![]() ![]() ![]() Some stories describe dwarves emerging from Ymir’s dead body like maggots. Dwarves in Norse CosmologyĪccording to Norse cosmology, the dwarves were born from the body of the primordial giant Ymir, killed by Odin and his two brothers, who then used his body to shape the world. ![]() Read on to find out more about Norse dwarves and the important role that they played in the stories of Norse mythology.įind out more about some of the dwarves in Norse mythology stories. Tolkien was inspired by the Norse mythology, which describes dwarves as master blacksmiths that dwelled underground in great cavernous mines that fuelled their work. If you imagine the dwarves of Norse Mythology as something out of a Tolkien novel, you would not be far off the mark. ![]()
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