Artists’ ideas of what a Dwarf woman might look like
One of the elements that got fans so excited about The Rings of Power was its focus on Dwarves and their society, including their wives and female children. Aha! We might finally see what bearded Dwarven women looked like!
Well, no, they turned out to be facial-hair free. Though in one episode from Season 2, I thought I detected some stubble on a group of gals. Not a deal-breaker for me, I enjoyed the series well enough.
Before this, a suitably bearded Dwarven jewelry seller turned up in a market scene in The Battle of the Five Armies. She was the only one, and I missed her cameo (granted, I wasn’t paying close attention to the movie) but it raised possibilities.
I think Dwarven women would be proud of their soft, silky beards, seeing them as part of their femininity and what sets them apart from men. They would braid these silky strands, or ornament them with jewelry. Different mining settlements would have different styles. Perhaps in Khazad-dum it was the style at the time to be clean-shaven, hence Disa’s being beardless. The writers might have have given an offhand comment somewhere, like a dwarf saying “You know, in Brazalbhruzum the women wear their beards long, gives a man something to tickle his nose with.” There! Solved it. Season three is filming now, so maybe…?
As Dwarves keep their own language a secret from outsiders, their names are of the Mannish variety. I generated this list to sound German and Norse and suitably Wagnerian-sounding.
Names of Dwarven Women
| Basra
Berilka Berta Bevra Dhovrë Eglanyd Eikar Ferdya Flenda Grilda Hukkë Hultha Husta Kosgrulda |
Lummi
Magnebel Nanda Nenda Sklathe Skoghe Storsha Thamië Thina Thutara Ulga Umma Vanda Yora |
