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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.
Based on an interpretation of their names, he took Dáinn ("The Dead One") and Dvalinn ("The Unconscious One") to be calm winds, and Duneyrr ("Thundering in the Ear") and Duraþrór ("Thriving Slumber", perhaps referencing snoring) to be heavy winds. He interpreted the stags biting the leaves of the tree as winds tearing at clouds.
Khuzdul proper names analysed by Helge Fauskanger [1] Khuzdul names Translation Khuzdul names Translation Azaghâl: A lord of the Belegost Dwarves in The Silmarillion, ch. 20: Mahal: Aulë, known to the dwarves as the Maker. Azanulbizar 'Dimrill Dale' lit: "Shadows of streams/rills" or "Dark stream dale". Mîm: A Petty-Dwarf, possibly an 'inner ...
In Norse mythology, Andvari (12th c. Old Norse: [ˈɑndˌwɑre]; "careful one" [1]) is a dwarf who lives underneath a waterfall and has the power to change himself into a pike (gedda) at will. Andvari had a magical ring Andvaranaut, which helped him become wealthy.
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Mótsog the Dwarf appears in The Lord of the Rings Online video game, following J. R. R. Tolkien's tradition of using names from Völuspá for Middle-earth Dwarves.As in Tolkien's legendarium Durin was the first of the Dwarves, Mótsog is re-imagined as the second dwarf of Durin's clan, inverting their order from the Norse mythology.
Additionally, early place names such as Dueridene (now Dwarriden), Dwerihouse (now Dwerryhouse), and Dwerffehole hint at the presence of a supernatural concept of dwarfs, often associated with subterranean spaces. [2] Modern English has two plurals for the word dwarf: dwarfs and dwarves. Dwarfs remains the most commonly employed plural.
Blagden's name is an Old English name meaning "the dark/black valley". [3] The five creatures of the Beor mountains are five unique species living only in the mountain range, for which five dwarf clans are named. [10] Feldûnost are large goat-like creatures used as mounts and to produce dairy. Their name means "frostbeard" in the dwarf ...