In the The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings series, there are many descriptions of dwarves. But there isn't any mention of female dwarves. Are there any in-universe mentions of female dwarves? If there aren't, then how do they reproduce? Is there any explanation from Tolkien?
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1Lord of the Rings DID mention female dwarves and their beards.– Meat TrademarkDec 29, 2018 at 15:53
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1This question was discussed on meta: scifi.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/12252/…– user107825Dec 30, 2018 at 9:10
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There were dwarf women. One is mentioned by name in Tolkien's work, Dís, the daughter of Thraín II.
From Appendix A of The Lord of the Rings:
Dís was the daughter of Thraín II. She is the only Dwarf-woman named in these histories. It was said by Gimli that there are few dwarf-women, probably no more than a third of the whole people. They seldom walk abroad except at great need. They are in voice and appearance, and in garb if they must go on a journey, so like to the dwarf-men that the eyes and ears of other peoples cannot tell them apart. This has given rise to the foolish opinion among men that there are no dwarf-women, and that the dwarves 'grow out of stone'.
Dwarf-women are not mentioned in the major stories. They were few, and did not go abroad much, so they probably could add very little to the plot.
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1I think the mother of two of the Dwarves from the Hobbit is mentioned (if not named) as well. Dec 29, 2018 at 11:34
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5@JamesDouglas: That's the same woman: Dís is Thorin's sister and the mother of Fili and Kili. Dec 29, 2018 at 11:57
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In The Two Towers, one of the characters asks the same question to the dwarf master, and he responds by saying that dwarf women look a lot like male dwarfs, even in the beard.
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@user13267 How do you link to a scene in a movie?– user107825Dec 29, 2018 at 16:50
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if you can find a page containing transcripts of the relevant dialogue you can link to them Dec 29, 2018 at 17:01
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1@Valorum And what if such a YouTube video for the part of a movie I refer to does not exist? Am I expected to buy the movie, learn how to use software to create short video extracts, register with a video portal, and upload a video there? Film scholars are not expected to provide videos when they discuss movies. Why should I?– user107825Dec 29, 2018 at 17:43
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2"good, well-referenced answers with clear and visible sources will tend to get more reputation points for being helpful to other users" - or, for those not motivated by imaginary internet points, it's good to add sources because they make the answer clearly correct. Anyone on the internet can claim any old stuff, and the only way to tell the right from the rubbish is to verify it at the source. cc @user57423– Rand al'Thor ♦Dec 30, 2018 at 15:40