The Encyclopedia of Arda - Fathers of the Dwarves (original) (raw)

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Dates Created during the Years of the Trees. None survived beyond the end of the First Age. Location Awoke in various places throughout Middle-earth1 Origins Made by Aulë the Smith Race Dwarves Title of Durin the Deathless and six other unnamed Dwarves Indexes: Alphabetical: D Alphabetical: F Dwarves About this entry: Updated 22 October 2008 Updates planned: 1 The seven founders of the race of Dwarves Years of the Trees First Age I Second Age II Third Age III Fourth Age IV Aulë Durin IThe Deathless Six other Fathersof the Dwarves DURIN'S FOLKThe Longbeards The seven progenitors of the Dwarven race, created by Aulë the Smith long years before the awakening of the Elves. They were granted life by Ilúvatar, and set to sleep in Middle-earth until the coming the Eldar. Durin the Deathless was the eldest of their number. Notes 1 Though the Silmarillion is not specific about the awakening of the Dwarves, we can glimpse the reason why in the late essay Of Dwarves and Men (in The History of Middle-earth volume XII, The Peoples of Middle-earth). Tolkien notes there that the Dwarves knew the details of their awakening, but kept them secret. It's logical, then, that the Elves who originated the Silmarillion couldn't have known where the Fathers of the Dwarves had awoken. In the same essay, though, we are told where three of the seven Fathers awoke. The eldest and most famous of them, Durin the Deathless, awoke at Mount Gundabad in the northern Misty Mountains. Two more, the unnamed ancestors of the Firebeard and Broadbeam clans, were placed by Aulë in the Blue Mountains (and there presumably founded Nogrod and Belegost). The other Fathers awoke in pairs in two other locations, a thousand miles or more to the east of the Misty Mountains. See also... Durin I the Deathless, Durin’s Day, Durin’s Folk, Dwarf-kind, Dwarf-lords, Dwarves, Dwarves of the Blue Mountains, King of Durin’s Folk, King of Khazad-dûm, Lord of Belegost, Mahal, Middle-earth, Misty Mountains, Olvar, Seven Hoards, [See the full list...]The Deathless, Years of the Trees Indexes: Alphabetical: D Alphabetical: F Dwarves About this entry: Updated 22 October 2008 Updates planned: 1 For acknowledgements and references, see the Disclaimer & Bibliography page. Original content © copyright Mark Fisher 1998, 2001, 2008. All rights reserved. For conditions of reuse, see the Site FAQ. Website services kindly sponsored by Discus from Axiom Software Ltd.Your complete and comprehensive introduction to DISC personality profiling - download free.

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SHARE User guide Latest entries FAQ and e-mail Disclaimer and bibliography Awards Old and rare words Lexicon of names Excyclopedia of Arda Movie-goer's Guides: • The Fellowship of the Ring • The Two Towers • The Return of the King The Hobbit Viewer's Companions: • An Unexpected Journey • The Desolation of Smaug • The Battle of the Five Armies Tolkien links Book news Latest Chronicle Calendar Old and rare words Lexicon of names Links Random

Dates Created during the Years of the Trees. None survived beyond the end of the First Age. Location Awoke in various places throughout Middle-earth1 Origins Made by Aulë the Smith Race Dwarves Title of Durin the Deathless and six other unnamed Dwarves Indexes: Alphabetical: D Alphabetical: F Dwarves About this entry: Updated 22 October 2008 Updates planned: 1 The seven founders of the race of Dwarves

Years of the Trees First Age I Second Age II Third Age III Fourth Age IV Aulë

Durin IThe Deathless Six other Fathersof the Dwarves

DURIN'S FOLKThe Longbeards The seven progenitors of the Dwarven race, created by Aulë the Smith long years before the awakening of the Elves. They were granted life by Ilúvatar, and set to sleep in Middle-earth until the coming the Eldar. Durin the Deathless was the eldest of their number. Notes 1 Though the Silmarillion is not specific about the awakening of the Dwarves, we can glimpse the reason why in the late essay Of Dwarves and Men (in The History of Middle-earth volume XII, The Peoples of Middle-earth). Tolkien notes there that the Dwarves knew the details of their awakening, but kept them secret. It's logical, then, that the Elves who originated the Silmarillion couldn't have known where the Fathers of the Dwarves had awoken. In the same essay, though, we are told where three of the seven Fathers awoke. The eldest and most famous of them, Durin the Deathless, awoke at Mount Gundabad in the northern Misty Mountains. Two more, the unnamed ancestors of the Firebeard and Broadbeam clans, were placed by Aulë in the Blue Mountains (and there presumably founded Nogrod and Belegost). The other Fathers awoke in pairs in two other locations, a thousand miles or more to the east of the Misty Mountains. See also... Durin I the Deathless, Durin’s Day, Durin’s Folk, Dwarf-kind, Dwarf-lords, Dwarves, Dwarves of the Blue Mountains, King of Durin’s Folk, King of Khazad-dûm, Lord of Belegost, Mahal, Middle-earth, Misty Mountains, Olvar, Seven Hoards, [See the full list...]The Deathless, Years of the Trees Indexes: Alphabetical: D Alphabetical: F Dwarves About this entry: Updated 22 October 2008 Updates planned: 1 For acknowledgements and references, see the Disclaimer & Bibliography page. Original content © copyright Mark Fisher 1998, 2001, 2008. All rights reserved. For conditions of reuse, see the Site FAQ. Website services kindly sponsored by Discus from Axiom Software Ltd.Your complete and comprehensive introduction to DISC personality profiling - download free.