The 9 Dragons of Middle Earth

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  • Dragons also are known as the Great Worms were evil creatures seen mostly in the northern Middle-earth. They were greedy, cunning, seductive, and malicious, probably a creation by Morgoth out of fire and sorcery sometime in the First Age. Seeing the strength of the Noldor in battle, Melkor realized that orcs alone were not sufficient to defeat his enemies. He, therefore, began to breed a new race of monsters: the dragons.
    The Father of Dragons was Glaurung, a mighty wyrm with a fearful intelligence and a powerful hypnotic gaze. Glaurung played an integral part in the fate of the Children of Húrin. Among his many crimes were the destruction of the Elf-realm of Nargothrond and a spell cast upon Nienor which stripped her of her memory. This eventually led her to a disastrous reunion and marriage to her long-lost brother Túrin. When Nienor learned the truth of Glaurung's plot, she flung herself to her death. Glaurung was finally slain by Túrin, who afterward committed suicide in reaction to Glaurung's plot. At the Fall of Gondolin, Morgoth's foul host included dragons, "many and terrible". During the War of Wrath, Morgoth unleashed a new terror upon Middle-earth - the winged dragons. Chief among these was Ancalagon the Black. Eventually slain by Eärendil the Mariner, Ancalagon's fall crushed the towers of Thangorodrim. Many of the dragons were destroyed in the War of Wrath but some fled and survived into the later Ages.
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  • @Yohohoyohoh
    @Yohohoyohoh 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2165

    Smaug: _"I am Fire, I am Death"_
    Ancagalon: *look at you.. So cute*

    • @emersonhiew1389
      @emersonhiew1389 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Underrated comment

    • @WerezerRoo
      @WerezerRoo 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Lol yes

    • @smaug9956
      @smaug9956 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Mm

    • @patrikdator1265
      @patrikdator1265 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Ancagalon is famoua for its size, at least Smaug is the dragon I know who is a Menacr and very diabolical

    • @KP-wy2fy
      @KP-wy2fy 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      ancalagon not ancagalon

  • @matthewashbaugh9254
    @matthewashbaugh9254 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2103

    We all thought Smaug was a beast... Meanwhile Ancalagon farts and cause a nuclear holocaust...

    • @edgarbrooks7695
      @edgarbrooks7695 3 ปีที่แล้ว +61

      i just died laughing hahah

    • @GreatOldOne9866
      @GreatOldOne9866 2 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      You, sir, win the comment section.

    • @DrakonlordEreshkihal-vf5o
      @DrakonlordEreshkihal-vf5o 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Why do you have to say shit like this? why you use such vulgar disgusting language that devalues and makes everything worthless?

    • @GreatOldOne9866
      @GreatOldOne9866 2 ปีที่แล้ว +45

      @@DrakonlordEreshkihal-vf5o Troll

    • @bigdaddymario2691
      @bigdaddymario2691 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      @@DrakonlordEreshkihal-vf5o look at ur name u support somebody that killed thousands

  • @bv657
    @bv657 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2133

    Smaug: my wings are a hurricane! Ancagalon: 🦶

  • @tamayako2000
    @tamayako2000 3 ปีที่แล้ว +552

    Smaug: My wings a hurricane!
    Ancalagon: I snore and the ground shatters

    • @blairfamily6497
      @blairfamily6497 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Lol so true

    • @rhoonah5849
      @rhoonah5849 3 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      Smaug: My wings a hurricane!
      Ancalagon: I fart bigger than that kiddo.

    • @LagunaShirogane
      @LagunaShirogane 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@rhoonah5849 He farts and he'll poison all creation in the region. Nothing would be left standing.

  • @SinamonSticc
    @SinamonSticc 3 ปีที่แล้ว +830

    Smaug: my teeth are swords
    Ancalagon: yeah, well my teeth were spear sized when I first hatched

    • @Novusod
      @Novusod 3 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      There is a lot of debate over how big Smaug is but we can basically scale his body based on the size of his teeth.
      If his teeth were 18inches (45cm) long the size of a small sword then his body would be about 150ft long or 47m. This is based on the study of dinosaur teeth which by comparison are only 3 to 4 inches long.

    • @rushpan93
      @rushpan93 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Novusod Which dino teeth? T-rex? Or some theropod bigger than it?

    • @Novusod
      @Novusod 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@rushpan93 Talking about T-Rex and Spinosaurus scaling.

    • @rushpan93
      @rushpan93 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@Novusod hm. Although you have to add a few feet to a dragon because it has a longer neck. Plus if it's a dragon and not a wyvern, you get 2 extra limbs and some extra dimensions added because of that.

