A small, stunted people, apparently related to the true Dwarves, who died out in Middle-earth in the late First Age.
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All we can say for sure about the origins of the Petty-dwarves is what the Silmarillion tells us, that they '...came of Dwarves that were banished in ancient days from the great Dwarf-cities of the east...' (The Silmarillion 21 'Of Túrin Turambar'). Precisely which cities they had been banished from isn't clear, but they could not be Belegost or Nogrod, as these would not be built until long after the arrival of the Petty-dwarves in Beleriand. It is by no means impossible, though, that the first ancestors of this hidden, stunted race lived among the glories of old Khazad-dûm. |
See also...
Amon Rûdh, Bald Hill, Bar-en-Danwedh, Bar-en-Nibin-noeg, Camp of the Faithful, Caverns of Narog, Dor-Cúarthol, Dwarf-kind, Earth-bread, Gaurwaith, Gorthol, High Faroth, Hills of the Hunters, House of Ransom, Ibun, [See the full list...]Khîm, Mîm, Moors of the Nibin-noeg, Nibin-noeg, Nibin-Nogrim, Noegyth Nibin, Nogothrim, Nulukkizdîn, River Ringwil, Sharbhund, The Company, The Echad, Wild Elves
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