The "Mirrormere" is a lake located near the eastern gate of Khazad-dum (Moria). Durin saw a reflectoin of the stars in Mirrormere, and they looked like a crown on his head, and because of the unusual circumstances (it was day when he gazed into the lake) he took it as a sign that in this place he should create his kingdom. This took place in the "elder days", before the First Age, during the Years of the Trees.
The song tells the tale of *Durin I The Deathless,* the first and oldest of Dwarf Kings during the Year of the Trees. He earned his name the Deathless due living extremely long for a Dwarven age (which was over 2000 years). In Tolkien's lore the Dwarves had a prophecy where Durin would be reincarnated 7 times as a great king. Whenever a dwarf would become a great king of Durin's Folk he would be named Durin. Good example would be *King Dain II Ironfoot's* Grandson *Durin VII* also known as *Durin The Last* for he was Durin's last reincarnation and last known king of the dwarves.
When everything goes bad, it’s when a balrog (an evil spirit who served melkor the great) ravages durins halls, Khazad dum (moria) and casts the dwarves out, and is later infested by orcs
The saddest thing is that the Dwarves are dying out, because only 1/3 of the population is female and not all males marry and get children. When I found out I was so mad at Tolkien. I still think he kinda forgot the dwarves or didn't think of them as important for his stories since there is so much background material missing or simply not elaborated. It always seems like his complete focus was on the Elves and Men (and maybe Hobbits later on), especially in the Silmarillion. Dwarves need more love in movies/novels/video games.
Tolkien's dwarves are absolutely drenched in melancholy. Each bit of lore he crafted, every mention, every dwarf we meet, just has this heavy weight upon their backs. They all remember the stories of their golden days and all long for a return to those days of peace and prosperity. It leaves you sad, but its almost a comforting sadness.
Coz dwarves was Aule's creations. And as long as their father can't reach them - they have no normal life. And all this melancoly from this fact. And after fall of Numenor - Eru discharged all Valar, Miar and elves in Aman to be fleshless spirits and put a block on this land. Noone came, noone out.
The line of durin. Durin the deathless, durin VI, Náin 1, thráin 1, thorin 1, glóin, óin, Náin 2. Now Náin the second had 2 sons. Dain 1 and Borin. Dain 1 was the eldest so he was king , the eldest is always the king. So borin was not king since he was the youngest of the two. As dain 1 was king he had three sons ; Thrór, Frór and Grór. Thrór was the eldest so he was king , he is also the grandfather to the guy in the middle of this song. The guy in the middle is called Thorin Oakenshield the second. So Thrór also had a son named Thrain the second, who is thorin's father. That's why they say thorin son of thrain son of thrór. Thrain 2 had 3 children; thorin oakenshield, frerin and dis( who was a woman). Thorin oakenshield was the eldest. Thorin oakenshield is actually called the last son of durin because he never had a wife or children. So dis ( thorin's sister) had 2 sons; fili and kili. Thorin calls them his sons but he is actually their uncle. So if thorin dies fili and kili would be the successors, fili would be king because he is eldest. But unfortunately, in the hobbit the battle of the five armies, Thorin oakenshield tried to kill azog the defiler( he is the one who beheaded thrór, thorin's grandfather in the battle of moria) so thorin's target was azog because he killed his grandfather while he was seeing. Azog was a large pale orc. The reason for the battle of moria is because the kingdom erebor was destroyed by a dragon named smaug. So the dwarves flee the mountain erebor looking for a new home , thrór was the king by that time. So thrór decided to take back moria because they never had a home and when the went to moria it was already occupied by orc and the leader azog. So they fought and actually took back moria but in the battle thrór was killed by azog and his son thrain 2 ran far away because of grief. So the dwarves were leaderless because thór and thrain had vanished. But thorin oakenshield was still in the battle he fought and later all the dwarves acknowledged him as king. While in the battle thorin cut off azog's hand and thorin actually thought he died but he didn't die. So in the battle of the five armies thorin and his squad; fili, kili, óin, glóin( father of gimli ), bifur , bofur , bombur, dwalin, balin, dori, ori and nori with Gandalf and bilbo went to take back erebor where by the dragon was still in the mountain. Surprisingly they managed to kick the dragon out of the mountain and it was killed. So thorin decided to kill azog, but his sisters children fili and kili were killed , his successors. Fili was slain by azog infront of thorin's eyes. And kili was slain by bolg, son of azog. Azog was killed by thorin and thorin was killed by azog. They both pierced themselves. Azog took the first one and thorin took the second one, but azog died first before thorin died. So Dáin Ironfoot ( lord of the ironhills) who is also thorin's cousin became king after thorin died. He loved thorin so much that he named his son also thorin.