    • @Wade16
      @Wade16 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      600th like

  • @dangerbeans9639
    @dangerbeans9639 2 ปีที่แล้ว +686

    I love how the smallest dragon lived the longest. It’s actually very realistic, because in any given war, the biggest targets get destroyed first.

    • @Green-cactus.
      @Green-cactus. 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      course! gang up the biggest threat to middle earth like morgoth and sauron

    • @munkin8144
      @munkin8144 2 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      And true for real life animals. Large animals usually live the shortest while smaller animals live the longest.

    • @rizkyantoni3948
      @rizkyantoni3948 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      That's how large non-avian dinosaurs went extinct.

    • @timurlane4004
      @timurlane4004 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      But Glauring was older than Smaug though

    • @devking321
      @devking321 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@munkin8144 What? Are you stupid? That is incredibly wrong

  • @kirbymarchbarcena
    @kirbymarchbarcena 3 ปีที่แล้ว +576

    No matter how big these dragons were, plot armor still defeats them

    • @archanasharan5800
      @archanasharan5800 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      The main reason y villian losses from hero

    • @claireglory
      @claireglory 3 ปีที่แล้ว +68

      @@archanasharan5800 what's worse is when an overpowered villain is defeated by the power of love or friendship.

    • @archanasharan5800
      @archanasharan5800 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@claireglory literally

    • @claireglory
      @claireglory 3 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      @@archanasharan5800 haha a villain who had actual fighting experience for a thousand years got defeated by a hero who barely started fighting for a few years and won just because he/she has love and friendship on his/her side. ohhh i hate plot armors.

    • @archanasharan5800
      @archanasharan5800 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@claireglory yes. Agree x 100

  • @DJKO12X
    @DJKO12X 3 ปีที่แล้ว +654

    So Smaug was just a pipsqueak for Ancalagon. And we're just ants for Ancalagon

    • @sucesqua7037
      @sucesqua7037 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Hahahaha, hell yeah😂

    • @godzilla5611
      @godzilla5611 3 ปีที่แล้ว +46

      You are ants for smaug, and dots for ancalagon.

    • @jeagle9493
      @jeagle9493 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      We are tardigrade's to ancalagon. His vision had to have been rediculous.

    • @magnusthered4973
      @magnusthered4973 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      @@godzilla5611 nah we are basically cells to him

    • @ciscaux5319
      @ciscaux5319 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      We are smaller than dust

  • @magnusthered4973
    @magnusthered4973 3 ปีที่แล้ว +222

    Smaug: I am fire I am Death
    Ancalagon: oh look the baby’s first words so cute

  • @IluvatarEru
    @IluvatarEru 3 ปีที่แล้ว +376

    Any fictional universe: shows picture of giant beast/monster.
    Fans: foaming at mouth.
    I'm one of those fans. I love huge monsters

    • @chinline1289
      @chinline1289 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      The profile pic confirms you do indeed foam at the mouth for monsters

    • @biraptor6205
      @biraptor6205 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      th-cam.com/video/-GHX8dvuFUQ/w-d-xo.html

    • @iseeyou3352
      @iseeyou3352 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Dude if they made a prequel that would be cool

    • @avrace2708
      @avrace2708 ปีที่แล้ว

      I love big monsters as Smaug or S, but not as huge as Godzilla, they are too big, and many times boring

  • @reborn6596
    @reborn6596 3 ปีที่แล้ว +643

    Just looking at the size we can all agree plot armour killed them off

    • @thomashaeyen6942
      @thomashaeyen6942 3 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      well, plot armor does exist in the tolkien universe, its just that its the same as fate, wich nothing can breack or avert in any way.

    • @jaysoniorg2950
      @jaysoniorg2950 3 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      That's the only reason any dragons die in any fantasy setting. No humanoid could ever hope to compete with a dragon, other than immensely powerful magi, but that type of magic doesn't even exist in Middle Earth. Just look at Gandalf, he's basically an old swordsman with the ability to conjure light, lol, and he's the most powerful magic user in the series.

    • @ArshadAli-rp2cn
      @ArshadAli-rp2cn 3 ปีที่แล้ว +79

      @@jaysoniorg2950 Actually gandalf was a maiar, servants of valar and were sent to middle earth with only a fraction of their power because they were to motivate people to fight sauron instead of directly indulging with him. His Maia name was olorin .

    • @Not_what_it_used_to_be
      @Not_what_it_used_to_be 3 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      @@jaysoniorg2950 there are lots of examples of Gandalf subtly using magic, and a good number where he is obviously using magical commands and divination. And you can't forget the Sarumon scene where he demonstrates his ability to lift people up and toss them like a rock.

