Editing Dwarf (folklore) (section)

==Influence on popular culture==
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 | footer = Left: [[Seven Dwarfs#Disney Dwarfs|Seven Disney Dwarfs]] in the trailer for [[Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937 film)|''Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs'']]. Right: an archetypal [[fantasy]] dwarf, based on the [[Dwarves in Middle-earth|Dwarves]] from [[Tolkien's legendarium]].
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Dwarfs feature in modern tellings of folklore such as [[Walt Disney]]'s film ''[[Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937 film)|Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs]]'' (1937) based on the "[[Snow White]]" [[folktale]] retold by the [[Brothers Grimm]].{{sfn|Grimm|Grimm|2014}}{{sfn|Snow White (Disney)}}

Most dwarfs in modern fantasy fiction closely follow those of [[J. R. R. Tolkien]]'s ''[[The Hobbit]]'' and ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'', where the [[Dwarf (Middle-earth)|dwarves]] (Tolkien's spelling) were distinguished from [[Elf (Middle-earth)|elves]]: most modern fantasy has continued this distinction.{{sfn|Wilkin|2006|p=62}} Dwarfs are also present in other fantasy literature such as [[C. S. Lewis]]'s ''[[The Chronicles of Narnia|Narnia]]'' stories, [[Terry Pratchett]]'s ''[[Discworld]]'' and the ''[[Artemis Fowl]]'' novels by [[Eoin Colfer]].{{sfn|Johnson|Houtman|1986|pp=83-84}}{{sfn|Pratchett|Simpson|2009|pp=62-76}}{{sfn|Pettersson|2009||pp=20-21}}

The emergence of fantasy [[video games]] has led to differing depictions and interpretations of dwarfs. In the universe of ''[[The Elder Scrolls]]'', "dwarves" (or Dwemer) are presented as a race of subterranean elves whose culture was centred around science and engineering, which differs from Tolkien's conceptualisation in that they are not particularly short, and are extinct. Other games like ''[[Dragon Age]]'' and [[Dwarves (Warcraft)|''Warcraft'']] present an image of dwarfs as stout, bearded mountain dwellers, separate from Elves.{{citation needed|date=December 2022}}