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11. Nyi and Nithi, | Northri and Suthri, | 11. Nyi and Nithi, | Northri and Suthri, | ||
Austri and Vestri, | Althjof, [[Dwalin|Dvalin]], | Austri and Vestri, | Althjof, [[Dwalin|Dvalin]], | ||
Nar and [[Nain]], | Niping, [[Dain]], | [[Nár|Nar]] and [[Nain]], | Niping, [[Dain]], | ||
[[Bifur]], [[Bofur]], | [[Bombur]], [[Nori]], | [[Bifur]], [[Bofur]], | [[Bombur]], [[Nori]], | ||
An and Onar, | Ai, Mjothvitnir. | An and Onar, | Ai, Mjothvitnir. | ||
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Regin and Rathsvith-- | the list aright. | Regin and Rathsvith-- | the list aright. | ||
13. [[Fíli|Fili]], [[Kíli|Kili]], | [[Fundin]], Nali, | 13. [[Fíli|Fili]], [[Kíli|Kili]], | [[Fundin]], [[Náli|Nali]], | ||
Hepti, Vili, | [[Hannar]], Sviur, | Hepti, Vili, | [[Hannar]], Sviur, | ||
(Billing, Bruni, | Bildr and Buri,) | (Billing, Bruni, | Bildr and Buri,) | ||
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Fjalar and Frosti, | Finn and Ginnar; | Fjalar and Frosti, | Finn and Ginnar; | ||
So for all time | shall the tale be known, | So for all time | shall the tale be known, | ||
The list of all | the forbears of Lofar. | The list of all | the forbears of [[Lofar]]. | ||
</poem>}} | </poem>}} | ||
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Revision as of 03:20, 10 November 2011
Völuspá ("Prophecy of the Seeress") is the first poem of the Poetic Edda, a collection of Old Norse poems. J.R.R. Tolkien was influenced greatly by the saga, and Christopher Tolkien even suggests that "those Dwarf-names in The Hobbit provided the whole starting-point for the Mannish languages in Middle-earth"[1][2]
In particular almost all of the names of the dwarves of Middle-earth, as well as Gandalf's, are taken from a section of the Völuspá called the Dvergatal (the "Catalogue of Dwarves").[3][note 1] The Dvergatal is contained in stanzas 10–16:
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Notes
- ↑ The Dvergatal is now considered a later interpolation, and is often omitted from newer editions of Völuspá.
References
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Peoples of Middle-earth, "II. The Appendix on Languages", Commentary to §58
- ↑ Charles B. Noad, "Review: The Peoples of Middle-earth (The History of Middle-earth XII)" at Tolkiensociety.org. See section "Dwarvish and Mannish Related". Retrieved 30 August 2010.
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien; Humphrey Carpenter, Christopher Tolkien (eds.), The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien, Letter 25, (dated February 1938)