魔戒中，矮人如何繁殖？

12-08

魔戒中的矮人都是一位叫做奧勒的神的造物，最初只有七個，並建立了七個不同的矮人王國。那麼請問他們是如何繁殖的？全靠這七個人生嗎？
註：沒看過原著，上述為聽聞。

「最初只有七個」這話是錯的。
原作說 "Seven Fathers of the Dwarves", 可沒說只有 Seven Fathers。
其實呢：

When he had made thirteen*, God spoke to him in anger
...
*One, the eldest, alone, and six more with six mates
--- Letters

最初有十三個，最長者 Durin 是孤家寡人，另外還有六對。
所以，除了七個祖爹，還有六個祖媽。
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He [Durin the Deathless] wandered widely after awakening: his people were Dwarves that joined him from
other kindreds west and east
- HoMe XII PM

不死長者走遍了東西方，遇到有追隨他的同胞，組成了 Durin 一族。他娶了哪家生養的閨女都無所謂了，反正嫁了就是 Durin 家的了。

哦，還有點，題主說「七個不同的矮人王國」——能確知的是有七個家族，多少王國可不好說。

The Dwarves" numbers, although they sometimes flourished, often faced periods of decline, especially in periods of war. The slow increase of their population was due to the rarity of Dwarf-women, who made up only about a third of the total population. Dwarves seldom wedded before the age of ninety or more, and rarely had so many as four children. They took only one husband or wife in their lifetime, and were jealous, as in all matters of their rights. The number of Dwarf-men that married was actually less than a third, for not all the Dwarf-women took husbands; some desired none, some wanted one they could not have and would have no other. Many Dwarf-men did not desire marriage because they were absorbed in their work.

Dwarf-women seldom walked abroad, and that only in great need. When they did travel, they were so alike Dwarf-men in voice, appearance, and garb that it was hard for other races to tell them apart. They were likewise seldom named in genealogies, joining their husbands" families. The only Dwarf-woman named in Tolkien"s legendarium is Dís, sister of Thorin Oakenshield, who was given a place in the records because of the gallant deaths of her sons, Fíli and Kíli. The scarcity of women, their rare mention, and their identical looks with the males, coupled with the Dwarves" secretive culture, led many to mistakenly believe that Dwarves were born out of stone, and upon death they returned to that stone.

改天來翻譯……

評論里的朋友陸柯良的譯文：

儘管矮人的數量有時眾多，他們經常面對人口下降的時期，特別是戰爭期間。他們人口數量的緩慢增長是因為女矮人數量稀少-她們只佔總人口的大概三分之一。矮人極少在90歲或更晚之前結婚，也很少能生育四個孩子或更多。他們一生只婚配一次，並且在這方面如同在他們其他權利方面一樣非常嫉妒。矮人男性結婚的數量事實上不到（應該是說總數的）三分之一-因為不是所有矮人女性都會結婚。有些不想結婚，有些愛著不可能的人又不願意同其他人結婚。很多矮人男性不想結婚因為他們著迷於自己的工作。
矮人女性極少踏出國門-只有在有重大需要的時候才會。當她們旅行的時候她們的聲音，外表和打扮上同男性無異，讓其他種族很難分辨他們。在譜系表中她們也極少被提及，被併入她們丈夫的家庭中。在托爾金的Legendarium中唯一提到名字的女性矮人是Dis，索林橡木盾的姐妹，由於她兒子Fili和Kili的英勇戰死而在記錄中獲得了一席之地。女性的稀少，她們的極少被提及，她們同男性類似的外觀還有矮人保密的文化，都導致許多人錯誤地以為矮人是石頭裡蹦出來的，在死亡的時候回歸那塊石頭。

感謝！

有女矮人的，第二部電影裡邊金利說過，女矮人也長著鬍子，所以很多人以為矮人都是從石頭裡蹦出來的

人類和精靈怎麼繁殖，矮人就怎麼繁殖。不過話說回來，繁殖？把矮人當成某種動物嗎？繁衍吧？

用小時候媽媽們的話「石頭縫裡蹦出來的」