Imagine this being sung by Gimli in the shadowed halls of fallen Moria as they traverse dark corridors and abandoned rooms visited only by demons, orcs and the bodies of the dwarves who died to protect their homes. The dwarves we know from the movies are a scattered, melancholic people with a rich history. When we get to see them their mighty mountain homes have mostly fallen. Some by treachery (Sauron certainly didn't help) and others from disasters like the Balrog and Smaug. The ones that are left still remember their golden age and desperately wish to reclaim their fallen ancestral redoubts, but the things that now make their homes there are strong and many expeditions were sent only to be snuffed out in short order.
@@OmarioRpg The same choir sang "When the hammer falls", springboarding off the success of this rendition of the classic poem. It's also a pretty good song!
Durin the VI was King when the Balrog was unearthed. He fell and Khazad-dûm burned. Forever after the Dwarves named the Shadow that they awoke *Durin's Bane.*
@@OmarioRpg When your economy is based on mining and metalwork, you are going to need to keep mining in order to get materials. It just happened that there was a balrog hibernating there. Also I'm pretty sure the Watcher in the Water is ancient and created tunnels deep within the earth.
Genuinely some of the finest choral singing you'll ever hear. Unbelievable harmonies, incredible melody and structure too. Tolkien wrote so much of his work in rhyming verse or in song because his greatest inspiration was the Viking sagas, which were passed down in oral tradition in mead halls by singers and storytellers. Thorin Oakenshield, the dwarf at the center of this picture is a direct descendant of Durin. The Hobbit films are all over the place in part because they tried to do too many different things with them but there are some great scenes
That shows with the similarities of the chanting with in the dwarven songs and viking songs! My fave game OST is God Of War's where the composer actually went to Iceland and got some legendary Chanters to make the greatest in game music of all time highly recommend listening to it if you enjoyed this! Cant wait to give the movies another chance!
Durin was one of first 7 dwarves and that was probably in the first age or start of middle earth, multiple kings of dwarves after him were also named Durin and believed to be him reincarnated
Basicly dwarfs woke up sometime after the elfs and before humans, of course in the first age. (Aule became impatient in waiting for the elfs so he created them without asking Eru, but he noticed Aule's doing and accepted it, but kept the plan for elfs to be first)
Your genuine smiles at 5:35 and 7:25 was amazing to watch. Seeing people in awe when they see something beautiful is so cool. I like those parts as well.
Oh no. The guy in The Hobbit is Thorin, son of Thrain. He's the King Under the Mountain (which is Erebor, The Lonely Mountain) and he's a DESCENDANT of Durin. Durin is like the father of all dwarves really. It's been a long time since I suggested this song and I don't know if there's someone else who suggested this to you. This is my favourite Clamavi de Profundus song (so far). I personally liked and enjoyed the Hobbit trilogy and I've got no problem with it...... but that's before I watched the LotR. And then after watching the LotR trilogy and learning more about Middle Earth, I jump to the 'hate train' of LotR fans and die-hard Tolkien fans towards The Hobbit. But as I rewatch the TH trilogy (I rewatched it many times before and I did rewatched it again last night), I did liked it and appreciate some things in it like Bilbo and Thorin's friendship, Smaug(the dragon) and the riddle (with Bilbo and Smeagol/Gollum) in the dark and some other things. What I'm trying to say is give it a second try and see it for yourself....and yeah, you're not gonna like the movie if you'll constantly compare it to LotR. The Hobbit is based on a children's book anyway.
Im sorry Darcy I let you down with my Derpy Lotr knowledge :'( Yeah cant wait to give it another chance we are so close to our goal so it will be on the channel soon! Thanks for all the epic lore and support Darcy!
@@darcyliz9993 dude , durin the deathless , Durin's nickname is deathless which does not mean he is immortal, but rather implies that when he dies, his soul will be transferred to the eldest branch line and live on.
The song of Durin is based on the life of Durin Throughout his entire life including the reincarnations. the beginning speaks of the elven cities of Nargothrond and Gondolin to illustrate the way the world was before they fell.
Tbf to you the imagery in the video is misleading - this was sung by Gimli while the company of the ring pass through Moria in LOTR (a journey in the dark)
The dwarf in the center is Thorin II Oakenshield, who is a descendant of Durin. When he died at the Battle of the Five Armies, his cousin Dain Ironfoot from the Iron Hills took the throne as King Under the Mountain and it was prophesied that the last reincarnation of Durin, Durin the Seventh, would come from his line and would retake Moria. It's said that Dain's grandson was born Durin the Seventh in the Fourth Age of Middle Earth after the War of the Ring. It would be known that that dwarf was the heir and Durin the Seventh when he looked into the Mirrormere, himself, and also saw the crown of seven stars as his ancestor, Durin the First, did.
all of the races were, according to the Silmarillion, born of "Music". The Gods of that world sang songs and each song created a race. Hence the term "Beneath the mountain the music woke"
@@Tommy1977777 the elves were the first awakened, the dwarves were made first, but laid under a mountain in sleep to await the coming of the elves. This is if I'm correct, I remember something like this.
