These are the worlds of dwarfs - black (Svart-) and light (Loess-). Both were created from worms, which Odin, Willy and Ve considered useless and made dwarves and elves out of them.
Dwarves inhabit the world underground. They are skilled craftsmen and can create things that are beyond the capabilities of either humans or Ases. Dwarves know magic, although they never share this knowledge. In the field of creating any material magical values, they have no equal. Without the products of the Dwarves, the Aesir would not have survived, one only has to remember Mjollnir, the weapon of Thor, with which he fights the giants, the leash of Fenrir, which held the most terrible monster that has ever existed, and the spear of Odin. The gnomes mine gold and jewelry; their reserves are greater than in all other worlds (except, perhaps, Asgard and Hel). There are many sages among the gnomes, for example, the smartest creature in the world - Quasir - was a dwarf, as well as the second after him sage Alvis. The only drawback of gnomes is that when sunlight hits them, they turn to stone.
The inhabitants of Lössalfaheim are much less active than their black counterparts. They inhabit the earth and the air above the earth. Elves live in trees, flowers, and simply in sunlight. Elves are mostly ethereal, rarely appear and have only one task - to make the world cheerful and joyful.
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