MUME Dictionary
CHILDREN OF AULË, DWARVES, GONNHIRRIM, KHAZÂD, NAUGRIM
Dwarves (Kh. Khazâd) called Naugrim (S. "The Stunted people")
or Gonnhirrim (S. "Masters of Stone"), are unlike
elves and men not children of
Ilúvatar, but were created by Aulë the
Smith, though Ilúvatar granted them life.
Aulë made seven Fathers of the Dwarves, and these slept through many ages
until after the Awakening of the Elves. Almost all Dwarves
that appear on Arda are descendants from the eldest of the
Seven Fathers, Durin the Deathless.
Like Aulë their maker, the Dwarves delighted in smithcraft and stoneworking, they mine and work metals throughout the mountains of Middle-earth. The Dwarves keeps themselves apart from the other races and their language, Khuzdul, to themselves.
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