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[[File:Angus McBride - Petty dwarves.jpg| | {{people | ||
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| name=The Petty-dwarves | |||
| dominions=[[Nulukkizdîn]], [[Sharbhund]] | |||
| languages=[[Khuzdul]], [[Sindarin]] | |||
| height=Shorter than the other Dwarves | |||
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| distinctions=exiled Dwarves of several Houses; only Dwarves known to reveal their "true" names | |||
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| members=[[Mîm]], [[Ibun]], [[Khîm]] | |||
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The '''Petty-dwarves''' were a diminutive race of [[Dwarves]]. | The '''Petty-dwarves''' were a diminutive race of [[Dwarves]]. | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
The Petty-dwarves were Dwarves of [presumably] several [[Fathers of the Dwarves|houses]], which had been exiled from eastern Dwarf cities for unclear reasons. They were the first to cross the [[Ered Luin]] in the [[First Age]], and established strongholds in [[Beleriand]] before the [[Elves]] arrived, at [[Nulukkizdîn]] and [[Sharbhund]] (also known as ''Bar-en-Nibin-noeg'', the "House of the Petty Dwarves"). In Beleriand they diminished in physical stature and in smith-craft.<ref name="Of Túrin Turambar1">{{S|21}}</ref> | The Petty-dwarves were Dwarves of [presumably] several [[Fathers of the Dwarves|houses]], which had been exiled from eastern Dwarf cities for unclear reasons. They were the first to cross the [[Ered Luin]] in the [[First Age]], and established strongholds in [[Beleriand]] before the [[Elves]] arrived, at [[Nulukkizdîn]] and [[Sharbhund]] (also known as ''Bar-en-Nibin-noeg'', the "House of the Petty Dwarves"). In Beleriand they diminished in physical stature and in smith-craft.<ref name="Of Túrin Turambar1">{{S|21}}</ref> | ||
The [[Sindar]], not acquainted with Dwarves yet, | The [[Sindar]], not acquainted with Dwarves yet, thought the Petty-dwarves were animals, and hunted them. Not until the Dwarves of [[Belegost]] and [[Nogrod]] established contact with the Sindar did they realize what the "animals" were and named them ''Noegyth Nibin''; Petty-dwarves. | ||
Afterwards they were mostly left alone, but the Petty-dwarves already came to hate all Elves with a passion<ref name="Of Túrin Turambar1"/> and by the time of [[the War of the Jewels]], after the return of the [[Noldor]], the Petty-dwarves had nearly died out. The last remnant of their people were [[Mîm]] and his two sons Ibun and Khîm, who lived at Amon Rûdh.<ref name="Of Túrin Turambar1"/> | Afterwards they were mostly left alone, but the Petty-dwarves already came to hate all Elves with a passion<ref name="Of Túrin Turambar1"/> and by the time of [[the War of the Jewels]], after the return of the [[Noldor]], the Petty-dwarves had nearly died out. The last remnant of their people were [[Mîm]] and his two sons [[Ibun]] and [[Khîm]], who lived at [[Amon Rûdh]].<ref name="Of Túrin Turambar1"/> | ||
Petty-dwarves differed from normal Dwarves in various ways: they were smaller, far more unsociable, and they freely gave away their names: other Dwarves kept their [[Khuzdul]] names and language a secret. This may have been one of the reasons they were exiled. | Petty-dwarves differed from normal Dwarves in various ways: they were smaller, far more unsociable, and they freely gave away their names: other Dwarves kept their [[Khuzdul]] names and language a secret. This may have been one of the reasons they were exiled. | ||
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==Names== | ==Names== | ||
A name among the [[Eldar]] for the Petty-dwarves was ''''' | A name among the [[Eldar]] for the Petty-dwarves was '''''Levain tad-[[tal|dail]]''''', or simply ''Tad-dail''.<ref>{{WJ|AB}}, p. 388</ref> Another name, used among the [[Sindar]], was '''''Noegyth Nibin''''' or '''''Nibin-Noeg''''' or '''''Nibin-Nogrim'''''. | ||
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