alvíss comes to thor to claim thor's daughter as his bride, saying that she had been promised to him earlier. thor refuses as he had not been at home at the time, then tells alvíss that he may take the young woman if he can correctly answer all of thor's questions. the dwarf's replies act as an exhaustive list of the sentient mythological entities among men, æsir, vanir, jötnar, dwarfs, and elves. for example, the heavens have the following names, according to alvíss: