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InNorse mythology,Dvalinn (Old Norse:[ˈdwɑlenː]) is adwarf (Hjort) who appears in several Old Norse tales andkennings. The name translates as "the dormant one" or "the one slumbering" (akin to theDanish andNorwegian "dvale" andSwedish "dvala", meaning "sleep", "unconscious condition" or "hibernation"). Dvalinn is listed as one of thefour stags of Yggdrasill in bothGrímnismál from thePoetic Edda andGylfaginning from theProse Edda.
In thePoetic Edda poemVöluspá, Dvalinn is mentioned as a name in the listing of dwarves, and again in a later stanza as a leader taking a host of dwarfs from the mountains to find a new dwelling place:
InHávamál, Dvalinn is said to have introduced the writing ofrunes to the dwarfs, asDáinn had done for theelves andOdin for thegods.
InAlvíssmál, a kenning for the sun is listed as the "deceiver of Dvalinn", referring to the sun's power of turning dwarfs into stone. Inskaldic poetry,[1] "Dvalinn's drink" is used as a kenning for poetry, since themead of poetry was originally created by the dwarfs.
InFáfnismál, during a discussion betweenSigurd andFafnir concerning the minorNorns (apart from the three great Norns), those who govern the lives and destinies of dwarfs are also known as "Dvalinn's daughters".
InHervarar saga, Dvalinn is one of a pair of dwarves (includingDurin) who forged themagic swordTyrfing.
In theSörla þáttr, an Icelandic short story written by twoChristianpriests in the 15th century, Dvalinn is the name of one of the four dwarves (including Alfrigg, Berling and Grer) who fashioned a necklace which was later acquired by a woman called Freyja, who is King Odin's concubine, after she agreed to spend a night with each of them.
In theKálfsvísa, Dvalinn is mentioned in a list of Norse heroes and their horses. Dvalinn rides a horse named Móðnir ("Spirited").
J. R. R. Tolkien took the name asDwalin for one of the dwarves inThe Hobbit.Rich Burlew has Dvalin as the first king of the Dwarves, an ascendeddemigod of the Northern Pantheon inThe Order of the Stick.[2] InJoanne Harris'The Gospel of Loki, Dvalin is the name of one of theSons of Ivaldi. InGenshin Impact, Dvalin is the name of one of the Four Winds in Mondstadt chosen by the God of the wind, Barbatos.
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