# LOTR dwarf question

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lotr-dwarf-question/144094>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [December 20, 2002, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lotr-dwarf-question/144094 "2002-12-20T20:06:31Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2002, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lotr-dwarf-question/144094/21 "2002-12-21T01:07:23Z")

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> \*Originally posted by pugluvr \*  
> \*\*There are some guy dwarves out there who aren’t getting any booty. \*\*

Oh they get plenty of booty. In fact, they’re so concerned with it that they probably don’t bother to think about sex very often.

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**Author:** ![Jeu\_D\_esprit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/67e7ee/32.png) [@Jeu\_D\_esprit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeu_D_esprit)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2002, 7:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lotr-dwarf-question/144094/22 "2002-12-21T07:12:07Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Katisha \*  
> **_Au contraire!_ The thing about bearded Dwarf women is genuine Tolkien, though it’s a bit obscure: it comes from Appendix A of LotR.  
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> He doesn’t explicitly _say_ they have beards, but it’s pretty strongly implied. 😉**

Hmmm, I always took it to mean that dwarven males and females were close to each other in build. The average person couldn’t tell if the Dwarf they met on the road had a beard or not. They were usually very well muffled and in slouchy traveling hats.

Then again there was the problem of stubborness. If a dwarven female loved only a male who in turn was only interested in his work, well that’s one less family under the mountains. That’s why they could kill Orcs all day and still be a dying race from the war.

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**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2002, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lotr-dwarf-question/144094/23 "2002-12-21T12:31:05Z")

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> \*Originally posted by raisinbread \*  
> …or the dwarven women engage in polygamy.

That would be poly_andry_.

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**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2002, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lotr-dwarf-question/144094/24 "2002-12-21T17:41:22Z")

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Nit pick: Polygamy is multiple spouses in general. Polyandry is multiply husbands. Polygyny is multiple wives. Polygynandry is both.

Brian

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