Dvalin

A dwarf. The name of Dvalin is mentioned several times in the Poetic Edda, as well as in Snorri Sturluson's Prose Edda. Dvalin appeared to be the chieftain or leader of the dwarves.

In the Voluspa, the dwarves were descendants from Dvalin and his daughters. The poem goes on to say that these dwarves were the people of Lofar, which indicated that Dvalin and his descendants came from the dwarf Lofar.