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  2. Smaug - Wikipedia

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    Smaug was "the greatest of the dragons of his day", already centuries old at the time he was first recorded. He heard rumours of the great wealth of the Dwarf-kingdom of Erebor, which had a prosperous trade with the Northmen of Dale. Smaug "arose and without warning came against King Thrór and descended on the mountain in flames".

  3. Smaug (lizard) - Wikipedia

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    The genus Smaug was named for the character Smaug, in J. R. R. Tolkien's The Hobbit: [2] Smaug is the name of the dragon encountered by Bilbo Baggins, the protagonist of J.R.R. Tolkien's book The Hobbit. According to Tolkien the name is derived from the Old German verb smeugen – to squeeze through a hole. Like the type species, Smaug lived ...

  4. List of things named after J. R. R. Tolkien and his works

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    Smaug "The species name smaug, refers to the dragon Smaug, the greatest and most powerful in the later part of the Third Age in the books of J.R.R. Tolkien." [185] Glaurung † Bulanov & Sennikov, 2015: Weigeltisaurid: Glaurung [186] Planois smaug Carvajal, Faúndez & Rider, 2015: True bug: Smaug [187] [188] Tamolia ancalagon Carvajal et al ...

  5. Dragons in Middle-earth - Wikipedia

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    The Arkenstone was buried right in the pile he slept on, but Smaug never noticed it. Smaug had only a single weakness: there was a hole in his jewel encrusted underbelly on his left breast area. The hobbit Bilbo Baggins discovered this weakness, and the information led to Smaug's death above Esgaroth. [T 14]

  6. List of The Hobbit characters - Wikipedia

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    [T 1] However, according to the family tree published in Appendix C of The Lord of the Rings, where his name is Bandobras and "Bullroarer" is a nickname, he was the Old Took's grand-uncle, and therefore Bilbo's great great grand-uncle. [T 3] [4] The name Bandobras appears in the abandoned 1960 revision of The Hobbit. [5] (mentioned only)

  7. List of dragons in literature - Wikipedia

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    Like Tolkien's Smaug, [9] they are susceptible to drowning. [10] Kalessin the creator of the world of Earthsea. (The Farthest Shore, 1972) Orm, the great dragon who slew and was slain by the legendary Warrior Mage Erreth-Akbe. Orm Embar, Orm's descendant, who died battling the evil magician Cob on the eastern shores. (The Farthest Shore, 1972)

  8. Gollum - Wikipedia

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    Gollum's real name was Sméagol, and he had once been a member of the secluded branch of the early Stoorish Hobbits. He spent the early years of his life with his extended family under a matriarch, his grandmother. On Sméagol's birthday, he and his relative Déagol went fishing in the Gladden Fields. There, Déagol found the Ring in the ...

  9. Giant girdled lizard - Wikipedia

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    The sungazer (Smaug giganteus, syn. Cordylus giganteus), also known as the giant girdled lizard, giant dragon lizard, ouvolk, [2] or giant zonure, [3] is the largest species of the Cordylidae, a family of lizards from sub-Saharan Africa. [4] This threatened species is endemic to Highveld grasslands in the interior of South Africa. [4]