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From: platt@spar.UUCP (John Platt)
Newsgroups: net.sf-lovers,net.books
Subject: Re: Tolkien's dwarf names
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Date: Mon, 26-Aug-85 12:33:11 EDT
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Summary: 

If anyone is interested in the origin of many of the names in Lord of the
Rings, you might want to track down "Languages of Middle-Earth" by Ruth Noel.
Or "Mythology of Middle-Earth", also by Ruth Noel. She mentions the dwarf
names, and other interesting stuff, too.

						john platt
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