Dwarf

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The term dwarf (from Old English dweorg, dweorh; akin to Old High German twerc and modern Norwegian dverg) may refer to:

Contents 1 Medicine 2 Mythology 3 Literature 4 Biology 5 Astronomy 6 Other

[edit] Medicine

• Someone with the condition of dwarfism

[edit] Mythology

• Dwarf (mythology): A creature in Germanic mythology and fairy tales
• In Hinduism, the god Vamana (literally "dwarfish") is described as dwarf
• A creature in Norse mythology, specifically:
  • Norse dwarves
  • Svartalfar
• A dwarf in fantasy fiction
  • Dwarfs (Discworld)
  • Dwarf (Middle-earth)
  • Dwarf (Dungeons & Dragons)
  • Dwarves (Warcraft)
  • Dwarfs (Warhammer)

[edit] Literature

• the novel The Dwarf by Pär Lagerkvist

[edit] Biology

• dwarfing (an agricultural term)
• a dwarf plant
• a dwarf rabbit
• Insular dwarfism is a biological term describing effects of population isolation.

There are dwarfs in the books/movies in Narnia.

[edit] Astronomy

• a form of size classification in astronomy, for instance:
  • a dwarf star, also known as a main sequence star
  • subdwarf
  • black dwarf
  • brown dwarf
  • red dwarf
  • white dwarf
  • a dwarf galaxy
  • a dwarf planet

[edit] Other

• DWARF (Debugging With Attributed Record Formats, a debugging data format)
• PYGMIES + DWARFS arguments

The plural form dwarves may refer to:

• Dwarves (band)

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