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	Middle-earth - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Tolkien insisted that Middle-earth is (part of) our Earth in several of his letters, in one of them (no. 211) estimating the end of the Third Age to about 6,000 years before his own time.
		The greatest Dwarf kingdom is Khazad-dûm, later known as Moria.
		The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings are presented as Tolkien's retelling of events depicted in the Red Book of Westmarch, which was written by Bilbo Baggins, Frodo Baggins, and other Hobbits, and corrected and annotated by one or more Gondorian scholars.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Middle-earth (5956 words)

	RPGnet: The Inside Scoop on Gaming
		A sitting elf madien was talking to a standing hobbit, while a dwarf warrior was leaning on his axe.
		Enjoy the Elmore picture of the axe-wieldign dwarf as you read about their beards.
		IF Tolkien honestly word for word had written the same exact things about each of the races, then I doubt his novels are good for much apart from toilet paper.
	www.rpg.net /forums/phorum/pf/read.php?f=20&i=521&t=434 (451 words)

	Dwarf Info - Encyclopedia WikiWhat.com
		Tolkien, dwarves are also especially resistant to fire.
		Dwarfing is considered a desirable characteristic in modern orchards, where genetic dwarfs may be selected and propagated, or more often, scions are grafted on to dwarfing rootstocks.
		In Norse mythology, fairy tales, and sword and sorcery fiction and role-playing games, dwarfs or dwarves are a humanoid race, much like humans, but generally living underground or in mountainous areas.
	wikiwhat.com /encyclopedia/d/dw/dwarf.html (366 words)

	Encyclopedia of Arda: Dwarves
		The Dwarves kept themselves apart from the other races; their language, Khuzdul, was a closely guarded secret, and they told their true names to none but themselves (all the Dwarf-names in Tolkien are in the tongues of Elves or Men, not true Dwarf names).
		Aul&; made the Dwarves at a time when the World outside Aman still lay under the dominion of Melkor, and so he made them sturdy and hard to survive the dangers and hardships of that time.
		Like Aul&; their maker, the Dwarves delighted in smithcraft and stoneworking; they mined and worked metals throughout the mountains of Middle-earth.
	www.glyphweb.com /arda/d/dwarves.html (933 words)

	USATODAY.com - N.C. family's thespian Peeps are a hit online
		In Tolkien's trilogy, a group of nine heroes, four hobbits, an elf, a dwarf, two men and a wizard, set off to destroy the master ring of power created by the evil lord Sauron.
		Baillie, with the help her mother and father combined her deep love of Tolkien's work and the marshmallow treats to combat boredom and entertain her family and friends.
		Baillie's father, Michael, said they have been contacted by some Tolkien fans who are using "Lord of the Peeps" as an introductory tool for small children into Middle Earth.
	www.usatoday.com /tech/webguide/internetlife/2004-04-13-lordofthepeeps_x.htm (1190 words)

	University of Northern Iowa bei eLexi - das Onlinelexikon
		Dwarfs in Terry Pratchett's Discworld novels are similar to the Dwarves of J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-earth, which they largely started out pastiching, and dwarfs/dwarves in other fantasy novels.
		In horticulture dwarfing is considered a desirable characteristic in modern orchards, where genetic dwarfs may be selected and propagated, or more often, scions are grafteded on to dwarfing
		Dwarf spiders (Atypena formosana, family Linyphiidae) are very small spiders.
	www.elexi.de /en/u/un/university_of_northern_iowa.html (335 words)

	Planet-Tolkien.com
		Shortly after Tolkien's mother died, Father Francis Xavier Morgan became his legal guardian.
		After Tolkien's mother died, who became his legal guardian
		'I thought it was only a kind of cram, such as the Dalemen make for journeys in the wild,' said the Dwarf.
	www.planet-tolkien.com /board/cat/3/thread/17/790 (1903 words)

	Questions on elves - GameDev.Net Discussion Forums
		Also Tolkien fantasy setting is just one amongst others, and I see no reason to use elves or dwarf except if you use the same real world tells/legends as your source of imagination.
		Tolkien had two primary elvish laguages (there are references to a third, but it seems like it was never made).
		Posted - 12/3/2003 4:36:38 PM Elves are part of old, old folk lore, although their portrayal in antiquity is fairy folk; Tolkien's elves are quite a lot different.
	www.gamedev.net /community/forums/viewreply.asp?ID=1218865 (1903 words)

	Rotten Tomatoes Forums - Petition to not include dwarf-tossing jokes in ROTK
		We both thought that the dwarf tossing jokes, having appeared in not just FOTR but even more in TTT were out of place, groan-worthy, and definitely not true to the spirit of Tolkien's great work.
		I would rather they had focused on their history and the entdraught (as they are in the extended addition) than the retarded dwarf jokes or horse kissing scenes with Aragorn (entirely unnecessary).
		I thought the dwarf jokes (and select other jokes) were totally inappropriate in the scope of this film.
	www.rottentomatoes.com /vine/showthread.php?t=260326 (1875 words)

	Lord of the Rings Movies Information TheOneRing.net™ News Archives
		A longtime Tolkien fan, he agreed to look at all the images we had of arms and armour in the film production.
		Tolkien's longtime publisher, Rayner Unwin, passed away on the 23rd of November, aged 74.
		Welsh actor John Rhys-Davies (Gimli) left a packed audience at the Palmerston North City Library spellbound on Thursday lunchtime as he kicked off a marathon reading of J R R Tolkien's Lord of the Rings.
	www.theonering.net /archives/main_news/11.23.00-11.29 (1823 words)

	Works about Tolkien
		Large paperback, Hildebrandt cover (Tolkien talking to a Dwarf).
		Anne C. Petty, Tolkien in the Land of Heroes.
	www.xs4all.nl /~rossnbrg/worksont.htm (1823 words)

	Dwarf (Middle-earth) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Before Tolkien, the term dwarfs (with a different spelling) was used, as seen in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.
		The Dwarf Lords portrayed in Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring.
		There was Motsognir the mightiest made / Of all the dwarfs, and Durin next; / Many a likeness of men they made, / The dwarfs in the earth, as Durin said.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Dwarves_(Middle-earth) (1430 words)

	The Book of Greenleaf
		Tolkien left not a key, but lock picks, small bits and pieces of knowledge from which some small part can be gleaned.
		He lives as a Silvan Elf due to his granfather's choices and experiences, and his father's as well; he is even named in the Silvan language.
		From this sort of violence, it is clear why an Elf might wish to completely lock himself away from political battle and choose a low-level, quieter group of Elves with which to make his home.
	www.geocities.com /palarrans/silvan.html (2397 words)

	Gimli the Dwarf - Middle Earth Characters Quiz
		This is a quiz on Gimli the Dwarf from "Lord of the Rings" by J.R.R. Tolkien.
		Gimli the Dwarf - Middle Earth Characters Quiz
	www.funtrivia.com /quizdetails.cfm?id=89423 (58 words)

	Stephenson:Neal:Cryptonomicon:121:Randy is a Dwarf...(Alan Sinder) - Metaweb
		In the Tolkien, not the endocrinological or Snow White sense, Randy is a Dwarf.
		The modern-era protagonist of Cryptonomicon, Randy Waterhouse views himself as a Dwarf in a Tolkienian sense.
		Thinking of himself as a Dwarf who had hung up his war-ax for a while to go sojourning in the Shire, where he was surrounded by squabbling Hobbits (i.e., Charlene's friends), had actually done a lot for Randy's peace of mind over the years.
	www.metaweb.com /wiki/wiki.phtml?title=Stephenson:Neal:Cryptonomicon:121:Randy_is_a_Dwarf...(Alan_Sinder) (2420 words)

	The Place of Nick:D&D
		He is really the Dwarf, the classic tolkien loud obnoxious, don't let the people know he's there he'll only cause a scene kind of guy.
		Well, I suppose I'll say what I can, and hope that I can play this fellow more, because his personality has come along nicely and a backstory is just waiting to be written.
		But he should not be underestimated for his abilities of persuasion(read threats) can be quite effective.
	www.prism.gatech.edu /~gte688z/Fundin.html (232 words)

	Antiques - gotowebguide - http://www.gotowebguide.com
		Illustrations from J.R.R Tolkien's Lord of The Rings, Games Workshop, White Dwarf magazine, Warhammer, Fighting Fantasy, and Wizard's of The Coast.
	www.gotowebguide.com /indexkategori.aspx?kid=3449 (541 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: The Lord of the Rings (3 Book Box set): Books
		The central plot of the book is a wonderful battle of Good versus Evil but the real delight is in the myriad characters and landscapes inhabited by all sorts of mythical creatures that Tolkien so evocatively describes in his amazing world.
		Legolas the elf and Gimli the dwarf initially grate on each other, but overcome their prejudices to become close friends.
		Of course, beneath the fancy covers lies a great epic story of good versus evil, perhaps one of the greatest stories ever told.
	www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/0261102389 (1485 words)

	GreenBooks.TheOneRing.net™ Special Guest The Science of Middle-earth -- An Ongoing Series
		Tolkien's great powers are ambiguous: the forces of evil, large and small -- Gollum, Saruman, Sauron, even Melkor -- started off with good intentions, but in their quest to work out the minutiae, looking ever deeper into the Earth, rather than up at the stars, they lost sight of the bigger picture of harmonious nature.
		As part of the Earth's fabric, the Elves use, understand and respect the Earth as easily as if it were part of their own bodies.
		This is perhaps only to be expected for beings that are tied to the fate of the Earth in a way that is not true of Men.
	greenbooks.theonering.net /guest/files/071503.html (1650 words)

	BBC - Gloucestershire films - JRR Tolkien and Lydney Park's links with Lord of the Rings
		From Dwarf's Hill in Lydney Park to the Barrow Downs of Hobbiton.
		According to Sylvia Jones, curator and tourism manager at Viscount Bledisloe's estate in Lydney, Tolkien was surely influenced by the ancient Roman archeological site that he worked on at Lydney Park, in 1929.
		It seems probable that Tolkien was inspired in some way by the folklore attached to the hill.....it seems so much like Hobbiton, that we think he found some of his inspiration here
	www.bbc.co.uk /gloucestershire/films/tolkien.shtml (779 words)

	Today in Middle Earth
		Tolkien alligned the events in Lord of the Rings with a calendar similar to the one we use today.
		The Elves stirred and murmured with astonishment, and Celeborn gazed at the Dwarf in wonder, but the Lady smiled.
		This site tells you exactly what was happening in Middle Earth on any given day of the year.
	timeandbs.blogspot.com (8505 words)

	Finduilas's J.R.R. Tolkien Page - Places in Middle-Earth
		Its sides are so steep that no Man, Dwarf or Elf has ever set foot on it.
		Only two battles were ever fought in the Shire: The Battle of Greenfields, fought against orcs, in 2747 and the Battle of Bywater at the end of the War of the Ring in 3019.
		All was dark about it, earth and sky, but it was lit with light.
	fin.go.wifl.at.org /tables/html/places.htm (4621 words)

	Publisher description for Library of Congress control number 2003284255
		For the millions who have already ventured to Middle-earth, and for the countless others who have yet to embark on the journey–here is the one indispensable A-to-Z guide that brings Tolkien’s universe to life.
		From Adaldrida Brandybuck to Zaragamba–every Hobbit, Elf, Dwarf, Man, Orc, or other resident of Middle-earth is vividly described and accurately located in proper place and time.
		From stars and streams to food and flora, everything found in Middle-earth is alphabetically listed and, when necessary, cross-referenced.
	www.loc.gov /catdir/description/random0414/2003284255.html (186 words)

	Home Page - The Tolkien Society
		The main section is made up of individual 'word studies' which explore words found in Tolkien's fiction in terms of their origins, development, and significance in his fictional world, with entries on such words as 'hobbit', 'mathom', 'dwarf', 'Middle Earth', 'attercop', 'precious', 'Smeagol', and 'waybread'.
		The three niminations for "Best Tolkien based Lecture or Paper presented at an Academic function" are all from Tolkien 2005.
		The book relates Tolkien's lexicographical experiences to a broader consideration of his use, revival, and creation of English words.
	www.tolkiensociety.org (1508 words)

	Home Page - The Tolkien Society
		The main section is made up of individual 'word studies' which explore words found in Tolkien's fiction in terms of their origins, development, and significance in his fictional world, with entries on such words as 'hobbit', 'mathom', 'dwarf', 'Middle Earth', 'attercop', 'precious', 'Smeagol', and 'waybread'.
		Tolkien proved to be a clear and effective reader, despite his reputation for inaudible lecturing.
		When Tolkien came back from the Great War, his first employment was as an assistant on the staff of the Oxford English Dictionary, and he later said that he had 'learned more in those two years than in any other equal part of [his] life'.
	www.tolkiensociety.org (1558 words)

	WSJ News
		Salo, 33, is a UW-Madison doctoral candidate in linguistics, but more importantly, at least to movie fans, he's probably the world's leading expert on Sindarin and Queen, the Elvish languages author J.R.R. Tolkien invented as part of the extensive mythology underlying the trilogy.
		For Salo, working on the movie presented a multi-level challenge: the language needed to be firmly based on Tolkien's creations, to satisfy the purists and director Peter Jackson, who went to great lengths to keep the movies faithful to the original work.
		Salo also translated into Dwarvish, or Khuzdul, the runic inscriptions that appear on the walls of Moria, the dwarf stronghold inside the mountains.
	www.madison.com /wisconsinstatejournal/local/40925.php (931 words)

	Encyclopedia of Arda: Oakenshield
		Like many Dwarvish names, it appears in the Norse poem Völuspá in the form Eikinskjaldi, but there it is the personal name of a Dwarf, not a surname as in Tolkien's work.
		When he was just fifty-three (a young age for a Dwarf) he marched with a mighty Dwarf -army to the valley they called Azanulbizar, Nanduhirion beneath the East-gate of Moria.
		That is the legend of Thorin's surname within Tolkien's tales, but in fact it comes from a real-world source.
	www.glyphweb.com /arda/o/oakenshield.html (931 words)

	Them Dwarves, Them Dwarves!
		At first Tolkien tried to explain away the names as an "editorial concession": "These dwarves are not quite the dwarfs of better known lore.
		When Tolkien used the demand for a sequel to the popular story as an opportunity to publish something about his personal mythology, he found himself confronted by the necessity of incorporating the Scandinavian Dwarf names into the complex world he'd been inventing for years.
		But it's important to understand how Tolkien's conception of the Dwarves evolved, for as his ideas changed so did their imaginary history.
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/tolkien/28918 (498 words)

	Dori (Middle-earth) - Result for Dori (Middle-earth) - Meaning of Dori (Middle-earth) - Definition of Dori (Middle-earth) - Dictionary of Meaning - www.mauspfeil.net
		Tolkien '', '''Dori''' is one of three dwarf brothers (the other two are J.
		Tolkien during the escape from the goblins, but Dori dropped Bilbo and the other dwarves blamed him for "losing their burglar." During the escape from the J.
		Tolkien and travel with him in search of J.
	www.mauspfeil.net /Dori_%28Middle-earth%29.html (498 words)

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