mythical dwarf were neanderthals - no,yes?

Answer 1

No.

Answer 2

Dwarfism in various forms is a relatively common human mutation.

Depending on culture tehy were either revered or margianlized, usually the latter.

Ancient Egyptians deified Ptah, a creator dwarf as both wise and powerful, and similarly elevated dwarves into the sevice of the pharoahs.

Myths of Dwarvin wisdom or prowess probably originated with an individual or family of dwarves that shoed some technical or ideological affinity, as they would not be physically able to dominate more traditional roles due to their stature.

Stories and traditions grow in the telling and since people have always enjoyed a good story, tales of dwarves, fairies and pixies abound.

A number of isolated peoples, especially island dwellers have been known to have very small stature, the most dramatic recent example being Homo floresiensis in Indonesia (The "Hobbit" people)

Neanderthals were extinct prior to the development of modern linguistic groups, so the stories of them would not likely have made it even to myth. But you never know, they were short and hairy compared to humans and very powerful, much stronger than we were or are now....but they would not be culturally gifted compared to humans.

So my answer is no.

Answer 3

Origin of the myth
In the genre of paleofiction, the distinguished Swedish-speaking Finnish paleontologist Björn Kurtén has entertained the theory (e.g. in Dance of the Tiger) that trolls are a distant memory of an encounter with Neanderthals by our Cro-Magnon ancestors some 40,000 years ago during their migration into northern Europe. Spanish paleoanthropologist Juan Luis Arsuaga provides evidence for these types of encounters in his book, The Neanderthal's Necklace. The theory that Neanderthals and Cro-Magnons occupied the same area of Europe at the same time in history has been theorized based on fossil evidence. Other researchers believe that they just refer to neighboring tribes. The problem with this theory is that neither Neanderthals or Cro-Magnons existed in this part of Europe during the ice-age. Most of Scandinavia was covered by a large glacier and the area was not occupied until much later.

A more plausible explanation for the troll myth, is that the trolls represent the remains of the forefather-cult which was ubiquitous in Scandinavia until the introduction of Christianity in the 10th and 11th centuries. In this cult the forefathers were worshipped in sacred groves, by altars or by gravemounds. One of the customs associated with this practice was to sit on top of a gravemound at night, possibly in order to make contact with the deceased. With the introduction of Christianity however, the religious elite sought to demonize the pagan cult, and denounced the forefathers as evil. For instance, according to Magnus Håkonsen's laws from 1276 it is illegal to attempt to wake the "mound-dwellers". It is in these laws that the word troll appears for the first time, denoting something heathen and generally unfavourable.


Both yes and no

Answer 4

No...
Neanderthals were much too distant in the past
to have been part of myths created in the last
couple thousand years..

Answer 5

No, neandethals existed, dwarves are mythological. Pixies are real though, I know because I've got a family of them at the bottom of my garden. When I asked them where they came from, they said Cornwall.

Answer 6

nope....neanderthals were in the family line of mamals not dwarfs

Answer 7

Neandertals were quite big.