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Here the god Thor talks to the dwarf Alviss to prevent him from marrying his daughter Þrúðr; at dawn Alviss turns to stone. Drawing by W. G. Collingwood , 1908 The medievalist Charles Moseley described the dwarves of Tolkien's legendarium as " Old Norse " in their names, their feuds, and their revenges. [ 2 ]
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.
The dwarves of the fifthling kingdom were divided into nine clans. They guarded the gate way to Girdlegard from the Perished Land. For a long time, the orcs fought against the dwarves unsuccessfully, but alfar came and caused a great sickness that sapped the dwarves strength, clouded their vision, and enfeebled their hands.
Eriond (previously Errand), a boy sent by the Prophecy to be used by Zedar to steal the Orb of Aldur. Later the adopted son of Durnik and Polgara. Became the new Child of Light and then the new God of the Angaraks. Called the 'Bearer Of The Orb' by the Dals. After Torak's death and Eriond's ascension to godhood, he would be the new God of the ...
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.
The Kingdom of Aceshin is one of the three fantasy kingdoms featured in the video game, ASH: Archaic Sealed Heat. Queen Aceshin XV (voiced by Yoshiko Sakakibara) is a regnant whose Kingdom of Aceshin is attacked and burned into ash by a fire monster called the Flame Serpent. Her daughter, Princess Maritie, goes after the Flame Serpent as she ...
Haashchʼéé Baʼáádí (Hastsébaádi, Qastcebaad, Yebaad) (Female Divinity) Haashchʼéé Oołtʼohí (Hastséoltoi, Hastyeoltoi, Shooting God) Hakʼaz Asdzą́ą́ (Cold Woman) Náhookǫs Baʼáádí (Whirling Woman) Na'ashjé'ii Asdzáá (Spider Grandmother) Są́ (Old Age Woman) Tséghádiʼnídíinii Atʼééd (Rock Crystal Girl) Gwich ...
Thorek Ironbrow m - The master runelord of Karak Azul who seeks to restore lost dwarf relics. He fights his foes with his anvil of doom. [7] Thorgrim Grudgebearer m - Dwarf High King and King of Karaz-A-Karak as well as Keeper of the Great Book of Grudges. Ungrim Ironfist m - Dwarf "Slayer King" and ruler of Karak Kadrin also known as the ...