Thor, unwilling to let his daughter marry Alviss, tricks the dwarf into talking with him all night, answering questions to prove that he’s the wisest of the dwarves. In one notable story, the dwarf Alviss comes to Thor to claim Thor’s daughter, who was promised to him in marriage. In addition to being great craftsmen, they are also magical creatures, and many of the old tales portray them as shape-shifters. (Not all tales portray them this way, though.) They were created from the maggots that came from Ymir’s rotting flesh after Odin and his brothers killed him. In Sturluson’s Prose Edda, he also describes the dwarves as being inky black. They made nearly all the fantastic things that belong to the gods, such as Odin’s magic ring and spear, Thor’s hammer, Frey’s collapsible ship, and the ribbon-like chain that bound the mighty wolf Fenrir. In Norse mythology, dwarves are short, stocky, and extremely skilled craftsmen. The caves and caverns where the dwarves live are also home to their workshops, where they make some of the most powerful things ever forged.Īlso see Who are Skoll and Hati in Norse Mythology? to learn more. It’s the darkness of caverns, mines, and underground forges, not the darkness of Hel or other lonely, desperate places. However, the general consensus is that the inhabitants of Svartalfheim are dwarves. Most people agree that the beings who live in Svartalfheim are dwarves however, in the Prose Edda, Sturluson calls them “dark elves” or “black elves,” which is confusing for some readers of Norse mythology. Snorri Sturluson’s Prose Edda talks about Svartalfheim in more detail. The original Völuspá poem from the Poetic Edda never mentions “Svartalfheim.” It does, however, talk about Nidavellir, saying simply that it was in the North and that Sindri’s family lived there in a golden hall. What are dwarves like in Norse mythology? See below (Image: Prose Edda manuscript) What Does Old Norse Literature Say about Svartalfheim?
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