The Reckoning of Durin's Folk (a lunar-based calendar)

[Falenthal]

And the thirteen months might be representative of the thirteen Fathers and Mothers of the Dwarves (Durin having been created uniquely without a mate).

Great!!

[Stormcrow]

Dwarf names are based on Norse mythology, but their culture? I'm not sure I see that.

[Otaku-sempai]

Dwarf names are based on Norse mythology, but their culture? I'm not sure I see that.

Well, the Dwarves took their 'outer' names from the local Mannish culture and may have borrowed other local customs as well, such as the manner in which they observed the seasons. Frankly, that was one reason why I gave this calendar a Yule day. It is certainly possible that their Khuzdul names for their months and/or weekdays were based on the names of the Dwarf Fathers (and Mothers?) and other cultural touchstones. Maybe their name for the first day of their week would translate as 'Mahal-day', Mahal being their name for the Vala Aulë.

[Glorelendil]

Wait...wait...WAIT...

Norse culture?

Then how do you explain the Scottish accents?

[Otaku-sempai]

Wait...wait...WAIT...

Norse culture?

Then how do you explain the Scottish accents?

Peter Jackson and John Rhys-Davies (though JRD is actually Welsh). I imagine that you know that the names of most of the Dwarves (and Gandalf's name) came from the Icelandic Eddas.

I do wish we had the names of the rest of the Dwarf-fathers (and their wives). We don't even know the names of the founders of the lines of the Broadbeams and Firebeards in the Blue Mountains.

[Glorelendil]

Dwarves with Scottish accents loooooong predate PJ.

[Otaku-sempai]

Dwarves with Scottish accents loooooong predate PJ.

If you say so. Gimli doesn't seem to have a Scottish accent in Ralph Bakshi's adaptation of The Lord of the Rings and neither do the Dwarves in the Rankin/Bass specials or the full-cast audio dramas that aired on NPR. Are you referring to the BBC radio plays?

But we digress.

[Stormcrow]

Dwarves have had Scottish accents at least since Poul Anderson's Three Hearts and Three Lions, a book that had a big influence on the creators of D&D, though they themselves never explicitly made them Scottish.

[Rick Ua Ruairc]

For some reason Dwarves always had Scottish accents roleplaying D&D in the late 70s but for the life of me I can't remember how it started.

[Glorelendil]

Dwarves with Scottish accents loooooong predate PJ.

If you say so. Gimli doesn't seem to have a Scottish accent in Ralph Bakshi's adaptation of The Lord of the Rings and neither do the Dwarves in the Rankin/Bass specials or the full-cast audio dramas that aired on NPR. Are you referring to the BBC radio plays?

But we digress.

No I'm talking about playing D&D in the 80's. EVERYBODY used Scottish accents.

EDIT: I'd highly recommend using a bad Russian accent next time you play a Dwarf. It adds a surprising amount of flavor.
"Vee are luking vorrr a moose, and vlying sqvirrel named Rrrrrocky."