Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site ut-sally.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!gamma!epsilon!zeta!sabre!petrus!bellcore!decvax!genrad!panda!talcott!harvard!ut-sally!barnett From: barnett@ut-sally.UUCP (Lewis Barnett) Newsgroups: net.sf-lovers,net.books Subject: Re: Tolkien's dwarf names Message-ID: <2734@ut-sally.UUCP> Date: Fri, 23-Aug-85 11:28:28 EDT Article-I.D.: ut-sally.2734 Posted: Fri Aug 23 11:28:28 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 25-Aug-85 00:30:16 EDT References: <2651@randvax.UUCP> Distribution: net Organization: U. Texas CS Dept., Austin, Texas Lines: 28 Xref: watmath net.sf-lovers:9742 net.books:2223 > There I was, reading Snorri Sturluson's "The Prose Edda" (Translated from > Icelandic by Jean I. Young; originally written in the 13th century) and > minding my own business, when I ran across the following section, where > Snorri is quoting from the Sibyl's Vision: ...here followed a list of Dwarf names, many identical or very similar to the names Tolkien used for his dwarves. > Jim Gillogly > {decvax, vortex}!randvax!jim > jim@rand-unix.arpa For those interested in etymology, Lin Carter wrote a pretty interesting book about the Lord of the Rings trilogy; don't quote me, but I think the title was "Tolkien: Behind LOTR," or something like that. There is a chapter devoted entirely to names and where JRR got them (including the dwarf names mentioned in the referenced article above...) and one on great swords, etc. There's probably some stuff on heroic fantasy in general, and how it relates to the classic epics, but it's been seven or eight years since I read the book. No guarantees that it's still in print. I don't recall seeing it in stores lately. Lewis Barnett,CS Dept, Painter Hall 3.28, Univ. of Texas, Austin, TX 78712 -- barnett@ut-sally.ARPA, barnett@ut-sally.UUCP, {ihnp4,harvard,seismo,gatech,ctvax}!ut-sally!barnett