The Afterlife, Reincarnation, and Courtly Love

[Puddleglum]

Originally Posted by Galadriel55

How do you know that Gimli will help Aule rebuild Arda?

Well, I didn't say "I" know. I said it is "their" belief. That comes from Silmarillion (Of Aule and Yavanna).

"Aforetime it was held among the Elves in Middle Earth that dying the Dwarves returned to the earth and the stone of which they were made;
yet that is not their belief. For they say that Aule the Maker, whom they call Mahal, cares for them, and gathers them to Mandos in halls set apart; and that he declared to their Fathers of old that Illuvatar will hallow them and give them a place among the Children in the End.
Then their part shall be to serve Aule and to aid him in the Remaking of Arda after the Last Battle."

So, nothing more than that this is the belief of the Dwarves about their fate.