Fafnir speaking with Smaug. The other dragon Glaurang has many similarities as well. In Tolkien's "The Book of Lost Tales", Glaurang is described as a flightless dragon that hoards gold, breaths poison, and has "Great cunning and wisdom". In Tolkien's book "The Children of Húrin", he is slain by Turin from below much like Fafnir. Turin and Glaurang also have an exchange after the mortal blow is dealt. Fafnir In Norse mythology, Fáfnir (Old Norse and Icelandic) or Frænir is a son of the dwarf king Hreidmar and brother of Regin, Ótr, Lyngheiðr and Lofnheiðr. After being affected by the curse
Monster Mythology that this book follows a similar format to 2nd edition "Legends and Lore", except that while that book dealt with nine historical and two fictional human cultures, "Monster Mythology" deals with nonhuman pantheons. Unlike the culture-specific gods in "Legends and Lore", the gods in this book are for any campaign setting. Approximately 26 of the deities found in "Monster Mythology" were previously found in the first edition "Deities and Demigods" book, while the majority did not. The introduction has several sections after the lead. Running Divine Beings provides notes for the Dungeon Master on how and when deities interact with