Amidst trolls, orcs and sundry other dangers, one memorable antagonist stands out in The Hobbit: the giant, dwarf-eating, hobbit-scaring, treasure-hoarding dragon Smaug. Published on this day in 1937, ...
Discover how ancient tales of serpents and monsters shaped the dragons we know today, from the Biblical red dragon to Japan’s ocean god Ryujin. The seven-headed dragon from the Book of Revelation, ...