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davem · 01-28-2004, 08:35 AM

Saucepan man, that link isn't working for me at the moment. I wonder if anyone has considered the possible connection between the Dragons which survived the fall of Thangorodrim & the 'wild Were Worms who live in the Last Desert' who Bilbo mentions in Hobbit.

Ok, that's possibly a Hobbit legend, without any basis in truth, but Hobbits migrated from the East, & maybe its a tradition based on ancient experience, otherwise, where does the idea come from? The pair of Dragons head east, as far from the Ancient West as possible, breed with what? 'Were-worms' suggests creatures who transform from other creatures. Perhaps they bred with giant lizards, creating a new strain, most of which were not 'true' Dragons, but some of which could be be.

01-28-2004, 08:35 AM	#19
davem Illustrious Ulair Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: In the home of lost causes, and forsaken beliefs, and unpopular names,and impossible loyalties Posts: 4,240	Saucepan man, that link isn't working for me at the moment. I wonder if anyone has considered the possible connection between the Dragons which survived the fall of Thangorodrim & the 'wild Were Worms who live in the Last Desert' who Bilbo mentions in Hobbit. Ok, that's possibly a Hobbit legend, without any basis in truth, but Hobbits migrated from the East, & maybe its a tradition based on ancient experience, otherwise, where does the idea come from? The pair of Dragons head east, as far from the Ancient West as possible, breed with what? 'Were-worms' suggests creatures who transform from other creatures. Perhaps they bred with giant lizards, creating a new strain, most of which were not 'true' Dragons, but some of which could be be. __________________ “Everything was an object. If you killed a dwarf you could use it as a weapon – it was no different to other large heavy objects."