They are still considered children in their 20s, as Thorin was at age 24 and as "striplings" in their 30s. Tolkien names only one female, Dís, Thorin's sister. They breed slowly, for no more than a third of them are female, and not all marry. ĭwarves were long-lived, with a lifespan of some 250 years. It suggests this may have been a philological joke on Tolkien's part. Tolkien took it for the name, Thráin, of two of Thorin Oakenshield's ancestors. Tolkien Encyclopedia considers Tolkien's use of the adjective " thrawn", noting its similarity with Þráinn, a noun meaning "obstinate person", and a name found in the Norse list of Dwarf-names, the Dvergatal in the Völuspá. For Men of old lusted after their wealth and the work of their hands, and there has been enmity between the races. But they are not evil by nature, and few ever served the Enemy of free will, whatever the tales of Men alleged. In the appendix on "Durin's Folk" in The Lord of the Rings, Tolkien describes dwarves as:Ī tough, thrawn race for the most part, secretive, laborious, retentive of the memory of injuries (and of benefits), lovers of stone, of gems, of things that take shape under the hands of the craftsmen rather than things that live by their own life. The medievalist Charles Moseley described the dwarves of Tolkien's legendarium as " Old Norse" in their names, their feuds, and their revenges. Here the god Thor talks to the dwarf Alviss to prevent him from marrying his daughter Þrúðr at dawn Alviss turns to stone. Tolkien found dwarves in Norse mythology.
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