King Thorin's sister's name

[AbercrombieOfRohan]

I'm fairly sure that the Dis that Dante refers to in the Inferno is the Roman equivalent of Hades (Dante being Italian...) As Davem mentioned above Tolkien's Dis is from the Voluspa.

Though maybe Tolkien was just "Dis-sing" the dwarves... *groan*

[Frodo Baggins]

Oh man what a BAD pun! (Actually I have committed worse)

I love Dante to bits. I doubt, however, his Dis, the city of hell, has anything to do with dwarf women. Although I am certain dear gentle Virgil would have a thing or two to say about Dwarves.


Frosti huh? As in Frosti the snowman...er..snowdwarf? (speaking of bad puns....)

Gandalf....I knew that was a norse name. hmm Durin the Deathless methinks. I suppose Dvalin would be Dwalin. Wow, everybody's there but Gimli!

[Elu Ancalime]

Im sure with all those names, if you looked into more sources Gimli would be there somewhere!
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[Raynor]

Perhaps this would be of interest:

Originally Posted by Durin's Folk, HoME XII

Finally, there is a note on the absence of record concerning the women of the Dwarves:

They are seldom named in genealogies. They join their husbands' families. But if a son is seen to be 110 or so years younger than his father, this usually indicates an elder daughter. Thorin's sister Dis is named simply because of the gallant death of her sons Fili and Kili in defence of Thorin II. The sentiment of affection for sister's children was strong among all peoples of the Third Age, but less so among Dwarves than Men or Elves among whom it was strongest.