I love this! Beautiful song and beautiful singing by De Profundis Clamavi! Not for you to react but just because your watchers might be interested, I'd like to mention that there are some beautiful youtube videos of the dwarves from The Hobbit movie, with the song "If I die young" (from The Band Perry, cover by Michael Henry and Justin Robert". Also, old but lovely, a "Boromir centric" video set to the song "Minstrel Boy". I'm nervous about putting links in the comments, but if someone tells me it's OK, I can put in the links.
The tune for this is not canon, Tolkien wrote the words but never put them to music, and this didn't make it into even the extended edition of the Peter Jackson movies. All we know about the canonical tune for this song is that it's described as "chant[ing] in a deep voice" when Gimli sings it for the Fellowship as they journey through Moria. That being said, Clamavi De Profundis have done an incredible job putting the Song of Durin to music and I think this is the closest we'll ever get to the music Tolkien would have wrote for it.
haha thats very kind of you ! well we can all watch me watch these amazing videos together and talk about them in the comments and man is it a beautiful thing!
Correct, Durin lives in every descendant of the old world. Thorin and most of the dwarves that traveled in their company were all blood descendants of Durin the first.
The world was young the mountains green no stain yet on the moon was seen no words were laid on stream or stone when Durin woke and walked alone. That's speaking to the Awakening of Durin the deathless in Mount gundabad. He named the nameless hills and dells he drank from yet untasted wells he stooped and looked in mirrormere and saw a crown of stars appear as gems upon a silver thread above the shadows of his head. He finding the lake and seeing the crown of stars which tells him that this is where his Destined kingdom will be Khazad-dÛm. That whole first stanza is just about the first Durin. The world was fair the mountains tall in elder days before the fall of mighty Kings in Nargathrond and Gondlin who now beyond the Western seas have passed away the world was fair in Durin's day. That was about the second durin and the end of the first age. A king he was on carvin throne in many pillared Halls of stone with golden roof and silver floor and runes of power upon the door the light of sun and star and Moon in shining lamps of Crystal hewn undimmed by cloud or shade of night they're shown forever fair and bright. This was about durin the third and beginning of the second age. The hammer on the anvil smote the chisel clove and graver wrote there forged with blade and bound was hilt the delver mind the mason built their barrel Pearl and opal pale and metal wrought like fishes mail buckler corselet ax and sword and shining Spears were laid in horde. Durin the 4th and the final battle against sauron in the last alliance. Unwearied then we're Durin's folk beneath the mountains music woke the Harper's harped the minstrel sang and at the gates the trumpets rang. The 5th Durin and the peace after the defeat of sauron and the Golden age of Khazad-dÛm. The world is gray the mountains old the forges fire is ashin cold no harp is wrung no Hammer falls the darkness dwells in Durin's halls a shadow lies upon his tomb in moria in Khazad-dÛm The Awakening of the balrog and the death of durin the 6th but still the sunken Stars appear in dark and windless mirromere their lies his crown in water deep till durin wakes again from sleep. The foretelling of durin the 7th and the final durin to rule over Khazad-dÛm
Middle earth that we know is based around the middle ages but was written by a soldier from ww2 I think but when the first durin was around was several thousand years prior
Tolkien was a soldier, an officer even, during WW1. He was a professor and I think already in his 40s when WW2 kicked off. He'd already written The Hobbit by that point.
