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  2. Dwarf (folklore) - Wikipedia

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    In German literature, many dwarfs can make themselves invisible, typically via a "Tarnkappe" (cloak of invisibility), which has been suggested to be an ancient attribute of dwarfs. [23] Depending on the story, they may be hostile or friendly to humans. [24]

  3. Cultural depictions of dwarfism - Wikipedia

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    Owen Meany, the friend of the narrator and major focus of the story, is a dwarf with a fixed voicebox. [4] "Hop-Frog, or The Eight Chained Ourang-Outangs" by Edgar Allan Poe. The titular character Hop-Frog and his friend Tripetta are dwarfs. [5] A Song of Ice and Fire series by George R.R. Martin.

  4. Category:Fictional characters with dwarfism - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Fictional characters with dwarfism" The following 32 pages are in this category, out of 32 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B.

  5. Seven Dwarfs - Wikipedia

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    The Seven Dwarfs live in a tiny cottage and work in the nearby mines. Snow White stumbles upon their house after being told by the Huntsman to flee from the Queen's kingdom. The Seven Dwarfs return home and immediately notice someone has snuck in, because the house has been cleaned. During their loud discussion, they discover the sleeping Snow ...

  6. Dwarves in Middle-earth - Wikipedia

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    In the fantasy of J. R. R. Tolkien, the Dwarves are a race inhabiting Middle-earth, the central continent of Arda in an imagined mythological past. They are based on the dwarfs of Germanic myths who were small humanoids that lived in mountains, practising mining, metallurgy, blacksmithing and jewellery.

  7. List of dwarfs in Norse mythology - Wikipedia

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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.

  8. Huldufólk - Wikipedia

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    In a Youtube film by Julia Laird titled, “Hidden People,” politician and resident of the Icelandic town of Hafnarfjörður, Ragnhildur Jónsdóttir, claims that she can speak to the Huldufolk. Jónsdóttir argues that “Some are farmers, some are fishermen, you know just living there regular life like we do.”

  9. Talking animals in fiction - Wikipedia

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    A 1830 print by Achille Devéria depicting the story of Little Red Riding Hood, where a child mistakes a wolf for her grandmother and converses with it. Talking animals are a common element in mythology and folk tales, children's literature, and modern comic books and animated cartoons.