(urth) Urth Digest, Vol 92, Issue 48

[Antonin Scriabin]

If I remember correctly, the Dwarves were originally a "dark" race created
by Aule without the influence or aid of Eru.  Eru later cleanses them when
he intervenes in their impending destruction.  Aule was going to destroy
them (ashamed that he created them in secret) when Eru made it known that
he was aware of their existence.  So they have a less than "holy" creation
in *The Silmarillion*, but are later sanctified when Eru allows them to
live.  I am not positive, but I think there are a good number of "evil"
Dwarves in some of the other "mythological" writings as well.


On Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 8:30 AM, Lee Berman <severiansola at hotmail.com>wrote:

>
> >Craig Brewer: There's also a more immediate "King Under the Mountain":
> >Thorin Oakenshield (or whoever is king of Lonely Mountain.
>
> Agreed. The lord of Moria (e.g. Durin) also. We get a somewhat positive
> spin on dwarves from the troop in The Hobbit and from our exposure to Gimli
> in the trilogy but there are plenty of hints regarding the dark side of
> dwarves to be found in Tolkein's work. (FWIW, the Nome King of Oz is a
> good representation of a malevolent King Under the MOuntain)
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