RELIGION of the DWARVES | Tolkien Explained

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Today, we are taking a quick look at the beliefs of Tolkien's dwarves. How were the dwarves created? What do they believe about reincarnation? What happens when dwarves die?
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@TheTendermen 3 жыл бұрын

Aule: *Attempts to destroy his creation as penance for his disobience* Iluvatar: Nah they are pretty cool, keep them

@kirbyculp3449 3 жыл бұрын

For some reason this brings to mind the movie 'Time Bandits'.

@jawstrock2215 3 жыл бұрын

I think it's exactly because Aule was ready to destroy them on command of Eru, that Eru took pity and let them live.(even if technically, Eru would have already forseen it before hand). From Eru's speach, it sounded like they gained conscience on their own, without his help.(Perhaps Aule had the greatest part of the creation fire in him of all valar).

@philleW12 3 жыл бұрын

Illuvatar looks into the future and sees Gimli, he then smiles and says to Aule: "Let them live, i see hope and joy in their existence."

@AveHidan 2 жыл бұрын

so Aule is Abraham? :o

@asher8754 11 ай бұрын

⁠@@AveHidanbasically. as a Jew it’s clear they are supposed to be my people. Lost homeland they fight like hell to reclaim, flawed but noble warrior kings, revered patriarchal figure in their culture (both Aule and Durin fit this tbh), unjustly stereotyped as greedy and/or shifty, notable for their skilled craftsmen, and the men all have beards(as is tradition in Judaism). Personally I love this since the dwarves are my favorite of the middle earth races

@kulrigalestout 3 жыл бұрын

Imagine being a dwarf adopted and raised by an elf... "Papa, where do Dwarves go when we die?" "A hole in the ground."

@nyneke 3 жыл бұрын

'Not a nasty, dirty, wet hole, filled with the ends of worms and an oozy smell, nor yet a dry, bare, sandy hole with nothing in it to sit down on or to eat: it was a hobbit-hole, and that means comfort.' Had to say it.

@rollo216 3 жыл бұрын

@@nyneke how Bilbo got to meet 12 dwarfs at a mass funeral

@whynottalklikeapirat 3 жыл бұрын

Incidentally that's where they go to live too. Kind of an all in one solution for practical types.

@matthewdemeterstaff8798 3 жыл бұрын

That was 3 of the most densely packed and most informative minutes of my life!

@NerdoftheRings 3 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it! :) Thanks for subscribing!

@Anonymous-bc4dl 3 жыл бұрын

@Metthew Demeter I dont know what youre used to but i think for youtube-context thid was not a intens and full-packed video but rather a on-point and summarized one. I enjoyed it as well though i knew maybe half of this stuff already, been a tolkien fan for years

@charliebowen5071 2 жыл бұрын

Wow.. haven’t learned much then

@powerofberzerker9487 4 жыл бұрын

"Muster me a legion of dwarves, fully armed and filthy and I'll conquer you the whole world." - said Aule to Illuvatar all riled up.

@NerdoftheRings 4 жыл бұрын

“I’m glad my dwarves aren’t snobs like those elves.” - Aulë to himself (probably) 😂

@powerofberzerker9487 4 жыл бұрын

@@NerdoftheRings "God was jealous of Aules for it had created the bestest race precious." - rambled Gollum in his sleep.

@jawstrock2215 3 жыл бұрын

Aule would never have said that. He wanted to create the dwarves, so he had someone to teach his crafts. Aule always wanted to share everything he crafted, and the knowledge of how he did it, never hoard for himself(item, resources or knowledge). That came from Melkor(and was transmitted to the Elves, mainly Faenor) :/

@conor3361 3 жыл бұрын

There's always one who ruins the joke...

@jaapuitroepteke2750 2 жыл бұрын

@@powerofberzerker9487 Gollum is Middle-earths Jesus, paying for the sins of men, dwarves and elves by being molten alive gruesomely in a volcano

@KickYouInTheThroat 3 жыл бұрын

Imagine going to Mandos and seeing the dwarf that just killed you.

