A lot of dwarves are Scottish or have some other accent that reads as rustic to English speakers - Northern or south-western English, Welsh, note John Rhys-Davies, who played archetypal dwarf Gimli in the LOTR films, is Welsh.
(Many "Tolkienesque" dwarves, however, are more like the Theme Park Version.) Since The Film of the Book(s), they now even all talk the same. Within this small group, some also use "dwarrow" or "dwerrow", singular. Tolkien was the first to suggest this, likening it to "man/men" and "goose/geese", but thought it was too archaic. note There is a small group that contends that the proper plural should be "dwarrows" or "dwerrows", reconstructed modern English forms of Old English dweorgas or dweorhas, in turn the plural of dweorg or dweorh, from which dwarf evolved (compare Old Norse dverg and dvergar). Fantasy writers who use "dwarfs", like Terry Pratchett, are now the unusual ones. is now regarded by many as the standard plural (at least regarding fantasy - "dwarfs" is still the accepted plural for humans with dwarfism). Tolkien's importance to this can be gauged by the fact that the plural form dwarves, which he used to distinguish his dwarves from other dwarfs, note It was originally a recurring mistake during the writing of The Hobbit (or rather "a private piece of bad grammar" that sneaked into the text), but it quickly became an Ascended Glitch. and most of them have stuck closely to the original. Tolkien raided the Norse myths for good stuff, dozens of fantasy worlds have included them as one of the Standard Fantasy Races.
Gruff, practical, industrious, stout, gold-loving, blunt-speaking, Scottish-accented, Viking-helmed, booze-swilling, Elf-hating, ax-swinging, long-bearded, stolid and unimaginative, boastful of their battle prowess and their vast echoing underground halls and mainly just the fact that they are dwarves.Įver since J. Haven’t found the perfect name for your little friend yet? Check out this list of 1000+ dwarf names.'Dwarves': you know what they are. If you’re looking for some good dwarf names for your fantasy character, here are some I found and liked. I’ve read a bunch of fantasy novels and watched a lot of TV, and I’ve noticed that there are fewer dwarves in the story than there used to be. As a writer, I’ve always been fascinated with naming my characters and creating their backstories. Whether you’re a gamer, a LARP-er, or just someone who appreciates a good fantasy, it’s a pretty safe bet that you’ve given some thought to naming your characters.
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