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Dwarfs

Also known as Dwarf, Dwarves

One of Narnia’s ancient speaking peoples, commonly distinguished as Red Dwarfs and Black Dwarfs. Individual Dwarfs take very different sides in the country’s crises.

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In the chronicles

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The Magician's Nephew5 cited passages⌄

Chapter X · paragraph 2…orth, gods and goddesses of the wood; with them came Fauns and Satyrs and Dwarfs. Out of the river rose the river god with his Naiad daughters. And all these and all the beasts and birds in th…Open passage →
Chapter X · paragraph 12…. I will call some of you to my council. Come hither to me, you the chief Dwarf, and you the River-god, and you Oak and the He-Owl, and both the Ravens and the Bull-Elephant. We must talk tog…Open passage →
Chapter XIII · paragraph 45…. Then he pulled up. The children dismounted. Digory saw all the animals, dwarfs, satyrs, nymphs and other things drawing back to the left and right to make way for him. He walked straight up …Open passage →
Chapter XIV · paragraph 5… and from their shoulders rich robes flowed out behind them to where four Dwarfs held up the King's train and four River-Nymphs the Queen's. Their heads were bare; but Helen had let her hair d…Open passage →
Chapter XIV · paragraph 9… as to make a sort of cage. The two Elephants with their trunks and a few Dwarfs with their little axes soon got it all undone. There were three things inside. One was a young tree that seemed…Open passage →

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe18 cited passages⌄

Chapter II · paragraph 25… if you caught him; about feasting and treasure-seeking with the wild Red Dwarfs in deep mines and caverns far beneath the forest floor; and then about summer when the woods were green and old…Open passage →
Chapter III · paragraph 33…er and covered with bells. On the sledge, driving the reindeer, sat a fat dwarf who would have been about three feet high if he had been standing. He was dressed in polar bear's fur and on hi…Open passage →
Chapter III · paragraph 34… sight as it came sweeping towards Edmund with the bells jingling and the Dwarf cracking his whip and the snow flying up on each side of it.Open passage →
Chapter IV · paragraph 1"But what are you?" said the Queen again. "Are you a great overgrown dwarf that has cut off its beard."Open passage →
Chapter IV · paragraph 16… sound and there stood a jewelled cup full of something that steamed. The Dwarf immediately took this and handed it to Edmund with a bow and a smile; not a very nice smile. Edmund felt much b…Open passage →
Chapter VIII · paragraph 40"I've known good dwarfs," said Mrs. Beaver.Open passage →
Chapter IX · paragraph 10…hought Edmund.) In fact it was staring at something else--namely a little dwarf who stood with his back to it about four feet away. "Aha!" thought Edmund. "When it springs at the dwarf then w…Open passage →
Chapter IX · paragraph 30…who was no longer attending to him, clapped her hands. Instantly the same dwarf whom Edmund had seen with her before appeared.Open passage →
Chapter XI · paragraph 1Edmund meanwhile had been having a most disappointing time. When the Dwarf had gone to get the sledge ready he expected that the Witch would start being nice to him, as she had been at t…Open passage →
Chapter XI · paragraph 5While he was still chewing away the first dwarf came back and announced that the sledge was ready. The White Witch rose and went out, ordering Edmund to go wit…Open passage →
Chapter XII · paragraph 1While the Dwarf and the White Witch were saying this, miles away the Beaver and the children were walking on hour after hour in…Open passage →
Chapter XIII · paragraph 1…too tired even to notice how hungry and thirsty he was. The Witch and the Dwarf were talking close beside him in low tones.Open passage →
Chapter XIII · paragraph 2"No," said the Dwarf, "it is no use now, O Queen. They must have reached the Stone Table by now."Open passage →
Chapter XIV · paragraph 42…umph when they found that he made no resistance at all. Then others--evil dwarfs and apes--rushed in to help them and between them they rolled the huge Lion round on his back and tied all his …Open passage →
Chapter XVI · paragraph 3… as if he had been a cat chasing its tail--and breathed also on the stone dwarf, which (as you remember) was standing a few feet from the lion with his back to it. Then he pounced on a tall s…Open passage →
Chapter XVI · paragraph 6…y-brown of foxes, dogs, and satyrs, yellow stockings and crimson hoods of dwarfs; and the birch-girls in silver, and the beech-girls in fresh, transparent green, and the larch-girls in green s…Open passage →
Chapter XVII · paragraph 19…d Giant Rumblebuffin, to the leopards, and the good centaurs and the good dwarfs, and to the lion. And that night there was a great feast in Cair Paravel, and revelry and dancing, and gold fla…Open passage →
Chapter XVII · paragraph 21…d saved good trees from being unnecessarily cut down, and liberated young dwarfs and young satyrs from being sent to school, and generally stopped busybodies and interferers and encouraged ord…Open passage →

