Dvärg (Swedish)

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Dvärgar (dwarves) are master smiths and craftspeople of Norse mythology and Swedish folklore, born from the blood of the primordial giant Ymir. In the Norse creation myth, maggots from Ymir's flesh were transformed into dwarves by the gods, and they dwell underground in Svartálfheim (also called Niðavellir, the Dark Fields). Four dwarves — Austri, Vestri, Norðri, and Suðri — hold up the four corners of the sky. Dwarves are renowned across the Nine Worlds for their unparalleled skill in metallurgy and magic, having forged the most powerful artifacts in Norse myth: Thor's hammer Mjölnir, Odin's

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