@@cristalmewtwo4160 No problem. ^^ He was in the middle of writing the Lord of the Rings when WW2 broke out is all. He actually referenced how people kept assuming that the shape of the real war was reflected in his fictional war, and stated that no, if WW2 had influenced LotR to that degree, then Sauron would have been destroyed, but the Ring not unmade, Saruman would have forged his own Ring, and the two Lords of the Rings would have glared at each other, mirroring how the US and USSR drifted into the Cold War after WW2. Sorry that was a bit rambly. ^^
OK so....the song covers very quickly the history of moria from the awakening of Durin the first in Mount Gundabad in 1050 of the Year of Trees (so before the first age). Mirrormere is the still lake found by the western gate of Khazad-dum and when Durin saw the crown of stars, he took it as a sign and founded the great city of Khazad-dum. The city became so famous that the elves heard of it and so began a long friendship. One of the most important things to know is that the name Durin is not one given lightly. It is a name reserved solely for the reincarnations of Durin himself. There is only one Durin alive at any time and that can be generations apart. Now Nargothrond and Gondolin were two elven cities that got destroyed in the First Age during the war with Morgoth. As for the darkness of Khazad-dum, one of the greatest ores of Durin's Folk was Mithril and they kept digging deeper and deeper until they woke a Balrog of Morgoth that was slumbering in the mountain. It proceeded to kill Durin VI and was know then as Durin's Bane. That is the shadow upon Durin's tomb. The city consequently had to be evacuated and then orcs took over then there were multiple attempts to take back Moria, notably was the Battle of Azanulbizar were the Orc Azog was slain and the Durin's Bane was seen by Dain Ironfoot. And so Moria was left to Durin's Bane and the orcs. Until Balin successfully took back Moria and was killed by a orc scout while he was by Mirrormere. The song of Durin was sang by Gimli in the book while the fellowship was travelling through Moria and well.... We know the rest.
This is a tale from thousands of years before Thorin and the dwarves in the Hobbit. Durin is the 1st of the seven fathers of the dwarves from the 1st age of Middle Earth. The Hobbit is set in the third age.
I highly suggest you also listen to Colin John Rudd, who originally created this arrangement of Tolkien's song years before this band. (The original was given with just the text in his books). Sadly, because of a stroke a few years ago, he cannot create music such as this anymore, but in the link below, you find the cleanest version of this specific song from his channel (as part of a collection of songs from Tolkien's work). I time-stamped Durin's Song. th-cam.com/video/Z0Zp3dwBf_0/w-d-xo.html
dude , durin the deathless , Durin's nickname is deathless which does not mean he is immortal, but rather implies that when he dies, his soul will be transferred to the eldest branch line and live on.
@@OmarioRpg I mean, you were wrong about a few things in this reaction. That is undisputable. But, in these comments you have been fair and open to learning about what the song means and where you were inaccurate. That is great. It is good you were able to understand and appreciate the meaning behind the music. I feel your response here is needlessly aggressive just as the original comment was a bit insensative.
The "Mirrormere" is a lake located near the eastern gate of Khazad-dum (Moria). Durin saw a reflectoin of the stars in Mirrormere, and they looked like a crown on his head, and because of the unusual circumstances (it was day when he gazed into the lake) he took it as a sign that in this place he should create his kingdom. This took place in the "elder days", before the First Age, during the Years of the Trees.
Its such a cool way of seeing your destiny!
Durin vids soon for sure
isn't this a song about the begin of durin's folk and the creation and fall of moria?
@@rayqon8055 yes
the crown consisted of seven stars, representing the future seven clans of dwarves
@@filippobasilio7056 Or perhaps the seven incarnations of Durin (reincarnations) within the House of the Longbeards
The song tells the tale of *Durin I The Deathless,* the first and oldest of Dwarf Kings during the Year of the Trees. He earned his name the Deathless due living extremely long for a Dwarven age (which was over 2000 years). In Tolkien's lore the Dwarves had a prophecy where Durin would be reincarnated 7 times as a great king. Whenever a dwarf would become a great king of Durin's Folk he would be named Durin. Good example would be *King Dain II Ironfoot's* Grandson *Durin VII* also known as *Durin The Last* for he was Durin's last reincarnation and last known king of the dwarves.
Great Lore thanks
DAYM 2000 YEARS! Its a fitting name for him lol
@@OmarioRpg you should really read the books. The dwarf that you thought was Durin is (spoilers) actually named Thorin.
When everything goes bad, it’s when a balrog (an evil spirit who served melkor the great) ravages durins halls, Khazad dum (moria) and casts the dwarves out, and is later infested by orcs
The saddest thing is that the Dwarves are dying out, because only 1/3 of the population is female and not all males marry and get children.
When I found out I was so mad at Tolkien. I still think he kinda forgot the dwarves or didn't think of them as important for his stories since there is so much background material missing or simply not elaborated. It always seems like his complete focus was on the Elves and Men (and maybe Hobbits later on), especially in the Silmarillion.
Dwarves need more love in movies/novels/video games.
Thank the Gods someone said it. This man is uneducated in Tolkien Lore.
Tolkien's dwarves are absolutely drenched in melancholy. Each bit of lore he crafted, every mention, every dwarf we meet, just has this heavy weight upon their backs. They all remember the stories of their golden days and all long for a return to those days of peace and prosperity. It leaves you sad, but its almost a comforting sadness.
well said sir ill be honest reading that I did almost shed a manly dwarven tear thanks for that great comment!
Coz dwarves was Aule's creations. And as long as their father can't reach them - they have no normal life. And all this melancoly from this fact.
