Song of Durin’s Awakening Lyrics

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“Gimli chanted this song in Moria.

Durin was the eldest of the Seven Fathers of the Dwarves, created by Aule the Smith, and was therefore the first Dwarf.

This song recounts the building, the glory, and the fall of this Dwarf community. There were six Dwarf kings in Moria named Durin. The first was Durin the Deathless, who earned this name because of his very long life. He was the ancestor of all of Durin’s Folk and the founder of Moria. The other five Durins were so like him that they were considered to be the original Durin reincarnated. The last line of the song refers to the expected seventh reincarnation.

The downfall of Moria came, as Gandalf put it, when the Dwarves “delved too greedily and too deep, disturbed that from which they fled, Durin’s Bane.” It was a Balrog, a servant of Morgoth, that had been hiding at the roots of the mountain since the end of the First Age. It was called Durin’s Bane because it killed Durin VI and routed his people from their underground community."

Allusions to Old Norse

In Norse mythology, Durin (or Durinn) was the second created dawrf after the first and foremost dwarf Mótsognir. He is attested to have forged the magic sword Tyrfing with the help of the dwarf Dvalin.

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