The Horse and His Boy7 cited passages⌄

Chapter I · paragraph 26…s, the mossy caverns and the deep forests ringing with the hammers of the Dwarfs. Oh the sweet air of Narnia! An hour's life there is better than a thousand years in Calormen." It ended with a…Open passage →
Chapter IV · paragraph 44…at cool, airy room were very interesting. Besides the Faun there were two Dwarfs (a kind of creature he had never seen before) and a very large Raven. The rest were all humans; grown-ups, but …Open passage →
Chapter IV · paragraph 50"That's very true, Sallowpad," said one of the Dwarfs. "And another is, Come, live with me and you'll know me."Open passage →
Chapter V · paragraph 4One of the Dwarfs gave a low whistle.Open passage →
Chapter V · paragraph 13"Let him try," said the second Dwarf. "At sea we are as big as he is. And if he assaults us by land, he has the desert to cross."Open passage →
Chapter XII · paragraph 20…ever, two more practical people arrived in the little wood. One was a Red Dwarf whose name appeared to be Duffle. The other was a stag, a beautiful lordly creature with wide liquid eyes, dapp…Open passage →
Chapter XII · paragraph 21"Lion alive!" roared the Dwarf as soon as he had heard the news. "And if that's so, why are we all standing still, chattering? Enemies at Anva…Open passage →