And after fall of Numenor - Eru discharged all Valar, Miar and elves in Aman to be fleshless spirits and put a block on this land. Noone came, noone out.
doesnt that go for all the free races besides hobbits?
The line of durin.
Durin the deathless, durin VI, Náin 1, thráin 1, thorin 1, glóin, óin, Náin 2.
Now Náin the second had 2 sons.
Dain 1 and Borin.
Dain 1 was the eldest so he was king , the eldest is always the king.
So borin was not king since he was the youngest of the two.
As dain 1 was king he had three sons ; Thrór, Frór and Grór.
Thrór was the eldest so he was king , he is also the grandfather to the guy in the middle of this song. The guy in the middle is called Thorin Oakenshield the second.
So Thrór also had a son named Thrain the second, who is thorin's father.
That's why they say thorin son of thrain son of thrór.
Thrain 2 had 3 children; thorin oakenshield, frerin and dis( who was a woman).
Thorin oakenshield was the eldest.
Thorin oakenshield is actually called the last son of durin because he never had a wife or children.
So dis ( thorin's sister) had 2 sons; fili and kili.
Thorin calls them his sons but he is actually their uncle.
So if thorin dies fili and kili would be the successors, fili would be king because he is eldest.
But unfortunately, in the hobbit the battle of the five armies,
Thorin oakenshield tried to kill azog the defiler( he is the one who beheaded thrór, thorin's grandfather in the battle of moria) so thorin's target was azog because he killed his grandfather while he was seeing. Azog was a large pale orc. The reason for the battle of moria is because the kingdom erebor was destroyed by a dragon named smaug. So the dwarves flee the mountain erebor looking for a new home , thrór was the king by that time.
So thrór decided to take back moria because they never had a home and when the went to moria it was already occupied by orc and the leader azog. So they fought and actually took back moria but in the battle thrór was killed by azog and his son thrain 2 ran far away because of grief.
So the dwarves were leaderless because thór and thrain had vanished. But thorin oakenshield was still in the battle he fought and later all the dwarves acknowledged him as king. While in the battle thorin cut off azog's hand and thorin actually thought he died but he didn't die.
So in the battle of the five armies thorin and his squad; fili, kili, óin, glóin( father of gimli ), bifur , bofur , bombur, dwalin, balin, dori, ori and nori with Gandalf and bilbo went to take back erebor where by the dragon was still in the mountain. Surprisingly they managed to kick the dragon out of the mountain and it was killed. So thorin decided to kill azog, but his sisters children fili and kili were killed , his successors.
Fili was slain by azog infront of thorin's eyes.
And kili was slain by bolg, son of azog.
Azog was killed by thorin and thorin was killed by azog.
They both pierced themselves.
Azog took the first one and thorin took the second one, but azog died first before thorin died.
So Dáin Ironfoot ( lord of the ironhills) who is also thorin's cousin became king after thorin died.
He loved thorin so much that he named his son also thorin.
Imagine this being sung by Gimli in the shadowed halls of fallen Moria as they traverse dark corridors and abandoned rooms visited only by demons, orcs and the bodies of the dwarves who died to protect their homes.
The dwarves we know from the movies are a scattered, melancholic people with a rich history. When we get to see them their mighty mountain homes have mostly fallen. Some by treachery (Sauron certainly didn't help) and others from disasters like the Balrog and Smaug.
The ones that are left still remember their golden age and desperately wish to reclaim their fallen ancestral redoubts, but the things that now make their homes there are strong and many expeditions were sent only to be snuffed out in short order.
I cant wait to react to more Dwarf legends any recommendations will be greatly appreciated thanks so much for the amazing comment aswell! :)
@@OmarioRpg The same choir sang "When the hammer falls", springboarding off the success of this rendition of the classic poem. It's also a pretty good song!
Durin the VI was King when the Balrog was unearthed. He fell and Khazad-dûm burned. Forever after the Dwarves named the Shadow that they awoke *Durin's Bane.*
damn greed does that to you but still sad violin music plays :'(
@@OmarioRpg When your economy is based on mining and metalwork, you are going to need to keep mining in order to get materials. It just happened that there was a balrog hibernating there.
Also I'm pretty sure the Watcher in the Water is ancient and created tunnels deep within the earth.
Genuinely some of the finest choral singing you'll ever hear. Unbelievable harmonies, incredible melody and structure too. Tolkien wrote so much of his work in rhyming verse or in song because his greatest inspiration was the Viking sagas, which were passed down in oral tradition in mead halls by singers and storytellers. Thorin Oakenshield, the dwarf at the center of this picture is a direct descendant of Durin. The Hobbit films are all over the place in part because they tried to do too many different things with them but there are some great scenes
That shows with the similarities of the chanting with in the dwarven songs and viking songs!
