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In 's kin, Covered with gold"). Sindri was a famous dwarf. It might be related to the later mentioned ''Niðafjöll'' (the Dark Fells), a mountain chain in the underworld. Niðavellir has often been interpreted as one of the nine worlds of Norse Cosmology . As such it might be identical to the ''Svartálfheim'' mentioned in the '' Prose Edda '' by Snorri Sturluson ; as Svartálfar (black-elves) are generally thought by scholars to be a synonym used only by Snorri for ''dvergar'' (dwarves). |
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