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Mótsognir was an Isu and a the first king of Svartálfaheimr.

Mythology[edit | edit source]

Attested to in the Prose Edda. Mótsognir was the ruler of the dwarves, known as "mæztr um orðinn dverga allra", "lord of all the dwarves. He is said to be the first dwarf, having crawled out of Ymir's flesh as the jötun died.[1]

Biography[edit | edit source]

Mótsognir was the first ruler of the dwarves of Svartálfaheimr, said to have appeared from a spring.[2]

Legacy[edit | edit source]

After Mótsognir's death, he was buried in a mound that in time become a place of prayer for the citizens of his kingdom.[3] The armor of Hreiðmarr used runes named "Mótsognir's clarity" that helped stop a life-draining curse put upon the gear.

Appearances[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. Mótsognir on Wikipedia
  2. Assassin's Creed: ValhallaDawn of RagnarökViking Expansion notes: Creation of Svartalfheim Myth
  3. Assassin's Creed: ValhallaDawn of Ragnarök – Tomb of Motsognir