My fave game OST is God Of War's where the composer actually went to Iceland and got some legendary Chanters to make the greatest in game music of all time highly recommend listening to it if you enjoyed this!
Cant wait to give the movies another chance!
Durin was one of first 7 dwarves and that was probably in the first age or start of middle earth, multiple kings of dwarves after him were also named Durin and believed to be him reincarnated
Basicly dwarfs woke up sometime after the elfs and before humans, of course in the first age. (Aule became impatient in waiting for the elfs so he created them without asking Eru, but he noticed Aule's doing and accepted it, but kept the plan for elfs to be first)
@@janekgaganek3871 elves and dwarves existed in the time of trees before the first age
"Something happened and everything went down hill" the perfect summary of dwarven history
This is the first age.
What happened: The balrog that gandalf fought in moria was called "Durin's bane"
Your genuine smiles at 5:35 and 7:25 was amazing to watch. Seeing people in awe when they see something beautiful is so cool. I like those parts as well.
i just need to sub to you you are the ony guy that reacts to lotr stuff and i love it
Wait really lol thanks man thats very kind of you glad your enjoying the vids expect alot more!
Oh no. The guy in The Hobbit is Thorin, son of Thrain. He's the King Under the Mountain (which is Erebor, The Lonely Mountain) and he's a DESCENDANT of Durin.
Durin is like the father of all dwarves really.
It's been a long time since I suggested this song and I don't know if there's someone else who suggested this to you. This is my favourite Clamavi de Profundus song (so far).
I personally liked and enjoyed the Hobbit trilogy and I've got no problem with it......
but that's before I watched the LotR. And then after watching the LotR trilogy and learning more about Middle Earth, I jump to the 'hate train' of LotR fans and die-hard Tolkien fans towards The Hobbit.
But as I rewatch the TH trilogy (I rewatched it many times before and I did rewatched it again last night), I did liked it and appreciate some things in it like Bilbo and Thorin's friendship, Smaug(the dragon) and the riddle (with Bilbo and Smeagol/Gollum) in the dark and some other things.
What I'm trying to say is give it a second try and see it for yourself....and yeah, you're not gonna like the movie if you'll constantly compare it to LotR. The Hobbit is based on a children's book anyway.
Im sorry Darcy I let you down with my Derpy Lotr knowledge :'(
Yeah cant wait to give it another chance we are so close to our goal so it will be on the channel soon!
Thanks for all the epic lore and support Darcy!
@@OmarioRpg
Haha.... it's okay.😂
@@darcyliz9993 dude , durin the deathless , Durin's nickname is deathless which does not mean he is immortal, but rather implies that when he dies, his soul will be transferred to the eldest branch line and live on.
7:15 I Love your reaction where you realised that the song is all about durin and his acient and glorious home of khazadum/moria
The song of Durin is based on the life of Durin Throughout his entire life including the reincarnations. the beginning speaks of the elven cities of Nargothrond and Gondolin to illustrate the way the world was before they fell.
I've been listening to clamavi de profundis for a while now, still go back to listen almost on the daily
I will point out, the one dwarf that's front and center is not Durin, that's Thorin
2:04 he isn't Durin he Is thorin !
Tbf to you the imagery in the video is misleading - this was sung by Gimli while the company of the ring pass through Moria in LOTR (a journey in the dark)
Id definitely recommend watching more from Clamavi De Profundis, especially his songs about dwarfs, their just so epic.
The dwarf in the center is Thorin II Oakenshield, who is a descendant of Durin. When he died at the Battle of the Five Armies, his cousin Dain Ironfoot from the Iron Hills took the throne as King Under the Mountain and it was prophesied that the last reincarnation of Durin, Durin the Seventh, would come from his line and would retake Moria. It's said that Dain's grandson was born Durin the Seventh in the Fourth Age of Middle Earth after the War of the Ring.
It would be known that that dwarf was the heir and Durin the Seventh when he looked into the Mirrormere, himself, and also saw the crown of seven stars as his ancestor, Durin the First, did.
all of the races were, according to the Silmarillion, born of "Music". The Gods of that world sang songs and each song created a race. Hence the term "Beneath the mountain the music woke"
but the song didn't make the dwarves they were made seperate and then later Eru gave them proper life
in the Silmarillion the Dwarves were the i think the last race to be made. Elves, then Humans, then Elves. if i recall. could be wrong.
They were actually the first race to be created ;)
@@Nephilim667-j9d I believe the Elves were first.
@@Tommy1977777 the elves were the first awakened, the dwarves were made first, but laid under a mountain in sleep to await the coming of the elves. This is if I'm correct, I remember something like this.
