| Indexes: About this entry: Updated 3 September 2008 Updates planned: 2 A title of Glaurung, Father of Dragons "Of more worth is the Dragon of Dor-lómin than the gold-worm of Angband" Battle-cry of the Men of HithlumFrom the _Narn i Chîn Húrin_in Unfinished Tales of Númenor and Middle-earth A title given in mockery to Glaurung, most fearsome of the Dragons of the First Age, by the Men of Hithlum. It seems to be a reference to the colour of the Dragon's hide (elsewhere he is called Glaurung the Golden, implying that his scales were golden or yellow in colour). After his invasion of Nargothrond, Glaurung showed the same greed for gold that was common in others of his kind, giving an alternative (and rather less likely)1 reason he may have gained the name 'Gold-worm'. Notes 1 Glaurung gained this title several generations of Men before he sacked Nargothrond, and so it's difficult to explain how the Men of Hithlum could have known about his avaricious nature at the time they named him. See also... The Dragon, The Golden Indexes: About this entry: Updated 3 September 2008 Updates planned: 2 For acknowledgements and references, see the Disclaimer & Bibliography page. Original content © copyright Mark Fisher 2008. All rights reserved. For conditions of reuse, see the Site FAQ. Website services kindly sponsored by myDISCprofile, the free online personality test.Take the FREE myDISCprofile personality test to discover your core personality and your ideal job. |
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