A dwarf (plural dwarfs or, more recently, dwarves --see under Tolkien below) is a short humanoid creature in Norse mythology, fairy tales, fantasy fiction and role-playing games. Dwarves are much like humans, but generally living underground or in mountainous areas. Here they have heaped up countless treasures of gold, silver, and precious stones, and pass their time in fabricating costly armor. They are famed miners and smiths although, like humans, they specialize in any number of trades. Generally shorter than humans, ...

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• Dwarf - Mythology and folklore
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• Dwarf - Fairy tales with dwarfs in them
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• Dwarf - Dwarves in modern fantasy fiction
• Dwarf - Tolkien's dwarves
• Dwarf - Dwarves in Artemis Fowl
• Dwarf - Dwarves in subsequent fantasy fiction
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Dwarf, Dwarf - Mythology and folklore, Dwarf - The creation of dwarfs, Dwarf - Dwarf places, Dwarf - Fairy tales with dwarfs in them, Dwarf - Possible origin, Dwarf - Dwarves in modern fantasy fiction, Dwarf - Tolkien's dwarves, Dwarf - Dwarves in Artemis Fowl, Dwarf - Dwarves in subsequent fantasy fiction, Dwarf - Female dwarves

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For 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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Folklore is the body of verbal expressive culture, including tales, legends, oral history, proverbs, jokes, popular beliefs current among a particular population, comprising the oral tradition of that culture, subculture, or group. The academic and usually ethnographic study of folklore is known as folkloristics. Folklore - History. The concept of folklore developed as part of the 19th century ideology of romantic nationalism, leading to the reshaping of oral traditions to serve modern ideological goals; on ...

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Australian folklore refers to the folklore and urban legends of Australia. Australian folklore - Australian Aboriginal mythology. Bunyip - According to legend, they are said to lurk in swamps, billabongs, creeks, riverbeds, and waterholes. Rainbow serpent - It is the sometimes unpredictable Rainbow Serpent, who vies with the ever-reliable Sun, that replenishes the stores of water, forming gullies and deep channels as he slithered across the landscape, allowing for the collection ...

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• Australian folklore - Australian Aboriginal mythology
• Australian folklore - Animals/creatures
• Australian folklore - People
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• Australian folklore - Socio-political events
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The word mythology (from the Greek μυϑολογία mythología, "storytelling" [1]) literally means the (oral) retelling of myths – stories that a particular culture believes to be true and that use the supernatural to interpret natural events and to explain the nature of the universe and humanity. In modern usage, "mythology" is either the body of myths from a particular culture or religion (as in Greek mythology, Egyptian mythology or Norse mythology) or the ...

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• Mythology - Definition
• Mythology - Religion and mythology
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• Mythology - Formation of myths
• Mythology - Myths as depictions of historical events
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• Mythology - Modern mythology
• Mythology - Myths by region
• Mythology - Africa
• Mythology - Asia non-Middle East
• Mythology - Australia and Oceania
• Mythology - Europe
• Mythology - Middle East
• Mythology - North America
• Mythology - South America and Mesoamerica
• Mythology - Mythological archetypes
• Mythology - Mythological creatures
• Mythology - Books on mythology

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The mythology and legendarium of many different cultures include mythological creatures of human appearance but prodigious size and strength. "Giant" is the English word commonly used for such beings, derived from one of the most famed example: the gigantes of Greek mythology. In various Indo-European mythologies, gigantic peoples are featured as primeval races associated with chaos and the wild nature, and they are frequently in conflict with the gods, be they Olympian or Norse. There are also historical stories featuring gian ...

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The Carina Dwarf is a dwarf galaxy in the Carina constellation. It was discovered in 1977 with the UK Schmidt Telescope. The Carina Dwarf is receeding from the Milky Way at 229 km/s. The galaxy may also be referred to as E206-G220 or PCG 19441. Categories: Dwarf galaxies | Carina constellation Other related archivesCarina, Carina constellation, Dwarf galaxies, Milky Way, UK Schmidt Telescope, constellation, dw

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A Black Dwarf constitutes the remains of a Sun-sized star which has evolved to a white dwarf and subsequently cooled down such that it no longer emits visible light. None are known to exist in our universe, as the time taken for a white dwarf to cool to such a degree is hypothesized to be longer than the lifespan of the universe to date. Even at the epoch when black dwarfs exist they w ...

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Architecture Cinema Cuisine Dance Literature Music Poetry Sculpture Television Theater Visual arts The folklore of the United States, or American folklore, is the folk tradition which has evolved on the North American continent since Europeans arrived in the 16th century. While it contains much in the way of Native American tradition, it should not be confused with ...