    • @claireglory
      @claireglory 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      power of love or friendship will defeat them all.

  • @darksoulsss2618
    @darksoulsss2618 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1123

    I think we all agree we want to see Ancalagon on the big screen!! Edit woww thanks for all the likes I never get those lol

    • @gaia9020
      @gaia9020 3 ปีที่แล้ว +136

      there is no screen big enough

    • @2011persol
      @2011persol 3 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      @@gaia9020 great comment man, THE DIFFICULTY OF CREATING SUCH A MOVIE SCENE WOULD PROVE TOO MUCH I THINK...TAKE PACIFIC RIM MOVIE OR GODZILLA AND MAKIN HIM 10 TIMES AS BIG....QUITE A CHALLENGE ID SAY....LOL . ITS LIKE SMAUG TURNS INTO BILBO-MODE , EXPLAINING HIMSELF BEFORE ANCALAGON....LOL

    • @names-mars
      @names-mars 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Can it fit?

    • @TheFroschlurch
      @TheFroschlurch 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      basically king gidorah in the newer godzilla movie. just think of one head

    • @petkochamukov6926
      @petkochamukov6926 3 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      @@TheFroschlurch what are you talking about? Ancalogon was around 2km long

  • @laurend.statham1742
    @laurend.statham1742 3 ปีที่แล้ว +123

    Smaug: my wings are like a hurricane, my teeth swords, my claws spears!
    Ancalagon: I’m about to end this man’s whole career.

  • @seanroldan545
    @seanroldan545 3 ปีที่แล้ว +437

    I am dragon lover and i believe Ancalagon looks really cool

    • @evankeefairawan9968
      @evankeefairawan9968 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Of course he is cool and best design dragon (art) I ever see so far. (I'm not counting Legendary Ghidorah ok? Because it is an alien)

    • @seanroldan545
      @seanroldan545 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@evankeefairawan9968 yeah king ghidorah is a alien dragon

    • @transieucuong1
      @transieucuong1 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      He huge!

    • @kevinobill4818
      @kevinobill4818 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      If only Dragons in middle Earth are free will creatures with honor

    • @karrielmalfoy4244
      @karrielmalfoy4244 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Same im a dragon lover 😍

  • @kevinobill4818
    @kevinobill4818 3 ปีที่แล้ว +300

    I like Dragons very much especially the ones that can talk, think and have tremendous strengths with magical abilities. I like Smaug but I didn't realize there were more and the only ones beside the golden wyrm were Glaurung and Ancalagon. They need voice actors and personalities in future movies.

    • @paulangelopineda2534
      @paulangelopineda2534 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      then you should check out the dragons in dungeons and dragons

    • @kevinobill4818
      @kevinobill4818 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@paulangelopineda2534 I did but they are always stuck in different alignments with 2 Gods, The Metallics are being Good and the Chromatics are being Evil

    • @xenxander
      @xenxander 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Four of the seven dwarf rings were either swallowed by dragons or melted by dragon fire.
      Also in the world of Middle Earth, dragon fire could melt the one ring.
      but I doubt finding a dragon and asking him nicely if he'd melt the ring would have gone over well, so mount doom it is.

    • @willlavine1105
      @willlavine1105 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I feel like both of them would have much deeper voices than Smaug

    • @frizzyrascal1493
      @frizzyrascal1493 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@xenxander This is incorrect. Dragon Fire could destroy the Rings of Power (the Dwarven Rings were destroyed that way), but not the One Ring crafted by Sauron.
      Neither the fire of Ancalagon or any other great dragon was ever hot enough to melt it. Only the fires of Mt. Doom could destroy the Ring of Sauron.

  • @atreus3006
    @atreus3006 2 ปีที่แล้ว +58

    Smaug: * defeats the whole population of Erebor *
    Ancalong the Black: hold my beer

  • @atlaswraith
    @atlaswraith 3 ปีที่แล้ว +135

    I'm a dragon lover. Literally clicked on the video because I wanted more Ancalagon. Was disappointed that he was just barely mentioned as part of a group.

    • @Triceratronz
      @Triceratronz 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Hardly anything is told of him

    • @amirhoseinhemmaty5112
      @amirhoseinhemmaty5112 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Probably because no one lived to tell the tale after seeing him

    • @DesX42S
      @DesX42S 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Ancalagon is barely mentioned in Tolkien's texts, and his size is often exaggerated by artists and fans.

