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Smaug (/ s m aʊ ɡ / [T 1]) is a dragon and the main antagonist in J. R. R. Tolkien's 1937 novel The Hobbit, his treasure and the mountain he lives in being the goal of the quest. Powerful and fearsome, he invaded the Dwarf kingdom of Erebor 171 years prior to the events described in the novel. [ 1 ]
The genus Smaug is a group of species of spiny southern African lizards, separated from the genus Cordylus in 2011 on the basis of a comprehensive molecular phylogeny of the Cordylidae. The type species is the giant girdled lizard , S. giganteus (formerly Cordylus giganteus ).
Further, Tolkien makes a point to show that the master of Esgaroth “fell under the dragon sickness” and died. [3] This is similar to Fáfnir's transformation from human to dragon in order to protect his own hoard. Tolkien clearly draws inspiration from Fáfnismal for both Smaug and greed in The Hobbit. Another similar representation of a ...
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Time Warner's The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug topped Anchorman 2 at the weekend box office. Despite an impressive Friday evening start, Ron Burgundy just couldn't manage to oust the veritable ...
— Preceding unsigned comment added by 2.96.131.187 06:02, 3 August 2024 (UTC) Compared to the defining characteristics given in the article Picaresque novel, The Hobbit is: Basically autobiographical, once we count its origin in Bilbo's Red Book of Westmarch; Bilbo is considered low-class by the dwarves. He gets by on his wits; his only ...
The sudden and unexpected nature of the question and the strange excitement with which she asks the question immediately put off the man who proceeded to cover his face, awkwardly trying to move ...
Smaug (/smaʊɡ/[T 1]) is a dragon and the main antagonist in J. R. R. Tolkien's 1937 novel The Hobbit, his treasure and the mountain he lives in being the goal of the quest. He is a powerful and fearsome dragon. It feels like bad writing that Smaug is described as a dragon twice in quick succession.