#dvergar

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Date: 9/28/2025 at 7pm EST Description The Dvergar, Dwarves, are a group of vaettir, spirits, in Heathenry. These hardworking vaettir are legendary crafters, creating many powerful tools for the Gods, such as Óðinn’s spear Gungnir, Þórr’s Hammer Mjölnir, and Freyja’s Necklace Brisingamen. They are so much more than crafters. Come, and learn how to develop respectful, good relationships with…

Andvari, the dwarf who hid in a lake as a pike. He had an enormous pile of treasure all to himself, so to keep it safe he decided to secret it away along with himself, the only one who knew where it was. What's the point of having a bunch of treasure if you can't spend it, show it off, or sleep on it? Maybe just owning it and knowing it's there is enough to him. idk, dwarfs are weird.

Myth Stuff - Dvergar, or Norse Dwarves

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Sources:  -Thorpe, Benjamin; "Northern Mythology Vol. 1-3" -Sturlson, Snorri; "Prose Edda" -unknown; "Poetic Edda" -Grammaticus, Saxo; "Gesta Danorum" -Keightley, Thomas; "The World Guide to Gnomes, Fairies, Elves, and Other Little People" -MacCulloch, John Arnott; "The Mythology of All Races In Thirteen Volumes Volume II" -Jolly, Karen L.; "Popular Religion in Late Saxon England: Elf Charms in Context" -Gould, Chester Nath; "Dwarf-Names: A Study in Old Icelandic Religion"

Notes:  Hooooooooo boy. Another long one. The fabled part two of the alfar's entry. Compared to them, dwarfs have a lot more information about them out there. They play parts in several myths and sagas, and figure into folklore a lot more. Also probably helps that Tolkien gave them the spotlight in the Hobbit. One part that Tolkien neglected to add is their spookiness and spiritual nature. Not a bad thing mind you, it would only serve to make them incomprehensible to readers. But, since everyone and their mother rips him off, they rarely get to know the dvergar that inspired his dwarves in the first place. Still. Unpopular opinion: the Hobbit is waaaaayyyy better than the Lord of the Rings. 

The image is... kind of lighter than the entry would make you think... So, I’ve been playing two games during my week of quarantine. This first being Animal Crossing. When wishing to illustrate the many silly names of the dwarves, the idea of drawing them in a similar style as that came into my mind. Firstly, because a lot of those names are just stupid and adorable, secondly because I wanted to draw something adorable and silly because I needed it.  A lot of them were used by Tolkien in his works, but almost never did he reference how crazy some of them were. Some of them, like Bomburr and Ai are straight up dead people, but others toe the line a little. Probably the most recognizable is Brokk, though even he has donkey legs, befitting his stubborn personality. The most human is by coincidence Gandalfr, more elf-like than any of the others as well. But my favorite, without a doubt, is little Nabbi, no bigger than a thumb. 

From Jason on the Around Grandfather Fire Discord comes this question: “I would honestly love an update on your seiðr work and if that has affected your personal practices/ gnosis since you have been working more with it.” My seiðr work has taken a lot of interesting turns over the years. It has been awhile since I have written about it in detail, so I will start with where it started. I began…