Re: [tied] Re: Krak and his dragon

From: Piotr Gasiorowski
Message: 9271
Date: 2001-09-09

Tolkien says somewhere in his etymological commentaries to the trilogy that Smaug < smok.
 
Piotr
 
 
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Sent: Sunday, September 09, 2001 8:39 PM
Subject: Re: [tied] Re: Krak and his dragon


Speaking of which, do you think some such Slavic Dragon, or even this very one, was the inspiration for J.R.R.Tolkien's Smaug?  [I just had to run and dig the Hobbit out of the loft for that spelling]