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• Folklore of the United States - Founding Myths
• Folklore of the United States - Christopher Columbus
• Folklore of the United States - Pilgrims
• Folklore of the United States - George Washington
• Folklore of the United States - Tall men and their tall tales
• Folklore of the United States - Mostly mythic
• Folklore of the United States - Mostly real
• Folklore of the United States - Women
• Folklore of the United States - Native Americans
• Folklore of the United States - Archetypes and icons
• Folklore of the United States - Animals and creatures
• Folklore of the United States - Literature and the arts
• Folklore of the United States - History
• Folklore of the United States - Contemporary folklore
• Folklore of the United States - Songs and games

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A white dwarf is an astronomical object which is produced when a low or medium mass star dies. These stars are not heavy enough to generate the core temperatures required to fuse carbon in nucleosynthesis reactions, and after they have become a red giant during their helium-burning phase, they will shed their outer layers to form a planetary nebula, leaving behind an inert core consisting mostly of carbon and oxygen. This core has no further source of energy, and so will gradually radiate away its energy and cool down. The core ...

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Brown dwarfs are sub-stellar objects (~5 to 90 Jupiter masses) that do not fuse hydrogen into helium in their cores, as do stars on the main sequence, but have fully convective surfaces and interiors, with no chemical differentiation by depth. There is some question as to whether brown dwarfs are required to have experienced fusion at some point in their history; in any event, brown dwarfs heavier than 13 Jupiter masses (MJ) do fuse deuterium. Brown dwarf - HistoryIncluding:

• Brown dwarf - History
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• Brown dwarf - Distinguishing heavy brown dwarfs from light stars
• Brown dwarf - Distinguishing light brown dwarfs from large planets
• Brown dwarf - In practice
• Brown dwarf - Observational techniques
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• Brown dwarf - Recent developments

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Arabian folklore has a long and colourful history. Most Arab folklore has been read over generations as The Arabian Nights. However, Arabian Nights is a rather later part of Arabian literature. Other related archivesArabian Nights, The Arabian Nights

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The Ursa Minor Dwarf dwarf galaxy was discovered by A.G. Wilson of the Lowell Observatory in 1954. It is part of the Ursa Minor constellation, and a satellite galaxy to the Milky Way. The galaxy consists mainly of older stars and there is next to no starformation ongoing in the Ursa Minor Dwarf galaxy. Other related archivesLowell Observatory, Milky Way, Ursa Minor, constellation, dwarf galaxy, satellite

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In Greek mythology, Chimera (Greek Χιμαιρα, Khimaira; Latin Chimæra) was one of the offspring of Typhon and Echidna. Descriptions vary – some say it had the body of a goat, the tail of a snake or dragon and the head of a lion, though others say it had heads of both the goat and lion, with a snake for a tail. All descriptions, however, agree that it breathed fire from one or more of its heads. Sighting the chimera was a sign of storms, shipwreck ...

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Applied folklore is the branch of folkloristics concerned with the study and use of folklore and traditional cultural materials to address or solve real social problems. The term was coined in 1939 in a talk by folklorist Benjamin A. Botkin who, along with Alan Lomax, became the foremost proponent of this approach over the next thiry years. Applied folklore is similar in its rationale and approach to applied anthropology and other applied social sciences, and like these other applied approaches often distinguishes itself from "pure" res ...

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Chinese folktales have a long history, going back several thousand years. Periodically they have been revised, with emperors ordering the burning of old books and the printing of new ones more in fitting with the culture they were trying to impose. The main influences on Chinese folktales have been Taoism, Confucianism and Buddhism. Chinese folklore - External link. Chinese folktales of male love ...

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Brazilian Folklore was imortalized by Monteiro Lobato, ironically, shortly before brazil population turned mainly urban. thus today those myths are more seen as archetypal of brazilian popular culture than culture itself. Brazilian folklore - List of Myths. Saci-Pererê Headless Mule See also. Brazilian Indian Myths ...

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Crows, and especially ravens, often feature in legends or mythology as portents or harbingers of doom or death, because of their dark plumage, unnerving calls, and tendency to eat carrion. They are commonly thought to circle above scenes of death such as battles. In Native American folklore, Crow is often seen as a similar trickster to Coyote. However, Crow's tricks tend to be more out of maliciousness and he rarely (if ever) is portrayed as a hero. One possible explanation for this is that crows are often considered a pest to crops, which the tribes who came up wit ...

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Crows, and especially ravens, often feature in legends or mythology as portents or harbingers of doom or death, because of their dark plumage, unnerving calls, and tendency to eat carrion. They are commonly thought to circle above scenes of death such as battles. In the Epic of Gilgamesh, the Chaldean myth, the character Utnapishtim releases a dove and a raven to find land, similar to what Noah does in the book of Genesis. However, in the Epic of Gilgamesh, the dove merely circles and returns. Only then does Utnapishtim send forth the ...

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