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They are often identified and seem to be interchangeable with the Svartalfar ( dark elves) and the trolls.
J. R. R. Tolkien got some of the names of the Dwarves in his books from Norse mythology: Dwalin, NáinNain is the name of two fictional Dwarven Kings of Durin's folk from J. Tolkien's, Middle-earth: Nain I Nain II The first born son of the Dwarven king Gror was also named Nain. See also: Nain., Dain, BifurTolkien's The Hobbit Bifur the fictional Dwarf was a companion to Bilbo Baggins and Thorin Oakenshield on the quest of Erebor. He arrived at Bag End in the company of Bofur and Bombur, and the three are often referred to together in the book. Although it, BofurTolkien's The Hobbit Bofur the fictional Dwarf was a companion to Bilbo Baggins and Thorin Oakenshield on the quest of Erebor. He arrived at Bag End in the company of Bifur and Bombur, and the three are often referred to together in the book. Although it, BomburBombur is a fictional character in The Hobbit by J. He is a very fat Dwarf accompanying Thorin Oakenshield and Bilbo Baggins on their journey. Bombur is one of the most foolish dwarves amongst all of Thorin's companions. He is always complaining of hunger, NoriNori is a Japanese term used to refer to edible varieties of seaweed in the various species of the red alga Porphyra including most notably P. yezoensis and P. A few other algae are used as well, including some cyanobacteria. Nori is also commonly used to, ThorinThorin is a name of a dwarf from Norse Mythology. It was borrowed by J. Tolkien as a name for three kings of Dwarves in his fictional universe of Middle-earth: Thorin I Thorin II Oakenshield, a companion of Bilbo Baggins in the Hobbit. Thorin III Stonehel, Thrain, Fili, and Kili.He also used some of the Norse Dwarf names for other non-dwarf characters, for example Gandalf.
The dwarves were created when Odin and his brothers Villi and Ve fabricated the world from Ymir's body. The dwarves were made of the maggots that heaved in Ymir's flesh.