>>55147816But they do have little mentions in Norse myths, it just they were usually not believed to exist or not of any importance until late Norse myths( Gibbons saga, Bósa saga and Þjalar-Jóns saga) which is the time Female Dwarves started getting depiction alongside children Dwarves.
>dvergynja>dyrgjaIs Norse for Female-Dwarf.
>Svama>HerríðrAre two named female Dwarves from Norse Myth stories.
Also, in Germanic Myths, Humans can breed with Dwarves, male Dwarves target Human women, as female Dwarves goes after Human men.
I think the "if I didn't see it, so it must not exist" situation is what happened.
I mean people back then used to think there were no other countries, everyone spoke their language, and believed in the same things as them.