Are you sure Pratchett's dwarves are supposed to be Jewish? They look more like stereotypical Chinese: short, hard-working, famous for their martial prowess, selling their Foreign Queasine everywhere... The ones more likely to be Jewish are golems with their Sabbath.
Is there a Word of God on that?
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Jewish and Chinese stereotypes are almost exactly the same, with the exception of the food. So it's really a matter of perspective.
Word of God is that Jewish Discworld fans told Terry the dwarfs came across as Jewish, which was news to him, but since they seemed quite happy about the connection he decided to leave it.
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, started by pocketlint60 on Jul 3rd 2017 at 1:52:15 PM
Would it be worth mentioning that the Gorons from The Legend of Zelda seem like the setting's own equivalent of dwarves?
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Im removing the word "parodic" from the last category as there are both straight examples in that part and parodies in the straight section. Il try to clean it up to the best of my abilities.
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"Since The Film of the Book(s), they now even all talk the same." - Is this really true? I'm genuinely curious here. I know that there have been examples of Scottish (or rural E Nglish) accented dwarves before the film, with the dwarf king from the Drizz't books being one such example. Definitely Scottish dwarves in Baldurs Gate as well (along with other accents, granted).
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Does anyone know where the "Dwarves are Scottish" trope came from?
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Probably because Dwarves tend to be obssessed with wealth and Scots are supposed to be, plus both are stereotypically gruff.
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I know this entire page is considered to have issues, but in particular, both Discworld sections really need some cleanup, starting with the fact there's two Discworld sections... My problem is, I'm not really sure which one is the more appropriate, due to the aforementioned overall issues.
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