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[[Image:Ted_Nasmith_-_T%C3%BArin_Bears_Gwindor_to_Safety.jpg | {{quote|For the Naugrim withstood fire more hardily than either Elves or Men, and it was their custom moreover to wear great masks in battle hideous to look upon.|[[Quenta Silmarillion]]<ref name=fifth>{{S|Fifth}}</ref>}} | ||
[[Image:Ted_Nasmith_-_T%C3%BArin_Bears_Gwindor_to_Safety.jpg|thumb|Turin wearing a dwarf-mask]] | |||
The '''dwarf-masks''' were helmets of great crafting made in the [[First Age]] by the [[Dwarves of the Blue Mountains]]. These helmets had face plates which could be lowered over the face as a mask, and through this the fire of dragons might be withstood.<ref>{{CH|4}}, p. 78</ref> | The '''dwarf-masks''' were helmets of great crafting made in the [[First Age]] by the [[Dwarves of the Blue Mountains]]. These helmets had face plates which could be lowered over the face as a mask, and through this the fire of dragons might be withstood.<ref>{{CH|4}}, p. 78</ref> | ||
The [[Dwarves of Belegost]] appeared in the [[Nirnaeth Arnoediad|Battle of Unnumbered Tears]] wearing such masks.<ref name=fifth/> A dwarf-mask, as well as [[dwarf-mail]], was in the possession of the [[Elves of Nargothrond]]; [[Túrin]] [[Mormegil]]was gifted a dwarf-helm during his time in [[Nargothrond]].<ref>{{CH|4}}, p. 79</ref> | |||
==See also== | |||
*[[Dragon Helm of Dor-lómin]] | |||
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Revision as of 07:15, 11 February 2020
- "For the Naugrim withstood fire more hardily than either Elves or Men, and it was their custom moreover to wear great masks in battle hideous to look upon."
- ― Quenta Silmarillion[1]
The dwarf-masks were helmets of great crafting made in the First Age by the Dwarves of the Blue Mountains. These helmets had face plates which could be lowered over the face as a mask, and through this the fire of dragons might be withstood.[2]
The Dwarves of Belegost appeared in the Battle of Unnumbered Tears wearing such masks.[1] A dwarf-mask, as well as dwarf-mail, was in the possession of the Elves of Nargothrond; Túrin Mormegilwas gifted a dwarf-helm during his time in Nargothrond.[3]
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Quenta Silmarillion: Of the Fifth Battle: Nirnaeth Arnoediad"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Children of Húrin, "The Departure of Túrin", p. 78
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Children of Húrin, "The Departure of Túrin", p. 79
