Dvalin *Eitri *Fafnir *Fjalar *Galar *Hreidmar *Otr *Regin *Sindri (dwarf) ==See also== * Dwarf (Dwarves from later folklore) * Elf versus dwarf * Elf * Jotun (Norse giant) * Troll * Wight Norse mythology Dwarves
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Actually, the spelling "artefact" is also correct - it's just more British. User:Ausir 20:27, 11 May 2004 (UTC) == Move to "Norse dwarfs"? == The correct plural of "dwarf" in any non-Tolkien context is "dwarfs". I'll move it when I have time, but there are too many links to this page for me to handle right now. If someone can run the renamebot, then please do. User:PhilHibbs 15:56, 26 Aug 2004 (UTC) :Actually, currently both forms are considered correct, not only in Tolkien context. My Longman dictionary even gives "dwarves" first - it might have been incorrect earlier, but due to Tolkien's influence, it no longer is. Of course, it does matter which version is used by a particular writer (Tolkien uses dwarves, Pratchett uses dwarfs, some other fantasy works use one or the other), but when it comes to non-English works, like the Norse dwarves, the form used is irrelevant. User:Ausir 18:55, 26 Aug 2004 (UTC)
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