@@nagekilamentationYes, Eru tells Aulë that the dwarves could not awaken before the arrival of the elves, so they fell asleep.
I love this! Beautiful song and beautiful singing by De Profundis Clamavi! Not for you to react but just because your watchers might be interested, I'd like to mention that there are some beautiful youtube videos of the dwarves from The Hobbit movie, with the song "If I die young" (from The Band Perry, cover by Michael Henry and Justin Robert". Also, old but lovely, a "Boromir centric" video set to the song "Minstrel Boy". I'm nervous about putting links in the comments, but if someone tells me it's OK, I can put in the links.
That’s Thorin lmao, Durin was the first and most well known of the dwarves in Norse Mythology
the king was the Dwarf named "Durin". he was the King by which all other Kings to follow are measured. its a creation story.
The tune for this is not canon, Tolkien wrote the words but never put them to music, and this didn't make it into even the extended edition of the Peter Jackson movies. All we know about the canonical tune for this song is that it's described as "chant[ing] in a deep voice" when Gimli sings it for the Fellowship as they journey through Moria. That being said, Clamavi De Profundis have done an incredible job putting the Song of Durin to music and I think this is the closest we'll ever get to the music Tolkien would have wrote for it.
You should watch a video about the life of Durin I. It will not spoil anything for the Hobbit.
Thanks its on the list
I feel like I want to just sit down with you and explain all this!
haha thats very kind of you !
well we can all watch me watch these amazing videos together and talk about them in the comments and man is it a beautiful thing!
Correct, Durin lives in every descendant of the old world. Thorin and most of the dwarves that traveled in their company were all blood descendants of Durin the first.
If I’m not wrong the leader dwarf on the hobbit is not durin, that is Thorin. Durin was the king of khazadum (Moria after it fell)
I just can't wait for him to react to the Ent's song
Havent actually been suggested it so ill now add it to the list :)
This song took place in the first age during the time of the Silmarillion, where as the Hobbit took place in the later years of the third age.
The world was young the mountains green no stain yet on the moon was seen no words were laid on stream or stone when Durin woke and walked alone.
That's speaking to the Awakening of Durin the deathless in Mount gundabad.
He named the nameless hills and dells he drank from yet untasted wells he stooped and looked in mirrormere and saw a crown of stars appear as gems upon a silver thread above the shadows of his head.
He finding the lake and seeing the crown of stars which tells him that this is where his Destined kingdom will be Khazad-dÛm.
That whole first stanza is just about the first Durin.
The world was fair the mountains tall in elder days before the fall of mighty Kings in Nargathrond and Gondlin who now beyond the Western seas have passed away the world was fair in Durin's day.
That was about the second durin and the end of the first age.
A king he was on carvin throne in many pillared Halls of stone with golden roof and silver floor and runes of power upon the door the light of sun and star and Moon in shining lamps of Crystal hewn undimmed by cloud or shade of night they're shown forever fair and bright.
This was about durin the third and beginning of the second age.
The hammer on the anvil smote the chisel clove and graver wrote there forged with blade and bound was hilt the delver mind the mason built their barrel Pearl and opal pale and metal wrought like fishes mail buckler corselet ax and sword and shining Spears were laid in horde.
Durin the 4th and the final battle against sauron in the last alliance.
Unwearied then we're Durin's folk beneath the mountains music woke the Harper's harped the minstrel sang and at the gates the trumpets rang.
The 5th Durin and the peace after the defeat of sauron and the Golden age of Khazad-dÛm.
The world is gray the mountains old the forges fire is ashin cold no harp is wrung no Hammer falls the darkness dwells in Durin's halls a shadow lies upon his tomb in moria in Khazad-dÛm
The Awakening of the balrog and the death of durin the 6th
but still the sunken Stars appear in dark and windless mirromere their lies his crown in water deep till durin wakes again from sleep.
The foretelling of durin the 7th and the final durin to rule over Khazad-dÛm
Nice one I was about to ask you react to it ^^
I know what the people want lol
Middle earth that we know is based around the middle ages but was written by a soldier from ww2 I think but when the first durin was around was several thousand years prior
Tolkien was a soldier, an officer even, during WW1. He was a professor and I think already in his 40s when WW2 kicked off. He'd already written The Hobbit by that point.
@@Vyrexuviel typo I meant 1
@@cristalmewtwo4160 No problem. ^^ He was in the middle of writing the Lord of the Rings when WW2 broke out is all. He actually referenced how people kept assuming that the shape of the real war was reflected in his fictional war, and stated that no, if WW2 had influenced LotR to that degree, then Sauron would have been destroyed, but the Ring not unmade, Saruman would have forged his own Ring, and the two Lords of the Rings would have glared at each other, mirroring how the US and USSR drifted into the Cold War after WW2.