@tatianasalazar4066 3 жыл бұрын

They wouldn't go to the same place

@Mateo-oq7ui 3 жыл бұрын

Going to the Halls of Mandos after you die and Durin VI is like "first time?"

@professorbutters 3 жыл бұрын

You mean like Valhalla? Yep.

@mon_moi 15 күн бұрын

it's just like the slain Teleri elves in Mandos meeting the dead Noldor elves from Beleriand lol

@NuisanceMan 9 ай бұрын

I decided to check out what some of your earliest videos were like. This is already good, but man, your work has gotten a LOT more sophisticated!

@meduseldtales3383 4 жыл бұрын

Solid work. It´s a real shame that dwarves and elves didn´t get along better. Together they could have wiped out all the orcs in the North and keep Eriador safe for most of the Third Age.

@NerdoftheRings 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Love the username, btw!!

@NerdoftheRings 4 жыл бұрын

It does make you wonder how much better everyone would’ve fared against Morgoth & Sauron if they had all been united.

@skarthik345 3 жыл бұрын

@@NerdoftheRings Well think how much better Sauron would've fared if he had all the balrogs and dragons united . LUL

@jasonseipler2665 3 жыл бұрын

It is strange how the Elves seem so enlightened in some areas, and yet are so petty and childlike in others, that they immediately ostracized the Dwarves basically by calling them short and ugly.

@nickkorkodylas5005 3 жыл бұрын

Nope, fuck the knifeeared snubs! Humans bros fo life!

@jamesschrader8667 3 жыл бұрын

Aule: creates dwarves Iluvatar: and I took that personally Also Iluvatar: I’ll allow it

@diallo1347 2 жыл бұрын

I always loved that technically the Dwarfs came 1st, before the elves.

@elvis_o_homem_jukebox 3 жыл бұрын

I love how Nerd of the Rings goes deep into the lore bringing top quality information about our favorite fantasy universe

@K.D.Meyers 4 жыл бұрын

New sub from me too! I like how short and to the point you were, with no annoying stuff like most KZfaqrs have, with all their self promotion and stuff.

@NerdoftheRings 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Keith! So glad you enjoyed it and thanks for subscribing!!

@LukeNorian Жыл бұрын

So glad I found your channel! I’m a LoTR fan in that I read the main books, The Hobbit, and The Silmarillion. And while deeper delves into the lore intrigue me, I’m not as hardcore as some. So, this channel seems PERFECT to get me more up to speed on things I missed or didn’t know or whatever. Starting with your earliest videos and I’m going to work my way up. When all is said and done, id like to go back and read the Silmarillion again as well as Tolkien’s other works.

@haptorripman1228 4 жыл бұрын

A lot of good information packed very well in a video as to not just be a list of facts and still entertaining! Thanks for sharing on Facebook I’m enjoying these videos PS I’m a huge dwarves fan so any video about dwarves expect me there.

@NerdoftheRings 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks, James! I’m also a big fan of the dwarves, so there will be no shortage of dwarf-related content here! Thanks for subscribing and joining us!

@metalmadsen 3 жыл бұрын

This is a nice channel. Just subscribed and are now bingewatching. Thanks for the videos mate. Hello to you and all tour subscribers from a nerd in Denmark 😸🇩🇰💫

@JohnPeacekeeper Жыл бұрын

Real question is... would there be seven Durins during the Second Music of the Ainur or will there only be one Durin singing for seven? PS: Aule and Gimli must have been stoked af when they get to see each other in Valinor while the latter still has flesh and blood. A Dwarf so noble and possibly Aule's finest work, moreso than even Durin himself.

@NuisanceMan 9 ай бұрын

Seven, and they sing in harmony

@thethirdsicily4802 3 жыл бұрын

I want to say thank you, the dwarves are my favorite fantasy race and tolkein's even more so

@andretran6770 3 жыл бұрын

Man this channel has come a long way. Love it.

@oleksiysaiko5859 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this great channel for Tolkien fans. Subscribed and Like 👍🏻

@NerdoftheRings 3 жыл бұрын

It is my pleasure to create Tolkien content. 😊 Thanks for subscribing! Welcome to the channel!

