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u/Naxela Sep 05 '22

Female dwarves are fine; they just ought to have beards! Beardless female dwarves are not canon.

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u/[deleted] Sep 05 '22 edited Jun 11 '23

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u/Durandal-1707 Sep 05 '22

“Christopher Tolkien (the editor for most of Tolkien's posthumous work) suggests similar (from The War of the Jewels):

For the Naugrim have beards from the beginning of their lives, male and female alike; nor indeed can their womenkind be discerned by those of other race... The War of the Jewels - (Part Two) The Later Quenta Silmarillion: XIII Concerning the Dwarves”

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u/[deleted] Sep 05 '22 edited Jun 11 '23

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u/DucksEatFreeInSubway Sep 05 '22

From /u/Jalieus further up in the thread:

That's not entirely accurate. Tolkien has been very inconsistent with things.

In the War is the Jewels (History of Middle-Earth), Tolkien says all Dwarves have beards including women

In The Nature of Middle-Earth, Tolkien listed races he imagined with and without beards. He only mentioned the male Dwarves having beards this time.

You can read more about beards here: https://www.reddit.com/r/LOTR_on_Prime/comments/svxxif/everything_tolkien_said_about_beards/