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From: barnett@ut-sally.UUCP (Lewis Barnett)
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Subject: Re: Tolkien's dwarf names
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Date: Fri, 23-Aug-85 11:28:28 EDT
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> 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

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