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Petty-dwarves

2012-08-30T00:02:08Z

Ngugi: Changed disposition

[[File:Angus McBride - Petty dwarves.jpg|thumb|''Petty-dwarves'' by [[Angus McBride]]]]

The '''Petty-dwarves''' were a diminuitive race of [[Dwarves]].
==History==
The Petty-dwarves were Dwarves of [presumably] several [[Fathers of the Dwarves|houses]], which had been exiled from eastern Dwarf cities for unclear reasons. They were the first to cross the [[Ered Luin]] in the [[First Age]], and established strongholds in [[Beleriand]] before the [[Elves]] arrived, at [[Nargothrond]] and [[Amon Rûdh]]. In Beleriand they diminished in physichal stature and in smith-craft, which they on the other hand till their extinction never surrendered considering the home of [[Mîm]].<ref name="Of Túrin Turambar1">Silmarillion; Quenta Silmarillion; Of Túrin Turambar</ref>

The [[Sindar]], not acquainted with Dwarves yet, saw the Petty-dwarves as little more than bothersome animals, and hunted them. Not until the Dwarves of [[Belegost]] and [[Nogrod]] established contact with the Sindar did they realize what the "animals" were and named them ''Noegyth Nibin''; Petty-dwarves. Afterwards they were mostly left alone, but not before the Petty-dwarves came to hate all Elves with a passion.<ref name="Of Túrin Turambar2">Silmarillion; Quenta Silmarillion; Of Túrin Turambar</ref>

By the time of [[the War of the Jewels]], after the return of the [[Noldor]], the Petty-dwarves had nearly died out. The last remnant of their people were Mîm and his two sons Ibun and Khîm, who lived at Amon Rûdh.<ref name="Of Túrin Turambar3">Silmarillion; Quenta Silmarillion; Of Túrin Turambar</ref>

Petty-dwarves differed from normal Dwarves in various ways: they were smaller, far more unsociable, and they freely gave away their names: other Dwarves kept their [[Khuzdul]] names and language a secret. This may have been one of the reasons they were exiled.

==Names==

A name among the [[Eldar]] for the Petty-dwarves was '''''Nevain tad-[[tal|dail]]''''', or simply ''Tad-dail''.<ref>{{WJ|AB}}, p. 388</ref> Another name, used among the [[Sindar]], was '''''Noegyth Nibin''''' or '''''Nibin-Noeg'''''.

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{{dwarvenclans}}

[[Category:Dwarves]]
[[de:Kleinzwerge]]
[[fr:encyclo/peuples/nains/petits-nains]]
[[fi:Vähäkääpiöt]]

Petty-dwarves

2012-08-29T23:48:07Z

Ngugi: Edited source typo

[[File:Angus McBride - Petty dwarves.jpg|thumb|''Petty-dwarves'' by [[Angus McBride]]]]

The '''Petty-dwarves''' were a diminuitive race of [[Dwarves]].
==History==
The Petty-dwarves were Dwarves of [presumably] several [[Fathers of the Dwarves|houses]], which had been exiled from eastern Dwarf cities for unclear reasons. They were the first to cross the [[Ered Luin]] in the [[First Age]], and established strongholds in [[Beleriand]] before the [[Elves]] arrived, at [[Nargothrond]] and [[Amon Rûdh]]. In Beleriand they diminished in physichal stature and in smith-craft, which they on the other hand till their extinction never surrendered considering the home of [[Mîm]].<ref name="Of Túrin Turambar1">Silmarillion; Quenta Silmarillion; Of Túrin Turambar</ref>

The [[Sindar]], not acquainted with Dwarves yet, saw the Petty-dwarves as little more than bothersome animals, and hunted them. Not until the Dwarves of [[Belegost]] and [[Nogrod]] established contact with the Sindar did they realize what the "animals" were and named them ''Noegyth Nibin''; Petty-dwarves. Afterwards they were mostly left alone, but not before the Petty-dwarves came to hate all Elves with a passion.<ref name="Of Túrin Turambar2">Silmarillion; Quenta Silmarillion; Of Túrin Turambar</ref>

Petty-dwarves differed from normal Dwarves in various ways: they were smaller, far more unsociable, and they freely gave away their names: other Dwarves kept their [[Khuzdul]] names and language a secret. This may have been one of the reasons they were exiled.