Sorry that was a bit rambly. ^^
@@Vyrexuviel s'all good
the darkness dwells in durins halls....durin passes.
but his people endure.
And they woke the balrog
The 1st age man, The first age…🔥
I don't know why, but I cry every time I hear this song.
The first age
Durin was the first dwarf in middle earth
My favorite of all of Tolkien’s writings
OK so....the song covers very quickly the history of moria from the awakening of Durin the first in Mount Gundabad in 1050 of the Year of Trees (so before the first age). Mirrormere is the still lake found by the western gate of Khazad-dum and when Durin saw the crown of stars, he took it as a sign and founded the great city of Khazad-dum. The city became so famous that the elves heard of it and so began a long friendship.
One of the most important things to know is that the name Durin is not one given lightly. It is a name reserved solely for the reincarnations of Durin himself. There is only one Durin alive at any time and that can be generations apart.
Now Nargothrond and Gondolin were two elven cities that got destroyed in the First Age during the war with Morgoth.
As for the darkness of Khazad-dum, one of the greatest ores of Durin's Folk was Mithril and they kept digging deeper and deeper until they woke a Balrog of Morgoth that was slumbering in the mountain. It proceeded to kill Durin VI and was know then as Durin's Bane. That is the shadow upon Durin's tomb.
The city consequently had to be evacuated and then orcs took over then there were multiple attempts to take back Moria, notably was the Battle of Azanulbizar were the Orc Azog was slain and the Durin's Bane was seen by Dain Ironfoot.
And so Moria was left to Durin's Bane and the orcs. Until Balin successfully took back Moria and was killed by a orc scout while he was by Mirrormere.
The song of Durin was sang by Gimli in the book while the fellowship was travelling through Moria and well.... We know the rest.
Ever heard of Durin's bane? The balrogs?
I can hear my ancestors singing.
This is a tale from thousands of years before Thorin and the dwarves in the Hobbit. Durin is the 1st of the seven fathers of the dwarves from the 1st age of Middle Earth. The Hobbit is set in the third age.
The guy you thought was Durin was Thorin oakenshield
It’s a short song but would you/have you reacted to “pippins song”? From LOTR?
Balrog happend
in the story, Music was the way in which the Gods would create things: the entire races of the world were made by music.
this was the age in which the Dwarves were first created. so WAY before the events of the Lord of the Rings or The Hobbit.
Havr you seen video what was Sauron doing in second age
No Sauron in 1st age will be up soon!
Please correct me if I'm wrong but I believe The dwarves were woken in the 1st age so he should have lived in the 1st age
Fingolf lol
You need to watch Misty mauntains complete edition.
I highly suggest you also listen to Colin John Rudd, who originally created this arrangement of Tolkien's song years before this band.
(The original was given with just the text in his books).
Sadly, because of a stroke a few years ago, he cannot create music such as this anymore, but in the link below, you find the cleanest version of this specific song from his channel (as part of a collection of songs from Tolkien's work). I time-stamped Durin's Song.
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Dwarven of erboer
That is Thorin, Son of Durin
Well, you definitely hit 200 subscribers lol
Durin was slain by the balrog and that was thorin not durin
That was Durin VI rather than the Durin in this story
@@blazebundemflat All the durins are the original durin. He just keeps getting reincarnated.
@@mayalackman7581 what! So thorin is also durin
no. he WAS THE King. Mirrormere is a lake.
that is thorin read the boks and see the films
Balrog
Ah I see you are A man of many words Mr Palmer lol Balrogs are on the list
Thats not Durin, that's Thorin
A person can look like their ancestor.
dude , durin the deathless , Durin's nickname is deathless which does not mean he is immortal, but rather implies that when he dies, his soul will be transferred to the eldest branch line and live on.
@@Case2_0 read my message
@@Case2_0 but like the valars said : that's impossible and dwarves cannot take that advantage , just for the elves
Hebrew?
Too many interruptions...
Where is it where is the move reaction I. Not seeing it lier
its not out yet you self entitled sounding idiot go watch someone elses reaction and grow up
Youre wrong one every account my man. Learn some lore, or heck watch the movies.
ur deluded
@Cecilie Kielland
You're* on*
If you bitch at someone, at least fucking spellcheck.
@@OmarioRpg I mean, you were wrong about a few things in this reaction. That is undisputable. But, in these comments you have been fair and open to learning about what the song means and where you were inaccurate. That is great. It is good you were able to understand and appreciate the meaning behind the music. I feel your response here is needlessly aggressive just as the original comment was a bit insensative.
this is nice one