@defaultyorker6096 3 жыл бұрын

I often wonder about Tolkien's own faith. He was Roman Catholic, but the extension of Middle Earth's history really reveals a broadly imaginative side to Tolkien in the realms of spirituality. Not that members of organised religion can't think up such concepts - they definitely can. But it does seem weird how he would devote so much of his life to creating a world with not-to-similar history or religions than the Catholic or wider Christian doctrines if he was a staunch Catholic. He obviously didn't take the Lewis approach of underpinning his books with Christian allegories as if they were the only way any world could make sense. I'm wondering if Tolkien was personally a bit removed from the church given he was so willing to put dissimilar belief systems in his work.

@NerdoftheRings 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for bringing this up. I think there’s much more evidence that he was a devout catholic than not. He said himself he didn’t care for allegory, so it’s not surprising that he didn’t strictly adhere to the Christian belief system in his works. He borrowed a lot of concepts from both history and ancient literature. Even so, there’s plenty in there that is noticeably inspired by his faith. Thanks for watching and bringing this up! I love getting to have conversations like this with folks!

@corneliusquincydavenportic1913 3 жыл бұрын

@@NerdoftheRings I could definitely see how Tolkien’s own faith inspired even this story, namely I unconsciously drew a lot of parallels between Aule and Abraham of the Old Testament (Impatient about waiting for God’s / Iluvatar’s chosen children, the command to sacrifice his child/children only for God to have mercy on them, etc,) Just something I noticed a bit

@Duiker36 3 жыл бұрын

I'd strongly recommend finding the lecture/essay "On Fairy-Stories" which talks about Tolkien's idea of a "secondary world" and why he does worldbuilding. It's basically Tolkien's response to your question.

@Dystisis 3 жыл бұрын

The majority of the religious concepts Tolkien used/showed in his works, are from Norse paganism. This is especially evident in his dwarves and elves, and the entire thematic of death, reincarnation and immortality. People today have a poor understanding of Norse paganism so they fail to see this. We have to read the sources of Tolkien's inspiration, such as Kalevala, sagas, and various written records of folk beliefs, to understand. Aside from this there is the layer of abstraction that suggests an external, ultimate creator, which can be linked to Abrahamism. But in almost all details, the world itself is infused with Norse and Germanic paganism.

@pepehaydn7039 3 жыл бұрын

Of couse, because the history of Middle Earth occurs before God chose a People for Himself and became Incarnate: true God and true man. Paganism in itself it not bad or even contradictory with Faith, it simply falls short of the Truth, so Cardinal Newman: “(paran divinities) are tokens of guilt in the worshipper, NOT WHEN THEY COULD KNOW NO BETTER, but when they have turned from the Light, not liking to retain God in their knowledge”. There are in Tolkien a good or natural paganism that points to God, this is the paganism of Faramir and his men. Besides, there is a bad paganism that worships Melkor INSTEAD OF ILUVATAR: the last phase of Numenor’s religion. So yes, Tolkien myth is pagan in a sense compatible with catholic faith.

@knightofsvea604 3 жыл бұрын

Wana make a storyline difficult to follow and full of mystery? Make all the Kings the same name. Awesome video friend you got yourself a new sub 🙂

@SkellingtonKing1 3 жыл бұрын

Brought to you by the Ptolemaic dynasty.

@mattnorris7124 3 жыл бұрын

Imagine if all the Dwarves in Thorin's company were actually just Durin. That would have made Gandalf's introduction of them to Beorn interesting for sure 😂😂

@rollo216 3 жыл бұрын

@@mattnorris7124 this is Olaf and this is Olaf...

@shehansenanayaka3046 9 ай бұрын

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@albertoh8980 4 жыл бұрын

Interesting stuff, great thumbnail btw 😁

@NerdoftheRings 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Albert! I'll be sure to bring my A-game in all future thumbnail work! :)

@nicowarrior8220 3 жыл бұрын

love the video man

@fistsoffaith4888 4 жыл бұрын

This is great stuff! +1 sub!

