Dragons vs. Balrogs? - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

littlemanpoet · 03-19-2002, 03:35 PM

Now that I've stated the question with sufficient clarity, I'm having a harder time answering "yes". I'm not ready to say "no". I do think, however, that Fafnir, the Beowulf Dragon, the Lemmenkainen serpent, and any others extant in ancient texts, are useful for enlightening our understanding of Tolkien's dragons, at least by virtue of comparison and contrast. Now I'm hungry to find more dragons.

Here we go a-dragon hunting,
dragon hunting,
dragon hunting,
here we go a-dragon hunting
so early in the morni- !!!

slurp

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03-19-2002, 03:35 PM	#1
littlemanpoet Itinerant Songster Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: The Edge of Faerie Posts: 7,066	Now that I've stated the question with sufficient clarity, I'm having a harder time answering "yes". I'm not ready to say "no". I do think, however, that Fafnir, the Beowulf Dragon, the Lemmenkainen serpent, and any others extant in ancient texts, are useful for enlightening our understanding of Tolkien's dragons, at least by virtue of comparison and contrast. Now I'm hungry to find more dragons. Here we go a-dragon hunting, dragon hunting, dragon hunting, here we go a-dragon hunting so early in the morni- !!! slurp [img]smilies/tongue.gif[/img]