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Derek Prior
Derek Prior

(Derek Prior, Fantasy Author)

Tag: The Hobbit

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Dwarves in Fantasy and the Origins of the Nameless Dwarf

By Derek Prior | May 11, 2017May 11, 2017 by Derek Prior

Dwarves in fantasy may be dour, beer-swilling, gold-digging troglodytes, but there’s no doubt about their importance in myth and folklore. In the Prose Edda, four dwarves (Norori, Suori, Austri, and Vestri) hold up the sky, and there’s even some scholarly speculation that the little folk may have had a hand in the creation of the…

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The Evolution of the Nameless Dwarf

By Derek Prior | January 27, 2016September 25, 2020 by Derek Prior

Dwarves in fantasy may be dour, beer-swilling, gold-digging troglodytes, but there’s no doubt about their importance in myth and folklore. In the Prose Edda, four dwarves (Norori, Suori, Austri, and Vestri) hold up the sky, and there’s even some scholarly speculation that the little folk may have had a hand in the creation of the…

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