@stethespaniard2 3 жыл бұрын

I've never heard iluvatar said like that

@hrodvitnir6725 2 жыл бұрын

Pls do more of these :)

@MoonlightDawnMoolightDawn 4 жыл бұрын

Wonderful presentation - thank you!

@NerdoftheRings 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for watching!

@paulishomealone8149 9 ай бұрын

I’ve only just started watching the movies. Started with the Hobbit (extended) On five armies now. Thankfully I have enjoyed them so I am very excited for the LOTR. I just came across your channel and you’re content has been a comfort at work or outside. I just pop an airpod in and listen to you. I’m having serious withdrawals when I can’t watch. It’s all I think about just ow.

@pueltorro316 3 жыл бұрын

Great video! The music had me pausing though, I thought it was my PC making clicking noises lol

@Rubbishcook 2 жыл бұрын

Me too!

@kevinfelix2543 3 жыл бұрын

awesome video, didn't know any of this, any chance you could do a video about what lies beyond the forodwaith in the north

@codyallen2838 3 жыл бұрын

Can you do a video on all the afterlives of the men, elves, and hobbits?

@aurynlalor1366 3 жыл бұрын

Please do videos on the races' and nations' religions. Thanks!

@varyar77 Жыл бұрын

Nice video as always. I didn't know if the fathers of the other houses reincarnated or not.

@youplaywell1165 3 жыл бұрын

Best 3 minutes video ever

@gunnarhjalmarson8930 2 жыл бұрын

This is a interesting topic

@cerberus6654 3 жыл бұрын

Sorry to be a pain in the a** but it is "Ee-loo-vatar"" - there's an accent on the 'u'. And it should be 'Ow-lay-eh" as there's an umlaut on the 'e'. Otherwise, great post!

@markshaffer6447 3 жыл бұрын

Yes, the pronunciations in this one were killing me

@cthingumagog 3 жыл бұрын

You're right about Ilúvatar. Aulë, however, is pronounced Ow-leh. The whole ay sound on an E at the end of a word is an English thing, The names of the valar and anything in Quenya is meant to be pronounced more like Finnish.

@evakkosiili6390 3 жыл бұрын

as a finn these name are pretty easy to spell, in kalevana we have Ilmatar, and i'm pretty sure the finnish spelling with some of the name is pretty correct.

@cerberus6654 3 жыл бұрын

@@evakkosiili6390 I did some reading this morning and apparently Tolkien also borrowed from Faroese and Icelandic. I can detect what he's borrowed from Russian and German. Like the dwarf city of Nogrod - sounds a lot like Novgorod to me!

@evakkosiili6390 3 жыл бұрын

@@cerberus6654 like novigard- my medallion is humming 😎

@rworrick8037 Жыл бұрын

Exceptional.

@activelivingchallenger4298 2 жыл бұрын

this explains a lot

@blinky297 2 жыл бұрын

Other than how you say certain names, good video

@GarretGarlinger 3 жыл бұрын

very cool!

@bryankennedy2257 4 ай бұрын

Incredible yo and it's why I'm a fan of the Dwarves more then The First Children....

@thefunnrunner 4 жыл бұрын

Dwarves mvp! Love the video!

@NerdoftheRings 4 жыл бұрын

Haha! Thanks, thefunrunner!

@richx5064 2 жыл бұрын

I like the Dwarves. More Dwarf info please.

@fiacradoyle7474 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah I remember reading this in the silma and another guy never said in the video that iluvatar allowed them to live while leaving aule was willing to strike them down.

@Happy_HIbiscus 2 жыл бұрын

dude, this is cool

@kowanmcgarry 3 жыл бұрын

Do you have a video of the daeger dorath, the final battle with morgoth, sauron at the end of time.

@timothymooth176 4 жыл бұрын

You need more subscribers. Count me as one of them now!

@NerdoftheRings 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for subscribing!! 😊

@allensmith5177 3 жыл бұрын

A Gimli video pleeeeaaaaasssseeee 🖤🖤

@allensmith5177 3 жыл бұрын

Like pretty please? Ive watched a few but I feel like you could do better

@broccolibeater Жыл бұрын

I prefer everything thats Out of the Radar. Those blue mountain dwarfes i find very fascinating. Just to think about them and how they interacted with the elves of the First age. I Love that and would Love to learn more.

