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So, something i just recently learned...

According to Norse mythology, there was no mention of dwarves being of small stature! Not sure where exactly the short thing came into play, but i just thought someone else might find this as interesting as I.
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Re: Dwarves
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Post # 2
It might just be a fantasy thing. I dont know it myself
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Re: Dwarves
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I don't know about dwarves but in an elf not RP either

Now I write this I sons like I am

Dwarves are real who do you think made phones. Sorry bad joke
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Re: Dwarves
By: / Knowledgeable
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This thread has been moved to Norse Paganism from Spiritual Creatures.
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Re: Dwarves
By: Moderator / Adept
Post # 5
Learn to write English. Dwarfs, not Dwarves!
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Re: Dwarves
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Dwarves is an english word, the popularized and modernized version of dwarfs thanks to J.R.R. Tolkien. "Dwarfs" generally refer to the genetically shorter people affected with dwarfism; whereas "dwarves" typically refers to the Dwarf race of fantasy and mythology.
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Re: Dwarves
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No idea, I guess they'd count as other kin
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Re: Dwarves
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It's true that in early Norse mythological tales there is little mention mention of dwarves being short as far as I know; except in the fornaldarsagas where dwarves are indeed desribed as smaller and uglier than the average person.

In the Prose Edda, it is told that dwarves were like maggots that lived in the flesh of Ymir before the gods gave them reasion, so perhaps the size stigma came from the idea of maggots, because they are so small. The Poetic Edda gives a different story (see the poem Voluspa).

Alternatively, it is proposed that the whole 'dwarves are small ugly old bearded men' kinda thing stemmed from Christianisation, because sometimes they took things in mythology a little too literally!

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Re: Dwarves
By: Moderator / Adept
Post # 9
I am English, and I know my own language. Dwarf,singular. Dwarfs,plural.
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Dwarfs vs. dwarves
Dwarfs is the standard plural of the noun dwarf. Dwarves is a newer variant popularized (though not invented) by English author J.R.R. Tolkien in his fantasy fiction works, including The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. The Tolkien spelling is appropriate when referring to little people in fantasy worlds. Dwarfs is better everywhere else.

http://grammarist.com/usage/dwarfs-dwarves/
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