By the time of [[the War of the Jewels]], after the return of the [[Noldor]], the Petty-dwarves had nearly died out. The last remnant of their people were Mîm and his two sons Ibun and Khîm, who lived at Amon Rûdh.<ref name="Of Túrin Turambar3">Silmarillion; Quenta Silmarillion; Of Túrin Turambar</ref>

==Names==

A name among the [[Eldar]] for the Petty-dwarves was '''''Nevain tad-[[tal|dail]]''''', or simply ''Tad-dail''.<ref>{{WJ|AB}}, p. 388</ref> Another name, used among the [[Sindar]], was '''''Noegyth Nibin''''' or '''''Nibin-Noeg'''''.

{{references}}

{{dwarvenclans}}

[[Category:Dwarves]]
[[de:Kleinzwerge]]
[[fr:encyclo/peuples/nains/petits-nains]]
[[fi:Vähäkääpiöt]]

Petty-dwarves

2012-08-29T23:28:24Z

Ngugi: More lore; less speculation +ref

[[File:Angus McBride - Petty dwarves.jpg|thumb|''Petty-dwarves'' by [[Angus McBride]]]]

The '''Petty-dwarves''' were a diminuitive race of [[Dwarves]].
==History==
The Petty-dwarves were Dwarves of [presumably] several [[Fathers of the Dwarves|houses]], which had been exiled from eastern Dwarf cities for unclear reasons. They were the first to cross the [[Ered Luin]] in the [[First Age]], and established strongholds in [[Beleriand]] before the [[Elves]] arrived, at [[Nargothrond]] and [[Amon Rûdh]]. In Beleriand they diminished in physichal stature and in smith-craft, which they on the other hand till their extinction never surrendered considering the home of [[Mîm]].<ref name="Of Túrin Túrambar1">Silmarillion; Quenta Silmarillion; Of Túrin Túrambar</ref>

The [[Sindar]], not acquainted with Dwarves yet, saw the Petty-dwarves as little more than bothersome animals, and hunted them. Not until the Dwarves of [[Belegost]] and [[Nogrod]] established contact with the Sindar did they realize what the "animals" were and named them ''Noegyth Nibin''; Petty-dwarves. Afterwards they were mostly left alone, but not before the Petty-dwarves came to hate all Elves with a passion.<ref name="Of Túrin Túrambar2">Silmarillion; Quenta Silmarillion; Of Túrin Túrambar</ref>

Petty-dwarves differed from normal Dwarves in various ways: they were smaller, far more unsociable, and they freely gave away their names: other Dwarves kept their [[Khuzdul]] names and language a secret. This may have been one of the reasons they were exiled.

By the time of [[the War of the Jewels]], after the return of the [[Noldor]], the Petty-dwarves had nearly died out. The last remnant of their people were Mîm and his two sons Ibun and Khîm, who lived at Amon Rûdh.<ref name="Of Túrin Túrambar3">Silmarillion; Quenta Silmarillion; Of Túrin Túrambar</ref>

==Names==

A name among the [[Eldar]] for the Petty-dwarves was '''''Nevain tad-[[tal|dail]]''''', or simply ''Tad-dail''.<ref>{{WJ|AB}}, p. 388</ref> Another name, used among the [[Sindar]], was '''''Noegyth Nibin''''' or '''''Nibin-Noeg'''''.

{{references}}

{{dwarvenclans}}

[[Category:Dwarves]]
[[de:Kleinzwerge]]
[[fr:encyclo/peuples/nains/petits-nains]]
[[fi:Vähäkääpiöt]]