@JewishFrog 2 жыл бұрын

Being short is a disability, and as a tall person, it's your responsibility to make sure short people don't get even more disabled by having to look up to speak to you. Doing this can damage their neck. Standing up while talking to short people also makes them feel threatened and unsafe so kneeling down not only prevents them from damaging their necks but also makes them feel more safe. Not doing this means you don't respect short people, you're mocking their disability, you're looking down on them and that's ableist, so be the bigger man and kneel. Thank you.

@user-ej1oe2jl9h 10 ай бұрын

what happened to Durin the 4th and 5th? 🤔

@laurend.statham1742 3 жыл бұрын

Dwarves are freaking hard core, I love them!

@lonespartan31289 2 жыл бұрын

I love Tolkien's dwarves, they are the best

@rreeves0710 3 жыл бұрын

SO there is so much lore and appreciation for all these characters, but can someone do a good character study of "Sam the stout harted"?!!!!!

@sipofsunscorchedsarsaparil6052 2 жыл бұрын

I'd like to know where the picture of the seven dwarfs at 0:41 comes from.

@itsthorsday 3 жыл бұрын

The world after Ragnarok is called Gimli. Tolkien... you...

@dr.strangelove9815 3 жыл бұрын

It's really interesting Tolkien tied in Norse mythology so deeply into Lord of the Rings. Tolkien was able to intertwine the last battle of Middle Earth with North European literature and history seamlessly. I can only imagine being a student in one of tolkien's lectures. One of the more fascinating aspects of tolkien's work was cell he created the mythos to support his home, England, as he noticed the Anglo-Saxon people had a gap of stories and mythology. Supposedly, Gimli was a nice afterlife.

@psychocuda 3 жыл бұрын

When you hear "7 dwarves,"" and you wonder which rings were given to Happy, Grumpy, Sleepy, and Dopey...

@laurend.statham1742 3 жыл бұрын

Sauron: (forges fake rings to make them feel apart of the group)

@thebrowneyesofmandalore6524 Жыл бұрын

Does a dwarf have to be descended directly from Durin the First in order to be give the possibility of being his reincarnation or can it be any dwarf that resembles Durin?

@BarnabyWilikns 3 жыл бұрын

Why you pronouncing illuvatar like that lol great video though man

@cappuccinobeangaming9276 2 жыл бұрын

this is for my rimworld game

@josephstephenson6156 3 жыл бұрын

Can we get an update with similarities in dwarven language and Semitic people

@ryanslack2666 3 жыл бұрын

Dwarves are my favourite race in Middle-Earth.

@mayamellissa 2 жыл бұрын

Can anyone point me to information about Dwarven Ones? I keep running across the reference but I don't know if it's fan lore or actual lore.

@arthurdent6828 3 жыл бұрын

Just wondering about the pronunciation of Aule. In my head I've always read it as oolay not owla. Is there a book with a thorough pronunciation guide? My eldest son's name is Finwë, which we pronounce Finway. It would crush me to learn it was Finwee...

@cerberus6654 3 жыл бұрын

Arthur, it's not as though your eldest son's name is from some recognized language spoken by eleven million people! You (or he) can decide how you want to pronounce it. I mean, it's the name of a fictional character after all and uses an accent we don't use in English.

@swagromancer 2 жыл бұрын

There are annotations concerning pronunciation in the Silmarillion, or, if you want to be more thorough, there is the Quenya dictionary by Ambar Eldaron. You are in luck though, "Fin-way" is a close enough approximation of the proper pronunciation, albeit a bit anglicized. The letter "ë" in this case is not really an actual letter on its own, it's just an "e" with diaeresis, indicating that it is not silent (like in the word "mate", for example), but constitutes a separate syllable.

@evaristoquiroz3806 3 жыл бұрын

So the dwarfs had to wait in the ground until after the fancy pants elves came around. No wonder they hate each other.

