The original authors of the MMPI were Starke R. Hathaway, PhD, and J. C. McKinley, MD. The MMPI is copyrighted by the University of Minnesota. The MMPI has been considered the gold standard in personality testing ever since its inception as an adult measure of psychopathology and personality structure in 1939.
The Revised Version, in these passages, simply transliterates the original, and reads Nephilim. (2.) Heb. rephaim , a race of giants (Deu 3:11) who lived on the east of Jordan, from whom was descended. They were probably the original inhabitants of the land before the immigration of the Canaanites.
There is significant debate over the origins of dragons in Middle Earth. Tolkien clearly wrote that dragons were bred by Morgoth but no one is sure how. Some believe that dragons are embodied Maiar, others believe they are simply beasts who were trained by Morgoth to speak and to think, still others suggest they are sparks of Morgoth himself.