Prince Caspian25 cited passages⌄

Chapter II · paragraph 64…ou wore in the great tournament in the Lone Islands?--do you remember the dwarf making that for me?--do you remember drinking out of that horn?--do you remember, do you remember?"Open passage →
Chapter III · paragraph 19…fted his bundle. Peter now saw that it was really alive and was in fact a Dwarf, bound hand and foot but struggling as hard as he could. Next moment he heard a twang just beside his ear, and …Open passage →
Chapter III · paragraph 20…the boat. In a few seconds they had hauled her to the bank and lifted the Dwarf out, and Edmund was busily engaged in cutting his bonds with the pocket knife. (Peter's sword would have been s…Open passage →
Chapter IV · paragraph 11…streams and the trees. Naiads and Dryads they were called. And there were Dwarfs. And there were lovely little Fauns in all the woods. They had feet like goats. And----"Open passage →
Chapter IV · paragraph 23…ought about the old stories of Narnia far more than before. He dreamed of Dwarfs and Dryads every night and tried very hard to make the dogs and cats in the castle talk to him. But the dogs on…Open passage →
Chapter V · paragraph 49…rier and thicker than Doctor Cornelius that he knew them at once for real Dwarfs, ancient Dwarfs with not a drop of human blood in their veins. And Caspian knew that he had found the Old Narni…Open passage →
Chapter V · paragraph 50…was called Trufflehunter; he was the oldest and kindest of the three. The Dwarf who had wanted to kill Caspian was a sour Black Dwarf (that is, his hair and beard were black, and thick and ha…Open passage →
Chapter VI · paragraph 1…ning when the dew lay on the grass he set off with the Badger and the two Dwarfs, up through the forest to a high saddle in the mountains and down on to their sunny southern slopes where one l…Open passage →
Chapter VI · paragraph 4…verywhere without setting foot to ground," he said. Trufflehunter and the Dwarfs thought this a very good idea and gave Pattertwig messages to all sorts of people with queer names telling them…Open passage →
Chapter VII · paragraph 2…eard their greetings. All whom he had met were there: Bulgy Bears and Red Dwarfs and Black Dwarfs, Moles and Badgers, Hares and Hedgehogs, and others whom he had not yet seen--five Satyrs as r…Open passage →
Chapter VII · paragraph 3… brief address to the whole company. But Caspian and the Centaurs and the Dwarfs over-ruled all these suggestions and insisted on holding a real council of war at once.Open passage →
Chapter VIII · paragraph 5"Please go on," said Lucy to the Dwarf.Open passage →
Chapter VIII · paragraph 6…he coast. I needn't tell you they got no true tale out of me, but I was a Dwarf and that was enough. But, lobsters and lollipops! it is a good thing the seneschal was a pompous fool. Anyone e…Open passage →
Chapter IX · paragraph 1… to be over. The seat on which he sat to steer had been made for men, not Dwarfs, and his feet did not reach the floor-boards; and everyone knows how uncomfortable that is even for ten minutes…Open passage →
Chapter IX · paragraph 4…und it hard to get comfortable. Also, she had forgotten till now that all Dwarfs snore. She knew that one of the best ways of getting to sleep is to stop trying, so she opened her eyes. Throug…Open passage →
Chapter X · paragraph 3… Trumpkin both thought) an eagle. But of course what the children and the Dwarf wanted to see as soon as possible was the Great River below them, and Beruna, and the way to Aslan's How.Open passage →
Chapter X · paragraph 6The boys and the Dwarf were now in favour of lighting a fire and cooking their bear-meat. Susan didn't want this; she only wanted, as …Open passage →
Chapter XI · paragraph 8"Oh, I say nothing at all," answered the Dwarf. "If you all go, of course, I'll go with you; and if your party splits up, I'll go with the High King. That's m…Open passage →
Chapter XI · paragraph 28… the glorious, silently pacing Beast ahead. Everyone except Susan and the Dwarf could see him now.Open passage →
Chapter XII · paragraph 2"Trumpkin," said the Dwarf. "Bringing the High King of Narnia out of the far past."Open passage →
Chapter XII · paragraph 9The Dwarf went on ahead and then turned to the right, and then to the left, and then down some steps, and then to the lef…Open passage →
Chapter XIV · paragraph 4"Crows and crockery!" muttered the Dwarf as soon as he had done so. "What are they? Huge people--beautiful people--like gods and goddesses and giants. H…Open passage →
Chapter XIV · paragraph 6"Humph!" said the Dwarf. "That'll be very useful if the enemy try any treachery. But it won't help the High King very much if Miraz pro…Open passage →
Chapter XV · paragraph 1… had not believed in lions and this made their fear greater. Even the Red Dwarfs, who knew that he came as a friend, stood with open mouths and could not speak. Some of the Black Dwarfs, who h…Open passage →
Chapter XV · paragraph 22… ground, it became brushwood or dry sticks. Then three or four of the Red Dwarfs came forward with their tinder boxes and set light to the pile, which first crackled, and then blazed, and fina…Open passage →

The Voyage of the Dawn Treader7 cited passages⌄

Chapter I · paragraph 46…enches round three sides of the table, the swinging silver lamp overhead (Dwarfs' work, she knew at once by its exquisite delicacy) and the flat gold image of Aslan the Lion on the forward wal…Open passage →
Chapter II · paragraph 9…"It couldn't be better. There's no trouble at all now between Telmarines, Dwarfs, Talking Beasts, Fauns and the rest. And we gave those troublesome giants on the frontier such a good beating l…Open passage →
Chapter II · paragraph 65… he gave Eustace a blow with the side of his rapier, which was thin, fine dwarf-tempered steel and as supple and effective as a birch rod. Eustace (of course) was at a school where they didn'…Open passage →
Chapter VIII · paragraph 4…ad been made for a child or else that the people of that country had been Dwarfs. Reepicheep decided to keep it, as it was just the right size for him; so it was taken on board. They called th…Open passage →
Chapter XI · paragraph 7…ple are ripe for that. And to-day before sunset I must visit Trumpkin the Dwarf where he sits in the castle of Cair Paravel counting the days till his master Caspian comes home. I will tell h…Open passage →
Chapter XI · paragraph 47"Common little dwarfs," said he. "Nothing like so nice as the sort you have in Narnia."Open passage →
Chapter XVI · paragraph 23… all not to land on the Island of Deathwater. And instruct my regent, the Dwarf Trumpkin, to give to all these, my shipmates, the rewards I promised them. They have been earned well. And if I…Open passage →

