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Tolkien names only one female, Dís, Thorin's sister. [T 2] ... Each of the Seven Fathers founds one of the seven Dwarf clans. Durin I is the eldest, and the first of ...
The fictional races and peoples that appear in J. R. R. Tolkien's fantasy world of Middle-earth include the seven listed in Appendix F of The Lord of the Rings: Elves, Men, Dwarves, Hobbits, Ents, Orcs and Trolls, as well as spirits such as the Valar and Maiar.
Thorin Oakenshield: Dwarf noble who led the company of dwarves that retook Erebor from the dragon Smaug in The Hobbit. Slain during the Battle of the Five Armies. Tom Bombadil: A mysterious figure who aided the hobbits during their departure from the Shire in The Fellowship of the Ring. Treebeard: Leader of the Ents in The Lord of the Rings.
The Seven Dwarf Rings. Forged by Sauron/Annatar and Celebrimbor, the seven rings were made during the division of the Dwarf clans — Durin's Folk, Firebeards, Broadbeams, Ironfists, Stiffbeards ...
Thorin's Company consisted of the following thirteen dwarves. Their quest in The Hobbit is the main impetus of the plot. [a] Their quest was joined by Bilbo Baggins (the titular hobbit) and occasionally by the wizard Gandalf. Tolkien took the names of Gandalf and 12 of the 13 dwarves – excluding Balin – from the Old Norse Völuspá. [6] [7]
The Tolkien critic Tom Shippey suggests that Tolkien's "master-text" for his Dwarves was the Hjaðningavíg. In that legend, the Dwarves are characterised by revenge, as in "the long and painful vengeance of [Thorin's father] Thráin for [Thorin's grandfather] Thrór", and Shippey argues that Tolkien chose these qualities for his Dwarves. [7] [8]
J. R. R. Tolkien included multiple family trees in both The Lord of the Rings and The Silmarillion; they are variously for Elves, Dwarves, Hobbits, and Men. The family trees gave Tolkien, a philologist, a way of exploring and developing the etymologies and relationships of the names of his characters. They imply, too, the fascination of his ...
The members of the Company as portrayed in Peter Jackson's 2001 film The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring. From left to right: (top row) Aragorn, Gandalf, Legolas, Boromir, (bottom row) Sam, Frodo, Merry, Pippin, Gimli. [13] The casting is widely admired. [14] Even Tolkien scholars hostile to the films admired the casting and ...