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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 .
Balin: Dwarf companion of Thorin Oakenshield in The Hobbit. Slain during an attempt to retake Moria. Bard the Bowman: Man of Esgaroth who slew Smaug the dragon. Beorn: Skin-changer who resides in the region of Mirkwood and takes the form of a great bear. Bilbo Baggins: Title character of The Hobbit. Discovered the One Ring after its loss by Gollum.
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.
Many dwarf names in Eddic sources relate to light and brightness, such as Dellingr ('the gleaming one') and Glóinn ('glowing'). Stories do not explain these names, but it has been theorised that they refer to the fires in the forges the dwarfs work, or to haugaeldar ('grave mound fires') that are found in later Icelandic folklore.
Tarn Adams (born April 17, 1978) is an American computer game programmer, best known for his work on Dwarf Fortress. He has been working on the game since 2002 together with his older brother Zach.
Khuzdul proper names analysed by Helge Fauskanger [1] Khuzdul names Translation Khuzdul names Translation Azaghâl: A lord of the Belegost Dwarves in The Silmarillion, ch. 20: Mahal: Aulë, known to the dwarves as the Maker. Azanulbizar 'Dimrill Dale' lit: "Shadows of streams/rills" or "Dark stream dale". Mîm: A Petty-Dwarf, possibly an 'inner ...
Warhammer is unique in the aspect that Warhammer 40,000, the science fantasy version of the game, features space faring elves under the name of Aeldari (previously called Eldar, a term borrowed from Tolkien) – an ancient race that once served the Old Ones and in the aftermath of a great catastrophe have split into four distinct groups, the ...
The 1981 fantasy film Time Bandits featured six dwarf characters. The 1989 Indian Film, Apoorva Sagodharargal directed by Singeetam Srinivasa Rao, was one of the enduring works on dwarf characters in film. In the 1990s, Seinfeld featured a dwarf character, Mickey Abbott, in seven episodes; Mickey was played by actor Danny Woodburn. He got into ...