The Silver Chair9 cited passages⌄

Chapter III · paragraph 2…key: not much bigger than a big retriever. In this chair sat a fat little dwarf. He was as richly dressed as the King, but because of his fatness and because he was sitting hunched up among c…Open passage →
Chapter III · paragraph 3…aurs: Jill could give a name to these, for she had seen pictures of them. Dwarfs too. And there were a lot of animals she knew as well; bears, badgers, moles, leopards, mice, and various birds…Open passage →
Chapter IV · paragraph 30"It's only this," said Glimfeather. "That if the Lord Regent, the Dwarf Trumpkin, hears you are going to look for the lost Prince, he won't let you start. He'd keep you under lock and…Open passage →
Chapter V · paragraph 28… long legs and arms, so that although his body was not much bigger than a dwarf's, he would be taller than most men when he stood up. The fingers of his hands were webbed like a frog's, and s…Open passage →
Chapter V · paragraph 55…y queer creatures in this country. I mean, are they animals, or birds, or dwarfs, or what?"Open passage →
Chapter XV · paragraph 19…than "I say" was this. Circling round and round the dancers was a ring of Dwarfs, all dressed in their finest clothes; mostly scarlet with fur-lined hoods and golden tassels and big furry top-…Open passage →
Chapter XV · paragraph 20…rse simply a fine big snowball that came sailing through the dance from a Dwarf on the far side and got her fair and square in the mouth. She didn't in the least mind; twenty snowballs would …Open passage →
Chapter XVI · paragraph 1…eing so sleepy before it was properly over. She had a vague impression of Dwarfs crowding round the fire with frying-pans rather bigger than themselves, and the hissing, and delicious smell of…Open passage →
Chapter XVI · paragraph 29…od close to the water's edge, bare-headed, to receive his father; and the Dwarf Trumpkin sat beside him in his little donkey-chair. The children saw there would be no chance of reaching the P…Open passage →

