02-27-2007, 06:08 AM
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Shady She-Penguin
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: In a far land beyond the Sea
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Dwarf women did have beards.
This is a quote which Findengil posted once:
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Originally Posted by The History of Middle-Earth, Vol 11, "The War of the Jewels"; part II: "The Later Quenta Silmarillion"; chapter 13: "Concerning the Dwarves"
The Naugrim were ever, as they still remain, short and squat in stature; they were deep-breasted, strong in the arm, and stout in the leg, and their beards were long. Indeed this strangeness they have that no Man nor Elf has ever seen a beardless Dwarf - unless he were shaven in mockery, and would then be more like to die of shame than of many other hurts that to us would seem more deadly. For the Naugrim have beards from the beginning of their lives, male and female alike; nor indeed can their womenkind be discerned by those of other race, be it in feature or in gait or in voice, nor in any wise save this: that they go not to war, and seldom save at direst need issue from their deep bowers and halls. It is said, also, that their womenkind are few, and that save their kings and chieftains few Dwarves ever wed; wherefore their race multiplied slowly, and now is dwindling.
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