cl-hilbert:

While looking for a character name in the Prose Edda today, I stumbled upon this:

The dwarfs had taken shape first and acquired life in the flesh of Ymir and were then maggots, but by decision of the gods they became conscious with intelligence and had the shape of men though they live in the earth and in rocks. Modsognir was a dwarf and the second was Durin…

It talks a little bit more about the creation of dwarves and then goes onto say:

And the names of the dwarfs, says the prophetess, are these:

…Dvalin, Nar, Nain, Niping, Dain, Bifur, Bafur, Bombor, Nori, Ori, Onar, Oin Modvitnir, Vig and Gandalf, Vindalf, Thorin, Fili, Kili, Fundin, Vali, Thror, Throin…

But these are also dwarves and live in rocks, whereas the previous ones lived in soil:

Draupnir, Dolgthvari, Hor, Hugstari, Hlediolf, Gloin, Dori, Ori, Duf, Andvari, Heptifili, Har, Siar.

I mean, I knew he was a fiend for Norse myth (much like myself), but I never realized just how bad he had it. The man wrote a Norse myth AU, 95k words, mostly background historical characters and a bunch of OCs, warning: major character death.

Damn, boy. Put that baby on Ao3.

This is where I got the name too.