Snorri Sturluson (c. 1179-1241)
‘The dwarves emerged first, finding life in Ymir’s flesh. They were maggots at that time, but by a decision of the gods they acquired understanding and assumed the likeness of men, living in the earth and the rocks.”
- From Snorri Sturluson’s The Prose Edda (Gylfaginning, section 14), translated by Jesse Byock (Penguin Classics, 2005).
