itsy bitsy doubts - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

daeron · 07-03-2005, 09:04 PM

OK, I've created this thread so we can post our small doubts, which can be answered to in one or two posts.

Let me start.

Was Glaurung or Ancalagon mightier?

Gandalf says not even dragon fire could melt the one ring, not even that of Ancalagon the black.

So does that imply that Glaurung could melt it, or that Ancalagon was mightier, or seeing that Tolkien wanted to make the best impressions possible, felt the name Ancalagon the black sounded more fearsome to a little hobbit than that of Glaurung?

Imagine the sentence,
Not even dragon fire could melt it,not even Glaurung the Golden.

I always felt, 'Black' sounds more scarier and evil than 'Golden'. There seems to be some sort of, well....., good and courage in the word 'golden', I suppose.

07-03-2005, 09:04 PM	#1
daeron Animated Skeleton Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: india Posts: 35	itsy bitsy doubts OK, I've created this thread so we can post our small doubts, which can be answered to in one or two posts. Let me start. Was Glaurung or Ancalagon mightier? Gandalf says not even dragon fire could melt the one ring, not even that of Ancalagon the black. So does that imply that Glaurung could melt it, or that Ancalagon was mightier, or seeing that Tolkien wanted to make the best impressions possible, felt the name Ancalagon the black sounded more fearsome to a little hobbit than that of Glaurung? Imagine the sentence, Not even dragon fire could melt it,not even Glaurung the Golden. I always felt, 'Black' sounds more scarier and evil than 'Golden'. There seems to be some sort of, well....., good and courage in the word 'golden', I suppose. __________________ Half-brother in blood, full brother in heart will I be. Thou shalt lead and I will follow. May no new grief divide us.