And now for a lesson in Norse mythology…
The following is excerpted/adapted from Wikipedia (emphasis mine):
In Norse mythology, Ymir is a primeval being born of primordial elemental poison and the ancestor of all Jötnar. Ymir is attested in the Poetic Edda, compiled in the 13th century from earlier tradition material, in the Prose Edda, written by Snorri Sturluson in the 13th century, and in the poetry of skalds.
One stanza relates that the dwarves were given life by the gods from Ymir’s flesh and blood (or the earth and sea).
After Asgård had been built, and the gods assembled on their thrones and held their things. There they discussed where the dwarves had been generated from in the soil and down in the earth like maggots in flesh. 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.
Maggot dwarves, eh? Oh those wacky old Norse! So how can we use this in Dwarven Glory?
Dwarven Glory 