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ARTICLES RELATED TO Dwarf - Fairy tales with dwarves in them | | | |  Dwarf - Fairy tales with dwarves in them: Encyclopedia II - Dwarf - Mythology and folkloreFor Norse dwarves specifically, see that article.
Dwarves are also called little Hill-men (Swiss), Earth-men (Härdmandle, pl. Härdmändlene. - Swiss) and Kröpel (German). Dwarves were described as the height of a 3-year old human child (about 3 feet tall), ugly and big-headed. Nidavellir is the land of the dwarves in Norse mythology. Some dwarves of mythology and fairy tales are: Rumpelstiltskin, the dwarves from Snow White, Snorri, Dvalin, Lit, Fjalar and Galar, Alvis, Eitri, Brokk, Hreidmar, Alfrik, Mimir, Berling, Grer, Fafnir, Otr, Regin, and Alberich (or Andvari).
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Dwarf - Tolkien's dwarves.
See Dwarves (Middle-earth)
Traditionally, the plural of dwarf was "dwarfs", especially when referring to actual humans with dwarfism, but ever since J. R. R. Tolkien used dwarves in his fantasy epic novel called "The Hobbit" or "There and back Again" and the subsequent three-volume novel, The Lord of the Rings, the plural forms "dwarfs" and "dwarves" have been used interchangeably. (When discussin ...
See also:Dwarf, Dwarf - Mythology and folklore, Dwarf - The creation of dwarfs, Dwarf - Dwarf places, Dwarf - Fairy tales with dwarves in them, Dwarf - Possible origin, Dwarf - Dwarves in modern fantasy fiction, Dwarf - Tolkien's dwarves, Dwarf - Dwarves in Artemis Fowl, Dwarf - Dwarves in The Inheritance Trilogy, Dwarf - Dwarves in subsequent fantasy fiction, Dwarf - Female dwarves Read more here: » Dwarf: Encyclopedia II - Dwarf - Dwarves in modern fantasy fiction |
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| | | | Dwarf - Fairy tales with dwarves in them: Encyclopedia II - Dwarf - Possible origin Stories of dwarves may have a historical background: during the Bronze Age, tin miners from southern and southeastern Europe slowly migrated northwest, since the relatively rare tin, which is needed to make bronze, was more common in the north. Being southerners, they generally were of shorter stature than northern Europeans and had darker skin, hair and beards. Their knowledge of metallurgy might have seemed magical to the northerners, whose lifestyle was still neolithic; the southerners' superior weapons and armour might well have been per ...
See also:Dwarf, Dwarf - Mythology and folklore, Dwarf - The creation of dwarfs, Dwarf - Dwarf places, Dwarf - Fairy tales with dwarves in them, Dwarf - Possible origin, Dwarf - Dwarves in modern fantasy fiction, Dwarf - Tolkien's dwarves, Dwarf - Dwarves in Artemis Fowl, Dwarf - Dwarves in The Inheritance Trilogy, Dwarf - Dwarves in subsequent fantasy fiction, Dwarf - Female dwarves Read more here: » Dwarf: Encyclopedia II - Dwarf - Possible origin |
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