@957543 3 жыл бұрын

Big G little g... brother!

@razorsharpview9090 2 жыл бұрын

If they ever make a live action of the Ainunilindale, and Years of the Lamps, i want Chris Hemsworth to portray Aule. 😂😂😂

@Nitz1066 2 жыл бұрын

Random dwarve:What happend to Durin V? Other Old Dwarve:We don’t talk about Durin V

@LoganSearles 2 жыл бұрын

Since Iluvitar granted them souls I believe that they do go to the halls of Mandos

@mattstrandquist2148 3 жыл бұрын

So... Ragnarok÷heaven×Armageddon. Sweet!!!

@jacobcharleszimmerman7934 3 жыл бұрын

Wouldn't the Noldor know if the dwarfs went to the Halls of Mandos after they died since they use to live in Valinor? Or did the living elves never visit the Halls of Mandos?

@varyar77 Жыл бұрын

I think it's said the Dwarves (and Men) dwell in different parts of the Halls, also that the ones who return (like Glorfindel) don't really speak about it much.

@efrenvalle485 3 жыл бұрын

Actually they coward in fear at being struck down and called out to aule so Iluvatar sparred them.

@pohordebbarma4505 4 ай бұрын

Valars are not even smaller g they are just divine being whose mind is easily swayed by emotions, like they stay in the same arda where other life form lives

@lateshagallman5778 3 ай бұрын

3:26

@MoonlightCircus 2 жыл бұрын

So basically the Durins are like the Dalai Lama in how they're identified. Fascinating.

@alfreedom3971 2 жыл бұрын

No mention of the wives of the 7 fathers?

@ivanzare8594 2 жыл бұрын

Isnt it that only Iluvatar is able to create life?

@Ace-cr9qt 2 жыл бұрын

i love the dwarves

@vladtheimpaler9577 2 жыл бұрын

0:29 In my opinion that picture makes Aule look like Cronos ready to eat his children.

@liamneesons513 3 жыл бұрын

Iloovatar

@mikeMakhno 3 жыл бұрын

Seven fathers started the race of dwarves? Something missing here, can't quite put my finger on it.

@zephyrna6249 3 жыл бұрын

Best not to over think it

@HisameArtwork 3 жыл бұрын

they probably fertilized a hole and more dwarves poped up, all male of course.

@nicholasmaude6906 3 жыл бұрын

If the Dwarves worshipped anyone it would be Aule as he created them.

@shyguy929 2 жыл бұрын

Yanâd Durinul!

@ac4th371 2 жыл бұрын

Are you pronouncing that correctly?(Iluvatar) I mean I assume you are as you know more about everything Tolkien than anyone I'm aware of, it's just I've never heard it pronounced like that before, even on some of your other vids.

@NerdoftheRings 2 жыл бұрын

I pronounce it correctly in my later videos. (This was one of my first.) I picked up some bad pronunciation habits from The Silmarillion audiobook (which is great, but has some pretty big mispronunciations).

@phoule76 3 жыл бұрын

How do you know what our favorite dwarves are?

@Error_-pd1kw 3 жыл бұрын

Azaghal!

@MrFarnanonical 3 жыл бұрын

I'm not going to say for certain that's not how you pronounce Illuvatar but doesn't exactly roll off the tongue. So instead of Il-lu-vat-ar, It sounds a lot nicer(subjectively in my opinion) when you say Il-lu-va-tar.

@iblis9329 2 жыл бұрын

So its basically Valhall.

@shayreno1461 2 жыл бұрын

I thought Aule was pronounced 'Owlay'??

@lucisventusnoctis 3 жыл бұрын

haha i think the mark of a true tolkein fan is a progressive realization that the elves are really not all that sometimes hahaha

@MRdaBakkle Жыл бұрын

Personally I always loved the idea that Dwarves were based off of the Jewish people. And as such beleive that imbuing the culture with traits of Judaism would work well. Aüle created a covenant with all 7 fathers and each clan holds various days in reverence, maybe even having Dwarves be kosher or have a form of kosher living and spirtual habits.