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Two dwarfs as depicted in a 19th-century edition of the Poetic Edda poem Völuspá (1895) by Lorenz Frølich. A dwarf (pl. dwarfs or dwarves) is a type of supernatural being in Germanic folklore. Accounts of dwarfs vary significantly throughout history; however, they are commonly, but not exclusively, presented as living in mountains or stones ...
The Prose and Poetic Eddas, which form the foundation of what we know today concerning Norse mythology, contain many names of dwarfs.While many of them are featured in extant myths of their own, many others have come down to us today only as names in various lists provided for the benefit of skalds or poets of the medieval period and are included here for the purpose of completeness.
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Dwarf Christopher Paolini: Inheritance Cycle: The dwarves are the two races native to Alagaësia, the others being the dragons, or possibly the spirits. The dwarves went into many wars with the dragons. They dwell in the Beor Mountains. The other races, humans and Ra'zac, came from an unknown continent, while the elves and Urgals came from ...
Norse dwarves (24 P) E. Elves (4 C, 46 P) N. ... Pages in category "Creatures in Norse mythology" The following 28 pages are in this category, out of 28 total.
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A category for Dwarves or Dwarf-like beings from the folklores of Germanic peoples. Subcategories. This category has the following 5 subcategories, out of 5 total. D.