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Here the god Thor talks to the dwarf Alviss to prevent him from marrying his daughter Þrúðr; at dawn Alviss turns to stone. Drawing by W. G. Collingwood , 1908 The medievalist Charles Moseley described the dwarves of Tolkien's legendarium as " Old Norse " in their names, their feuds, and their revenges. [ 2 ]
The Dwarves (German: Die Zwerge) is the first novel in the eponymous high fantasy series The Dwarves by German fantasy author Markus Heitz. [1] The story follows an orphan dwarf by the name of Tungdil Goldhand who is raised by humans. The book was originally written in English and German.
Eriond (previously Errand), a boy sent by the Prophecy to be used by Zedar to steal the Orb of Aldur. Later the adopted son of Durnik and Polgara. Became the new Child of Light and then the new God of the Angaraks. Called the 'Bearer Of The Orb' by the Dals. After Torak's death and Eriond's ascension to godhood, he would be the new God of the ...
(The name is archaic English for "war-horse".) Diggle: Dwarf, leader of renegades ; D.L.F. (Dear Little Friend): Nickname for Trumpkin; Drinian, Lord: Captain of the Dawn Treader, friend of Prince Rillian and his father King Caspian X , Duffle: Red Dwarf, brother of Rogin and Bricklethumb, assists Shasta
The Eye of the Chained God by Don Bassingthwaite (paperback, April 2012, ISBN 978-0-7869-5983-9) Sword of the Gods by Bruce R. Cordell (paperback, April 2011, ISBN 978-0-7869-5739-2 ) Under the Crimson Sun by Keith R. A. DeCandido (set in Dark Sun ) (paperback, June 2011, ISBN 978-0-7869-5797-2 )
The Prose and Poetic Eddas, which form the foundation of what we know today concerning Norse mythology, contain many names of dwarfs.While many of them are featured in extant myths of their own, many others have come down to us today only as names in various lists provided for the benefit of skalds or poets of the medieval period and are included here for the purpose of completeness.
Kender, Gully Dwarves, and Gnomes is an anthology of fantasy stories published by TSR, Inc. in 1987. It was published under the Dragonlance brand name and is set in that brand's fictional world of Krynn. It is the eighth Dragonlance novel to be published, and the second book in the "Dragonlance Tales" series, all three books of which are ...
The Kingdom of Aceshin is one of the three fantasy kingdoms featured in the video game, ASH: Archaic Sealed Heat. Queen Aceshin XV (voiced by Yoshiko Sakakibara) is a regnant whose Kingdom of Aceshin is attacked and burned into ash by a fire monster called the Flame Serpent. Her daughter, Princess Maritie, goes after the Flame Serpent as she ...