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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