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[[Image:Suttung.jpg|thumb|Suttung and the dwarves.]] ...her, they guard the precious [[mead of poetry]] they obtained from the two dwarves, Fjalar and Galar, who had murdered they parents.

...rtálfaheim. They, like the trolls, are often correlated with the dvergar ("dwarves") and their home is often considered to be the same as Niðavellir, an unde Svartálfar derives from Old Norse "vættir" meaning wights. Svartálfar acquired their name because they were

In [[Norse mythology]], the '''[[duergar]]''' are highly significant entities associat ''Dvergar'' (sing. ''dvergr'') means ''dwarves'' in Old Norse.

...creatures divide up into 'families', including the Álfar (elves), Dvergar (dwarves), Jötnar (giants), and even gods, the Æsir and Vanir. Landvættir (land s The Old Norse term vættir and its English cognate ''wights'' literally mean 'beings' and

In Norse mythology, '''Baugi''' is a giant, the son of Gilling and the brother of [[ ...ut to sea, setting them on a reef which would be covered at high tide. The dwarves entreated Suttungr to spare them, offering him for reconciliation the preci

In [[Norse mythology]], '''Fáfnir''' or '''Frænir''' was a son of the dwarf king [[ [[Category:Dwarves]]

Old English ''dweorg'', Old Norse ''dvergr'', Old High German ''zwerc'' and ''gitwerc''. Competing etymologie [[Image:Völuspá Dwarves.jpg|thumb|Two dwarves from an edition of the ''Poetic Edda'' poem ''Völuspá'' (1895) by Lorenz

In Norse mythology, '''Fenrir''' or '''Fenrisulfr''' is a monstrous wolf, the son of Odin then had the [[dwarves|dwarfs]] forge the chain ''Gleipnir'' ("deceiver" or "entangler"). It appea

'''Loki Laufeyjarson''' is the god of mischief in [[Norse mythology]], a son of the [[Jotun|giants]] [[Fárbauti]] and [[Laufey]], an .... In any case, the figure of Loki was probably not a late invention of the Norse poets but was rather descended from a common Indo-European prototype.

===Norse/Germanic mythology=== ...r "[[black elves]]"), sometimes considered synonymous with ''duergar'' ("[[dwarves]]"), are subterranean creatures who dwell in the world of [[Svartálfheim]]

...k δαιμόνιον (daimonion), "demon", in the New Testament, was related to Old Norse ''skōgr'' and Old English ''sceaga'', both meaning "forest", and therefore [[Category: Dwarves]]

..., themselves from the Proto-Germanic ''*albiz'' which also spawned the Old Norse ''álfr'', Middle High German ''elbe''. ''*Albiz'' may be from the Proto-In ** Old Norse: ''álfr'', plural ''álfar''.

...aelic orc (a Goidelic form of Proto-Indo-European *porkos "young pig") and Norse ørkn meaning "seal" . ...they are constantly involved in wars against many enemies: humans, elves, dwarves, goblins, and other orc tribes.