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[[Image:Worm's Stench.jpg|thumb|''Worm's Stench'' by Kevin Ward]] | |||
'''Worms''' was a name for the race of [[Dragons]], and especially those wingless kinds (such as [[Glaurung]] himself) who crawled on the ground. | '''Worms''' was a name for the race of [[Dragons]], and especially those wingless kinds (such as [[Glaurung]] himself) who crawled on the ground. | ||
==Inspiration== | |||
''Worm'' is an actual old word for ''dragon'',<ref>{{HM|OFS}}, p. 108</ref> derived from [[Old English]] ''[[wikipedia:European Dragons|wyrm]]'', [[Old Norse]] ''ormr'' ("serpent"). | |||
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Revision as of 18:10, 19 November 2010
File:Worm's Stench.jpg
Worm's Stench by Kevin Ward
Worms was a name for the race of Dragons, and especially those wingless kinds (such as Glaurung himself) who crawled on the ground.
Inspiration
Worm is an actual old word for dragon,[1] derived from Old English wyrm, Old Norse ormr ("serpent").
