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
Mythology of The X-Files commented that it "went awry during the inscrutable sixth season finale". IGN's Dan Iverson wrote, "I loved the X-Files from the moment I started watching it, due in no small part to the mythology that Chris Carter created. Even though we all loved the 'monster of the week' episodes, these less ostentatious gems kept us interested in what could come in the long run. The overall story arc may have eventually fizzled out, but the questioning, open-ended nature of the stories nevertheless kept us at the edge of our seats." For the first five seasons, critics praised the development in