Editing Dwarf (folklore) (section)

===Eddic sources===
====Terminology====
Scholars have noted that the {{lang|non|[[Svartálfar]]}} ('black elves') appear to be the same beings as dwarfs, given that both are described in the ''[[Prose Edda]]'' as the residents of [[Svartálfaheimr]].{{sfn|Simek|2008|p=305}}{{sfn|Orchard|1997|p=35}} Another potential synonym is [[Dökkálfar and Ljósálfar|dökkálfar]] ('dark elves'); however, it is unclear whether {{lang|non|svartálfar}} and {{lang|non|dökkálfar}} were considered the same at the time of the writing of the Prose Edda.{{sfn|Lindow|2001|p=110}} The partial overlap of dwarfs in Eddic sources with elves is supported by the names of dwarfs recorded in the [[Dvergatal]] section of [[Völuspá]], which include Álfr ('Elf'), Gandálfr ('Wand-elf'), Vindálf ('Wind-elf'). Dvergatal further lists [[Yngvi]] – a [[Name of Freyr|name of the god Freyr]] who was given [[Álfheimr]], the home of the elves, to rule according to [[Grímnismál]].{{sfn|Barreiro|2014|p=35}}{{sfn|Orchard|2011|pp=6-7|loc = Völuspá: The prophecy of the seeress, Dvergatal ('The tally of dwarfs')}}

====Notable Eddic dwarfs====
{{main|List of dwarfs in Norse mythology}}
* [[Andvari]], a shapechanging dwarf featuring in the [[Völsung cycle]] who is extorted out of his treasure by Loki.{{sfn|Simek|2008|p=16}}
* [[Fjalar and Galar]], two brothers who murder [[Kvasir]] and brew the [[mead of poetry]] from his blood.{{sfn|Simek|2008|p=84}}
* [[Brokkr]] and [[Sindri (mythology)|Sindri]], brothers who craft [[Draupnir]], [[Gullinbursti]] and [[Mjölnir]] for the gods.{{sfn|Simek|2008|pp=46,285}}
* [[Sons of Ívaldi]], brothers who craft [[Gungnir]], [[Skíðblaðnir]] and [[Sif]]'s hair for the gods.{{sfn|Simek|2008|p=177}}
* [[Alvíss]], a dwarf who requested the hand in marriage of [[Thor]]'s daughter [[Þrúðr]]. Thor outwits him by keeping him talking until daybreak, whereupon he turns to stone{{sfn|Simek|2008|p=12}}
* [[Litr]], a dwarf kicked by Thor into [[Baldr]]'s funeral pyre for an unclear reason.{{sfn|Simek|2008|p=189}}