But I have read those ones before (comes of being a TORN old-timer :-) This is
my second time through the LOTR chapter discussions).
Yes, Tolkien did seem fairly firm in his belief (if that's the right word) that
Dwarf-women had beards. I wonder if it's simply that he thought people would
laugh at the notion, and he didn't want to expose his Dwarves to scorn.
I'm thinking that Dwarven hormonal systems are very different from
ours.
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Do we find happiness so often that we should turn it off the box when it happens to sit there?
- A Room With a View
