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 in length (half page), though some take up two columns (full page). Each entry includes one or more paragraphs of descriptive text to indicate what sort of deity it is, followed by a brief statistics line (describing the deity's alignment, the most common alignment of its worshippers, the god's area of control, and a description of the god's symbol). Each section also describes the god's avatar and priesthood, as noted in the Introduction. The following beings are detailed in "Monster Mythology": Gods of the Elves Gods of the Dwarves Gods of the Gnomes Gods of the Halflings Gods of the