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Aulë created the first 7 Dwarven fathers, from whom 7 Dwarven clans rose. But how did they reproduce into even more clans, if it's known that the first Dwarves were men, and Dwarves reproduce sexually?

Duplicate This question is not a duplicate of this one because my question asks how did dwarves reproduced if in the beginning there were no female dwarves, while this question asks the general origin of dwarves, so please remove the duplicate flag.

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    The short answer is that they took wives, indicating that wives were created at much the same time. – Valorum Dec 04 '16 at 21:16
  • 6 of the first seven Dwarven Fathers were laid to rest with wives. Durin, the first Dwarf to be created, was laid to rest on his own. There are only 7 Dwarven families, but more groups of those families. – Edlothiad Dec 04 '16 at 21:32
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    Perhaps Tolkien saw no problem introducing the same confusion found in the Bible: The first humans (Adam and Eve) had two sons (Cain and Abel). Cain killed Abel and then somehow found a woman to marry. – Blackwood Dec 04 '16 at 22:33
  • They were created, they inter-mingled and life... er... found a way. – Möoz Dec 04 '16 at 23:22
  • Wasn't God involved in that whole thing at the time? – Misha R Dec 05 '16 at 05:46
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    Eru ("God") only gave sentient life to the original 13 dwarves created by Äule. – Edlothiad Dec 05 '16 at 08:39
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    @Valorum where was I implying that dwarves are related to men? The wives explain it, I was not aware there were any. – Ben Dec 05 '16 at 11:15
  • @Benedictus - I've addressed that in my (now-deleted) comment. You said the first dwarves were men. That's ambiguous. – Valorum Dec 05 '16 at 12:39
  • Your question is a duplicate not because the two questions are the same, but because the answer to the linked question also answers your question. – CHEESE Dec 05 '16 at 14:34
  • @CHEESE I believe this should not be considered duplicate as the answer only covers the question partialy, and is targeted to answer a much broader question. According to this http://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/10841/how-should-duplicate-questions-be-handled indeed, a question CAN BE considered duplicate if it has "same (potential) answers", but that's not the case as the answers are not the same. – Ben Dec 05 '16 at 17:04
  • @Benedictus This may be a matter of opinion, but IMO the accepted answer to that question answers yours, which makes it a dupe. – CHEESE Dec 05 '16 at 17:56

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