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| Smaug's ]s rendered him almost invulnerable, but when ] confronted him in his lair, he discovered a bare patch on his underbelly. When Bilbo told his ] companions about Smaug's weakness he was overheard by the ] that roosted by the mountain's secret door. The thrush in turn told ] of ], and when Smaug attacked Esgaroth, Bard was able to slay Smaug with his Black Arrow. | Smaug's ]s rendered him almost invulnerable, but when ] confronted him in his lair, he discovered a bare patch on his underbelly. When Bilbo told his ] companions about Smaug's weakness he was overheard by the ] that roosted by the mountain's secret door. The thrush in turn told ] of ], and when Smaug attacked Esgaroth, Bard was able to slay Smaug with his Black Arrow. | ||
| According to ] in '']'' it was fortunate that Smaug had been slain, since had he lived he would almost certainly have come under ]'s control and destroyed ]. | According to ] in '']'' it was fortunate that Smaug had been slain, since had he lived he would almost certainly have come under ]'s control and destroyed ]. | ||
| In the books, the name Smaug is presented as a translation of the "original Dalish" '''Trâgu''', and is related to ]. According to Tolkien, the name Smaug is "the past tense of the primitive Germanic verb Smugan, to squeeze through a hole" (Letters #31); others have noted that it has echoes of "smoke" and "]". | In the books, the name Smaug is presented as a translation of the "original Dalish" '''Trâgu''', and is related to ]. According to Tolkien, the name Smaug is "the past tense of the primitive Germanic verb Smugan, to squeeze through a hole" (Letters #31); others have noted that it has echoes of "smoke" and "]". | ||
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For the MUD of this name, see SMAUG.
In the fiction of J. R. R. Tolkien, Smaug was a greedy, reddish-gold dragon of Middle-earth, who laid waste to Dale and captured the Lonely Mountain (Erebor) with all its treasure.
Smaug's scales rendered him almost invulnerable, but when Bilbo Baggins confronted him in his lair, he discovered a bare patch on his underbelly. When Bilbo told his dwarf companions about Smaug's weakness he was overheard by the thrush that roosted by the mountain's secret door. The thrush in turn told Bard the Bowman of Esgaroth, and when Smaug attacked Esgaroth, Bard was able to slay Smaug with his Black Arrow.
According to Gandalf in The Lord of the Rings it was fortunate that Smaug had been slain, since had he lived he would almost certainly have come under Sauron's control and destroyed Mirkwood.
In the books, the name Smaug is presented as a translation of the "original Dalish" Trâgu, and is related to Sméagol/Trahald. According to Tolkien, the name Smaug is "the past tense of the primitive Germanic verb Smugan, to squeeze through a hole" (Letters #31); others have noted that it has echoes of "smoke" and "smog".
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