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01.11.2019

Dvalinn

In Norse mythology, Dvalinn is a prominent dwarf who appears in various Old Norse tales and kennings. His name translates to "the dormant one" or "the one slumbering," which is akin to the words for "sleep" or "hibernation" in Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish languages.

Dvalinn is listed as one of the four stags of Yggdrasill in both Grímnismál from the Poetic Edda and Gylfaginning from the Prose Edda.

In the Poetic Edda poem Völuspá, Dvalinn is mentioned as one of the dwarves in a list, and in a later stanza, he is portrayed as a leader who leads a group of dwarfs from the mountains in search of a new dwelling place:

"They left the rocks, and through wet lands
They sought a home, in the fields of sand."

In Hávamál, Dvalinn is credited with introducing the art of writing runes to the dwarfs, much like how Dáinn did for the elves and Odin did for the gods.

In Alvíssmál, the sun is metaphorically referred to as the "deceiver of Dvalin," highlighting the sun's power to turn dwarfs into stone. In skaldic poetry, the term "Dvalin's drink" is used as a kenning for poetry, symbolizing the poetic inspiration akin to the mead of poetry originally created by the dwarfs.

In Fáfnismál, during a discussion between Sigurd and Fafnir regarding the minor Norns (apart from the three great Norns), the Norns who govern the lives and destinies of dwarfs are referred to as "Dvalin's daughters." This demonstrates Dvalin's significance in the realm of dwarf mythology within Norse cosmology.

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Sagas

In Hervarar saga, Dvalin is one of a pair of dwarves (including Durin) who forged the magic sword Tyrfing.

Sörla þáttr

In the Sörla þáttr, an Icelandic short story written by two Christian priests in the 15th century, Dvalin is the name of one of the four dwarves (including Alfrigg, Berling and Grer) who fashioned a necklace which was later acquired by a woman called Freyja, who is King Odin's concubine, after she agreed to spend a night with each of them.

Modern influence

J. R. R. Tolkien took the name as Dwalin for one of the dwarves in The Hobbit. Rich Burlew has Dvalin as the first king of the Dwarves, an ascended demigod of the Northern Pantheon in The Order of the Stick. In Joanne Harris' The Gospel of Loki, Dvalin is the name of one of the Sons of Ivaldi.

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