dwarfs
These beings are believed to inhabit the land. Scholars have connected Landvættir to other beings believed to inhabit the land such as elves, dwarfs and landdísir, with which they were potentially identified at different points in history.
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When
- First attested
- 0 CE
- Attested period
- 0 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Associated with Landvættir, elves, and landdísir.
Relationships
- allied with
- Landvættir, landdísir, elves
- co occurs with
- Grendel, salamanders, sylvestres, sea monks, will-o'-the-wisp, giant, dragon, Sirens, nymphs, Thor, Freyr, Odin, Jötunn
- serves
- wiht
- child of
- gnomes
Mentioned by
Sources
Source passages
“Landvættir have been variously connected by scholars to other beings believed to inhabit the land such as elves, dwarfs and landdísir, with which they were potentially identified at different points in history.”
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“dwarfs are from the mountain people... dwarfs signify poverty among the people.”
#7510 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“Neil Price writes that if the identification is based solely on the phallus, a symbol for a sexually active man, there is no lack of candidates from Norse myth, legend and history: in addition to Freyr, it is not possible to rule out other gods such as Odin, other beings like dwarfs, jötunns and elves, and human kings and earls such as Hakon Jarl.”
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