The Last Battle27 cited passages⌄

Chapter I · paragraph 1…ree, and his name was Shift. There were very few Talking Beasts or Men or Dwarfs, or people of any sort, in that part of the wood, but Shift had one friend and neighbour who was a donkey calle…Open passage →
Chapter I · paragraph 10…I don't much. And you've got hands, you see. You're as good as a Man or a Dwarf when it comes to catching hold of things. I've only got hoofs."Open passage →
Chapter II · paragraph 33…re of men-at-arms, all well-mounted, and a score of Talking Dogs, and ten Dwarfs (let them all be fell archers), and a Leopard or so, and Stonefoot the Giant. Bring all these after us as quick…Open passage →
Chapter III · paragraph 24… a scarlet jacket which did not fit him very well, having been made for a dwarf. He had jewelled slippers on his hind paws which would not stay on properly because, as you know, the hind paws…Open passage →
Chapter III · paragraph 40…n other countries. And all you digging animals like moles and rabbits and Dwarfs are going down to work in the Tisroc's mines. And----"Open passage →
Chapter IV · paragraph 32… murder him, and how Caspian fled away into the woods and lived among the Dwarfs. But that story too had all come right in the end too: for Caspian also had been helped by children--only there…Open passage →
Chapter V · paragraph 39"Aye, lad," said Tirian. "No Narnian dwarf smithied that. 'Tis mail of Calormen, outlandish gear. I have ever kept a few suits of it in readiness, for I n…Open passage →
Chapter VI · paragraph 9…stance to tell of Fauns dancing, or some throbbing, hammering noises from Dwarfs underground. All that was silenced: gloom and fear reigned over Narnia.Open passage →
Chapter VI · paragraph 33… that moment a far off drumbeat was heard. Jewel moved his ears forward. "Dwarfs," he said.Open passage →
Chapter VII · paragraph 3…ash, they are very obedient," said Tirian. Then suddenly he turned to the Dwarfs themselves. About one in six of them carried a torch and by that flickering light he could see their bearded fa…Open passage →
Chapter VII · paragraph 4The two soldiers glared at him in surprise but the Dwarfs all answered, "Aslan's orders, Aslan's orders. He's sold us. What can we do against him?"Open passage →
Chapter VIII · paragraph 10"Yes," said the Dwarf. "And this fool of an Ape, who didn't believe in Tash, will get more than he bargained for! He called for Tash:…Open passage →
Chapter VIII · paragraph 13"Ho, ho, ho!" chuckled the Dwarf, rubbing its hairy hands together. "It will be a surprise for the Ape. People shouldn't call for demons unless …Open passage →
Chapter IX · paragraph 10…l--they were sick of the very name of it by now--till after dark. But the Dwarf told them that if they arrived here by daylight they would probably find the place deserted, except perhaps for…Open passage →
Chapter IX · paragraph 33…me over to their side at once. And he couldn't believe that all the other Dwarfs would stick to Griffle. And fighting by firelight and in and out among trees would be an advantage to the weake…Open passage →
Chapter X · paragraph 6…ther side of the fire very well but he guessed this was Griffle the Chief Dwarf. And he was quite certain of it when, a second later, all the Dwarfs' voices joined in, singing:Open passage →
Chapter X · paragraph 9"No, no," shouted most of the crowd. But the Dwarfs said "That's right, Darkie, you've got it. Come on, Monkey, show us what's in the stable, seeing is believing."Open passage →
Chapter XI · paragraph 1…was no coward, and would have fought single-handed against Tirian and the Dwarf if need were. But he could not take on the Eagle and the Unicorn as well. He knew how Eagles can fly into your …Open passage →
Chapter XI · paragraph 3…ft!" said Tirian and hurled the Ape through into the darkness. But as the Dwarf banged the door shut again, a blinding greenish-blue light shone out from the inside of the Stable, the earth s…Open passage →
Chapter XII · paragraph 6…y, it soon became clear that they were not being shot at. Griffle and his Dwarfs were at their archery again. This time they were coolly shooting at the Calormenes.Open passage →
Chapter XII · paragraph 7…don't want Darkies any more than we want Monkeys--or Lions--or Kings. The Dwarfs are for the Dwarfs."Open passage →
Chapter XIII · paragraph 42"And after that," said Edmund, "came about a dozen Dwarfs: and then Jill, and Eustace, and last of all yourself."Open passage →
Chapter XIII · paragraph 43"I hope Tash ate the Dwarfs too," said Eustace. "Little swine."Open passage →
Chapter XIV · paragraph 10…y thousands and by millions, came all kinds of creatures--Talking Beasts, Dwarfs, Satyrs, Fauns, Giants, Calormenes, men from Archenland, Monopods, and strange unearthly things from the remote…Open passage →
Chapter XIV · paragraph 12…ome queer specimens among them. Eustace even recognised one of those very Dwarfs who had helped to shoot the Horses. But he had no time to wonder about that sort of thing (and anyway it was no…Open passage →
Chapter XV · paragraph 40…ogs and the humans but even fat little Puzzle and short-legged Poggin the Dwarf. The air flew in their faces as if they were driving fast in a car without a windscreen. The country flew past …Open passage →
Chapter XVI · paragraph 30…lose beside him were the Lord Drinian and the Lord Berne and Trumpkin the Dwarf and Trufflehunter, the Good Badger, with Glenstorm the Centaur and a hundred other heroes of the great War of D…Open passage →

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