Dís



Dís (TA 2760 - ?) was a female dwarf of Durin's Folk, daughter of Thrain and sister of Frerin and Thorin Oakensheild.

Biography
Dís was a daughter of Thráin II, youngest sister of Thorin Oakenshield and Frerin, and mother of Fíli and Kíli. She is the only dwarf-woman ever named by Tolkien, in homage to her sons' valiant deaths in the Battle of the Five Armies.

The Hobbit film trilogy
In The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, Dis is mentioned by Kili after he has been he captured by Wood-elves and is being kept prisoner in a cell. He talks about her to Tauriel, one of the elves, and explains that a dwarf-runed talisman he was holding is meant to remind him of the promise he made to his mother, to return.

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