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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.
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]
For example, the Dwarves of Moria and the Lonely Mountain use outer names taken from the language of the Men of the north where they lived. [T 16] In reality, Tolkien took the names of 12 of the 13 dwarves – excluding Balin – that he used in The Hobbit from the Old Norse Völuspá, long before the idea of Khuzdul arose.
Balin: Dwarf companion of Thorin Oakenshield in The Hobbit. Slain during an attempt to retake Moria. Bard the Bowman: Man of Esgaroth who slew Smaug the dragon. Beorn: Skin-changer who resides in the region of Mirkwood and takes the form of a great bear. Bilbo Baggins: Title character of The Hobbit. Discovered the One Ring after its loss by Gollum.
First name the four, the free peoples Eldest of all, the elf-children Dwarf the delver, dark are his houses Ent the earthborn, old as mountains Man the mortal, master of horses. After encountering the hobbits Merry and Pippin, he consents that hobbits are a fifth free people, adding a fifth line, "Half-grown hobbits, the hole-dwellers". [T 8]
Blagden's name is an Old English name meaning "the dark/black valley". [3] The five creatures of the Beor mountains are five unique species living only in the mountain range, for which five dwarf clans are named. [10] Feldûnost are large goat-like creatures used as mounts and to produce dairy. Their name means "frostbeard" in the dwarf ...
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 dwarf Alberich (with whip) drives on the Nibelung dwarfs, who collect gold and other treasures. (Arthur Rackham, 1910)The term Nibelung or Niflungr is a personal or clan name with several competing and contradictory uses in Germanic heroic legend.