Dates
First recorded in I 260; apparently still extant Location
Especially associated with the northern lands of Middle-earth, and most notably with Angband during the later First AgeOrigins
Brought into being by Morgoth, the first Dark LordDivisions
Meaning
Ultimately from the Greek drakon, meaning 'serpent'
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Mighty reptilian creatures who ranked among the most feared of the servants of the Dark Lord. Of the origins of Dragons, no tale tells; the first of them to be seen was Glaurung, Father of Dragons, who issued from Angband in the year I 260. After Glaurung came many others to strike fear into Elves and Men for the next three ages.
| Ancalagon the Black |
The greatest of the flying Dragons, who took part in the final defence of Angband during the War of Wrath at the end of the First Age. After a long and terrible battle in the air, Ancalagon was slain by Eärendil, and his fall destroyed the mountains of Thangorodrim. |
| Glaurung the Golden |
The first of the Dragons to be seen, Glaurung ravaged the lands of the Elves during the later Wars of Beleriand. He fought in the Dagor Bragollach and the Nirnaeth Arnoediad, and later led the defeat of the forces of Nargothrond. Passing northwards to attack the Men of Brethil, he was ambushed and slain by Túrin Turambar. |
| Scatha the Worm |
During the Third Age, the wastes to the north of Middle-earth became infested with Dragons, especially of the kind known as Cold-drakes. Scatha was one of these, a monster that plundered the gold of the Dwarves who lived in the Grey Mountains, but was slain by Fram of the Éothéod. |
| Smaug the Golden |
Another of the Dragons out of the northern wastes, it was Smaug who famously descended on Erebor in III 2770, driving out the Dwarves into the wilderness. After the sack of the Lonely Mountain, the Dragon remained within for more than a hundred and seventy years. When Thorin Oakenshield returned to reclaim his grandfather's kingdom, the chain of events that followed led to Smaug being shot and killed by Bard the Bowman of Esgaroth. |
Dragons have powers of intelligence and speech, and many are also able to cast the Dragon-spell, a bewildering confusion that affects any who gaze into the eye of the creature.
The Dragons were not destroyed at the end of the Third Age; some are said to have survived to our own time, but the great worms and drakes of the Elder Days are no more.
See also...
Amon Ethir, Ancalagon, Azaghâl, Balbo Baggins, Balin, Balrogs, Bane of Glaurung, Bard I, Bardings, Barrel-rider, Beautiful Mere, Bilbo Baggins, Black Arrow, Black Sword of Brethil, Black Sword of Nargothrond, [See the full list...]Black Thorn of Brethil, Bofur, Borin, Brethil, Cabed Naeramarth, Cabed-en-Aras, Captain of Nargothrond, Club-foot, Clue-finder, Cold-drakes, Dagnir Glaurunga, Dagor Bragollach, Dagor Dagorath, Dáin I, Deer’s Leap, Desolation of Smaug, Desolation of the Dragon, Dís, Doors of Felagund, Dor Caranthir, Dorlas, Dragon of Erebor, Dragon-helm of Dor-lómin, Dragon-King, Dragon-reek, Dragon-shooter, Dragon-sickness, Dragon-spell, Dragon-stench, Dragonets, Dwarf-kingdom, Dwarf-mail, Dwarf-masks, Dwarves of the Iron Hills, Dwarves of the Lonely Mountain, Eärendil, Eithel Ivrin, Elu Thingol, Elves of Beleriand, Erebor, Ered Engrin, Father of Dragons, Fell Winter of the First Age, Fire-drakes, Foam-flower, Folk of the Mountain, Folk under the Mountain, Fourth Battle, Fram, Frerin, Gandalf, Girion, Glaurung, Gold-worm of Angband, Grave of the Children of Húrin, Great Hall of Thráin, Great House, Great Worm, Green Dragon, Grór, Hill of Spies, Horn of the Mark, Kíli, King of Durin’s Folk, King under the Mountain, Kingdom of Dáin, Lady of Dor-lómin, Lake Helevorn, Lake-town, Leap of Dreadful Doom, Lonely Mountain, Long Peace, Long-worms, Longbeards, Lord of Belegost, Lord of the Éothéod, Luckwearer, Maglor, Maid of Tears, Master, Men of the Lake, Men of the Long Lake, Morgoth, Mountain Kingdom, Mr. Lucky Number, Mustering of the Dwarves, Náin, Náin II, Narn i Chîn Húrin, Orc-hunters, People of Narog, Pools of Ivrin, Quest of Erebor, Ravines of Teiglin, Ringwinner, Ruin of Beleriand, Sack of Erebor, Sack of Nargothrond, Sarch nia Hîn Húrin, Scatha, Serpents, Seven Hoards, Seven Rings, Shuddering Water, Smaug, Snapdragons, Sources of Narog, Spyhill, Starlings, Stinging Fly, Tale of Grief, The Black, The Bowman, The Dragon, The Dreadful, The Golden, The Highway, The Impenetrable, The Ivy Bush, The Magnificent, The Mighty, The Mountain, The Tremendous, The Worm, Thorin and Company, Thrór’s Map, Tol Morwen, Túrin, Urulóki, War of Wrath, Wars of Beleriand, Web-cutter, Were-worms, Withered Heath, Worm of Dread, Worm of Morgoth, Worms, Wormstench, Your Magnificence
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