The names of dwarves in The Hobbit and Gandalf were inspired by the Norse epic Völsungasaga. Frodo Baggins' name was changed from Bingo Bolger Baggins to honor a Danish king descended from Odin.

Thor and His Dwarfs. The Norse's ox carts, building infantry, gathering villagers, and unique manner of gaining favor already set them far apart from their Age of Mythology counterparts.

Dwarfs, fire giants and the eruption. ... Presumably, in the old Norse context before Christianity, dwarfs were more or less demonic creatures living in the ground.

According to an article in Official PlayStation Magazine UK (as spotted by The Wolf Hall), you’ll be visiting two Norse dwarfs to upgrade your arsenal.

Valheim sticks to the mythological roots of the dwarfs. In the Norse literature, Duergar are subterranean nocturnal beings that are pitch black in colour, possibly undead and deeply protective of ...

Katy Waldman writes on the brutality in Neil Gaiman’s “Norse Mythology,” which, as in his blockbuster novel “American Gods,” feels giddy and cartoonishly weightless, until, suddenly, it ...