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Vili was one of the Æsir and a son of Bestla and Borr in Norse mythology.
Fornjót (Old Norse Fornjótr) is an ancient giant in Norse mythology, the father of Kári (a personification of wind), of Logi (a personification of fire), and of Hlér or Ægir (the ruler of the sea).
Nidavellir is the land of the dwarves in Norse mythology.
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The dwarves are described as small and rather ugly to the human eye.
Their dwelling places is the underground realm of Nidavellir (additional info and facts about Nidavellir), one of the nine worlds fixed to the world-tree Yggdrasil ((Norse mythology) a huge ash tree whose roots and branches hold the earth and heaven and hell together) according to Norse cosmology (additional info and facts about Norse cosmology).
Fafnir ((Norse mythology) the Norse dragon that guarded a treasure and was slain by Sigurd)
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 Learn more about Norse mythology in the online encyclopedia.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Norse mythology represents the early pre-Christian religion, beliefs and legends of the Scandinavian people, also known as the religion of Ásatrú or Odinism.
In the Voluspa, Odin, the chief god of the Norse pantheon, has conjured up the spirit of a dead sybil (a prophetess or witch) and commanded this spirit to reveal the past and the future.
Sol was the goddess of the sun, a daughter of Mundilfari, and wife of Glen.
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 Dwarf   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
In Norse mythology, fairy tales, and sword and sorcery fiction and role-playing games, a dwarf is a member of a humanoid race, much like humans, but generally living underground or in mountainous areas.
Dwarves are famed smiths, creating some of the greatest and most powerful items of power in the distant past, such as in Norse mythology the chain which bound the Fenris wolf.
Dwarves in the Dungeons & Dragons; role-playing game are directly derived from Tolkien's dwarves, although many variants exist, such as the hairless, desert-dwelling dwarves of the Dark Sun campaign setting.
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 Norse mythology   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Norse mythology represents the early pre- Christian religion,beliefs and legends of the Scandinavian people.
Last but not least, another problem with interpreting Norse mythology is that the religion may have been distorted during theera in which was recorded by the fact that during the Viking Age, Norse society was under considerable stress while at war withChristians for hundreds of years, on an ideological as well as physical level.
Norse mythology also influenced Richard Wagner 's use of literarythemes from it to compose the four operas that comprise Der Ring des Nibelungen (The Ring of the Nibelung).
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The Norse dwarves or Duergar (ON Dvergar) are highly significant entities within Norse mythology.
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* _Rhinegold (Bantam 0-553-56945-7, Mar ’95 [Feb ’95], $6.99, 830pp, pb, cover by John Jude Palencar) [Rhinegold] Reprint (Michael Joseph 1994) fantasy novel, a retelling of the same Norse myths and legends that inspired Wagner’s Ring Cycle.
* *Revenge of the Valkyrie (Ace 0-441-72359-4, Aug ’89 [Jul ’89], $3.50, 202pp, pb) [Song of the Dwarves] Norse fantasy novel, sequel to Song of the Dwarves.
* *Song of the Dwarves (Ace 0-441-72690-9, Aug ’88 [Jul ’88], $3.50, 214pp, pb) [Song of the Dwarves] Nordic fantasy novel with dwarves, gods, and gold rings.
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