![AlvÃss and Þrúðr by Frølich](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ae/Alv%C3%ADss_and_%C3%9Er%C3%BA%C3%B0r_by_Fr%C3%B8lich.jpg)
AlvÃss (
Old Norse
Old Norse, Old Nordic, or Old Scandinavian, is a stage of development of North Germanic languages, North Germanic dialects before their final divergence into separate Nordic languages. Old Norse was spoken by inhabitants of Scandinavia and t ...
: ; "All-Wise") was a
dwarf
Dwarf or dwarves may refer to:
Common uses
*Dwarf (folklore), a being from Germanic mythology and folklore
* Dwarf, a person or animal with dwarfism
Arts, entertainment, and media Fictional entities
* Dwarf (''Dungeons & Dragons''), a humanoid ...
in
Norse mythology
Norse, Nordic, or Scandinavian mythology is the body of myths belonging to the North Germanic peoples, stemming from Old Norse religion and continuing after the Christianization of Scandinavia, and into the Nordic folklore of the modern period ...
.
Thor
Thor (; from non, Þórr ) is a prominent god in Germanic paganism. In Norse mythology, he is a hammer-wielding æsir, god associated with lightning, thunder, storms, sacred trees and groves in Germanic paganism and mythology, sacred groves ...
's daughter,
Þrúðr
(Old Norse: , "strength"),Lindow (2001:291). sometimes anglicized as Thrúd or Thrud, is a daughter of the major god Thor and the goddess Sif in Norse mythology. Þrúðr is also the name of one of the valkyries who serve ale to the einherjar in ...
, was promised in marriage to AlvÃss. Thor was unhappy with the match, however, so he devised a plan: Thor told AlvÃss that, because of his small height, he had to prove his wisdom. AlvÃss agreed, but Thor made his tests last until dawn, when Alviss, because he was a dwarf, was
petrified on being exposed to the sunlight.
See also
*
AlvÃssmál
AlvÃssmál (Old Norse: 'The Song of All-wise' or 'The Words of All-wise') is a poem collected in the ''Poetic Edda'', probably dating to the 12th century, that describes how the god Thor outwits a dwarf called AlvÃss ("All-Wise") who seeks to ...
, the poem containing most of the information on Alviss
References
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Norse dwarves
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