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<blockquote data-quote="WayneLigon" data-source="post: 1428675" data-attributes="member: 3649">There's probably a special term for it, but it's a common thing in high heroic fiction (and by romantic historians) to give names and nicknames and faux titles to people. When I started the reply, I had a book name on the tip of my tongue but now it's gone.&nbsp;<img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f641.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":(" title="Frown&nbsp; &nbsp; :("&nbsp; data-smilie="3"data-shortname=":(" /> Sad. &nbsp;Actually Tolkien lifted most (all?) of the dwarf names from <a href="http://www.northvegr.org/lore/poetic/021.php" target="_blank">one of the poetic eddas, translated here</a>. This is where Galdalf's name comes from as well.&nbsp;10.There was Motsognir the mightiest madeOf all the dwarfs, and Durin next;Many a likeness of men they made,The dwarfs in the earth, as Durin said. &nbsp;11.Nyi and Nithi, Northri and Suthri,Austri and Vestri, Althjof, Dvalin,Nar and Nain, Niping, Dain,Bifur, Bofur, Bombur, Nori,An and Onar, Ai, Mjothvitnir,&nbsp;12.Vigg and Gandalf, Vindalf, Thrain,Thekk and Thorin, Thror, Vit and Lit,Nyr and Nyrath, - Regin and Rathvith- now have I told the list aright.&nbsp;And it goes on, and on, and on; the other Hobbit dwarf names appear a few sections down from these.&nbsp;10. Northri, Suthri, Austri and Vestri are of course the cardinal directions. Alfthjof - 'Mighty-Theif'; Mjothvitnir - 'Mead-Wolf'; Gandalf - 'Magic-Elf'; Vindalf - 'Wind Elf', Rathsvith - 'Swift in Counsel', Eikinsjaldi 'Oak Shield', etc</blockquote>

[QUOTE="WayneLigon, post: 1428675, member: 3649"] There's probably a special term for it, but it's a common thing in high heroic fiction (and by romantic historians) to give names and nicknames and faux titles to people. When I started the reply, I had a book name on the tip of my tongue but now it's gone. :( Sad. Actually Tolkien lifted most (all?) of the dwarf names from [url="http://www.northvegr.org/lore/poetic/021.php"]one of the poetic eddas, translated here[/url]. This is where Galdalf's name comes from as well. 10.There was Motsognir the mightiest made Of all the dwarfs, and [b]Durin[/b] next; Many a likeness of men they made, The dwarfs in the earth, as Durin said. 11.Nyi and Nithi, Northri and Suthri, Austri and Vestri, Althjof, Dvalin, Nar and Nain, Niping, Dain, [b]Bifur[/b], [b]Bofur[/b], [b]Bombur[/b], [b]Nori[/b], An and Onar, Ai, Mjothvitnir, 12.Vigg and [b]Gandalf[/b], Vindalf, [b]Thrain[/b], Thekk and [b]Thorin[/b], Thror, Vit and Lit, Nyr and Nyrath, - Regin and Rathvith- now have I told the list aright. And it goes on, and on, and [i]on; [/i]the other [i]Hobbit[/i] dwarf names appear a few sections down from these. 10. Northri, Suthri, Austri and Vestri are of course the cardinal directions. Alfthjof - 'Mighty-Theif'; Mjothvitnir - 'Mead-Wolf'; [b]Gandalf[/b] - 'Magic-Elf'; Vindalf - 'Wind Elf', Rathsvith - 'Swift in Counsel', Eikinsjaldi 'Oak Shield', etc [/QUOTE]

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