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[[Nár|Nar]] and [[Náin (disambiguation)|Nain]], | Niping, [[Dáin (disambiguation)|Dain]], | [[Nár|Nar]] and [[Náin (disambiguation)|Nain]], | Niping, [[Dáin (disambiguation)|Dain]], | ||
[[Bifur]], [[Bofur]], | [[Bombur]], [[Nori]], | [[Bifur]], [[Bofur]], | [[Bombur]], [[Nori]], | ||
An and Onar, | | An and Onar, | [[Óin]], Mjothvitnir. | ||
12. Vigg and [[Gandalf]] | Vindalf, [[Thorin]], | 12. Vigg and [[Gandalf]] | Vindalf, [[Thorin]], | ||
[[Thrór|Thror]] and [[Thráin|Thrain]] | [[Thrór|Thror]] and [[Thráin|Thrain]] | Thekk, Lit and Vit, | ||
Thekk, Lit and Vit, | |||
Nyr and Nyrath,-- | now have I told-- | Nyr and Nyrath,-- | now have I told-- | ||
Regin and Rathsvith-- | the list aright. | Regin and Rathsvith-- | the list aright. | ||
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(Billing, Bruni, | Bildr and Buri,) | (Billing, Bruni, | Bildr and Buri,) | ||
[[Frar]], Hornbori, | Fræg and [[Loni]], | [[Frar]], Hornbori, | Fræg and [[Loni]], | ||
Aurvang, Jari, | Eikinskjaldi. | Aurvang, Jari, | Eikinskjaldi. <ref group="note">''Eikinskjaldi'' is directly translated to "Oakenshield"</ref> | ||
14. The race of the dwarfs | in [[Dwalin|Dvalin]]'s throng | 14. The race of the dwarfs | in [[Dwalin|Dvalin]]'s throng | ||
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Skirfir, Virfir, | Skafith, Ai. | Skirfir, Virfir, | Skafith, Ai. | ||
16. Alf and [[Ingwe|Yngvi]], | Eikinskjaldi, | 16. Alf and [[Ingwe|Yngvi]], | Eikinskjaldi, | ||
Fjalar and Frosti, | Finn and Ginnar; | Fjalar and Frosti, | Finn and Ginnar; | ||
So for all time | shall the tale be known, | So for all time | shall the tale be known, |
Revision as of 10:06, 26 July 2020
Völuspá ("Prophecy of the Seeress") is the first poem of the Poetic Edda, a collection of Old Norse poems. It is preserved whole in two manuscripts, the Codex Regius and the Hauksbók, and partially in Snorri Sturluson's Prose Edda. J.R.R. Tolkien was influenced greatly by the saga, most obviously in the fact that most of the names of his Dwarves were drawn from it. Christopher Tolkien suggests that "those Dwarf-names in The Hobbit provided the whole starting-point for the Mannish languages in Middle-earth."[1][2]
Almost all of the names of the Dwarves of Middle-earth, as well as Gandalf's, are taken from a section of the Völuspá called the Dvergatal (the "Catalogue of Dwarves").[3][note 1] The Dvergatal is contained in stanzas 10–16:
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Notes
References
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Peoples of Middle-earth, "II. The Appendix on Languages", Commentary to §58
- ↑ Charles B. Noad, "Review: The Peoples of Middle-earth (The History of Middle-earth XII)" at Tolkiensociety.org. See section "Dwarvish and Mannish Related". Retrieved 30 August 2010.
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien; Humphrey Carpenter, Christopher Tolkien (eds.), The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien, Letter 25, (dated February 1938)
External links
- Völuspá at Wikipedia.
- Dvergatal in Glǽmscrafu (Text, translation and sound sample)
- Völuspá (Old Norse full text)
- Völuspá (English translation by Henry Adams Bellows)