Posted: May 15, 2000 at 21:38:38: by Valgus
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: : : Everythin said so far seems good, but ...
: : : Why is it so important for smaug to be decending from anything?
: : : The balroc in Moria was an "escaped convict" from the Last Battle. Inhabited by some maiar spirit. I deem that the same was the case with dragons ei. they could talk, and so on!
: : : Have anybody everybody heard of an old or aged dragon? The were in my mind just as immortal as any other maiar spirit!
: : : Who knows if Smaug actually fought and later escaped the fall of thrangorodrim?: : : Cheers - Telchar : : Tolkien often refers to Glaurung's stage of growth, as if he did age. I would have to say that the little information we have on Dragons make them look more like animals inhabitated with evil spirits, this is unlike the Balrogs, being that they manifested their physical form. I also think that it makes much impact knowing the ascendents of such creatures, because in Tolkien's world, that is what determined their power. : : Maedhros : In The Hobbit don't they say that when Smaug attacked the dwarves he was young?
: -Thentaran In The Hobbit, it also says that dragons live practically forever unless they are killed. So perhaps the theory that dragons are inhabited by spirits is correct. -Valgus
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