    • @mihaimercenarul7467
      @mihaimercenarul7467 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@amirhoseinhemmaty5112 nope, he didn't live to tell The story. The poor lizard got rekt în no time

  • @thatmetalhead2182
    @thatmetalhead2182 3 ปีที่แล้ว +48

    Ancalagon is like the Colossal Titan of Tolkien universe.

  • @dangerfindertreasureseeker8905
    @dangerfindertreasureseeker8905 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Glaurung was huge but it was his intelligence that made him far worse then the other dragons. He put a spell on Turin & his Sister so they would not know each other as siblings.
    When the two met they fell in love. Turin was able to kill Glaurung but even as he died he still won as his spell was undone and the two memories returned. They both died by their own hand , one by shame and the other by grief.
    Glaurung had many victories over the elves and humans during its life. I doubt any other dragon did as much damage to a culture as Glaurung. Only Smaug most likely came close with its victory at taking the lonely mountain as its lair .

  • @thechonkersking2647
    @thechonkersking2647 3 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    Smaug: my wings a hurricane! My breath, death!
    Ancalagon: quiet down boy, don't make tell you again!

  • @SinamonSticc
    @SinamonSticc 3 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    Smaug: my wing are hurricanes Ancalagon: *poke*

  • @BigBossMan2000
    @BigBossMan2000 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Ancalogon was so huge in the drawing he could fit Smaug under 1 of his feet.
    Wow.

  • @nicolaslanzoni9385
    @nicolaslanzoni9385 3 ปีที่แล้ว +44

    0:25 "this world of elves and dwarfes and men are filled to brim with all sorts of magical and monstrous bees"

    • @killahasbigrpk8711
      @killahasbigrpk8711 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      He said beings. Just sounded like bees

    • @ninja3980
      @ninja3980 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I think he said beasts

    • @cobaltchromee7533
      @cobaltchromee7533 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      OH NO A GIANT B!

    • @SephTheHuntress
      @SephTheHuntress 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      An airborne fire bee. Teeth like razors, claws like cheese knives.

    • @nicolaslanzoni9385
      @nicolaslanzoni9385 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@killahasbigrpk8711 no, im pretty sure he says bees, that's precisely why I quoted it using the word "bee". If you have any contextual evidence, lore-wise or not, supportive of the assertion he's not in fact referring to bees, but instead to other entity or concept, either figuratively - which I'll admit is plausible - or even literally - as suggested by others concerning one creature that goes by the name "Beast" - although i find this unlikely, feel free to share.

  • @digiing1992
    @digiing1992 3 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    And yet just 1 of them managed to appear on the screen so far. I can’t believe that we still only scratched the surface. I mean what was it? Like the movies covered just 250 years (counting Hobbit and LotR together) of the story and we still have the *ENTIRE* Silmarillion untouched!

    • @hebercluff1665
      @hebercluff1665 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      It's Tolkien's style to always only scratch the surface

    • @koheletcalaforexclan6508
      @koheletcalaforexclan6508 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      I’m glad it’s left untouched, New Age Directors and Companies just want Game Of Thrones, so if they did touch Silmarrillion, they would change the story dramatically, add strong language, graphic sexual situations and elements of forced equality!
      This new age can’t touch Silmarrillion, but I fear it will, and it’ll ruin it forever

    • @vine01
      @vine01 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@koheletcalaforexclan6508 well i hope you heard about Amazon's LOTR series set in 2nd age.. that is Numenor, Sauron being nice and not having a plan within plan within plan..

  • @soulcornflake1
    @soulcornflake1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Glaurung was evil upon evil. The story of Glaurung and what he did to Turin and his sister is the darkest writing Tolkien ever achieved.

  • @lenajohnson6179
    @lenajohnson6179 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Ancalagon was like ... the Godzilla of Middle Earth.

  • @xrc1843
    @xrc1843 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Smaug: *My wings create tornadoes!*
    Ancalagon: 😮‍💨

  • @goldfish6631
    @goldfish6631 3 ปีที่แล้ว +75

    I'm glad this isn't the type of fantasy world to waste the time with the "is it technically wyvern or a dragon" debate.
    Just big lizard=dragon

    • @Fantallana
      @Fantallana 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Agree, lol

    • @evanmiller2562
      @evanmiller2562 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      There's meant to be like 7 of those in total
      Dragon
      Lung Dragon (Chinese dragon)
      Wyrm (snake like)
      Drake (wingless quadrupedal dragon)
      Wyvern
      Ampithere (winged snake)
      Lindwurm (snake with two legs)

    • @aseem2985
      @aseem2985 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@evanmiller2562 or... Dragon.

    • @davidwarren719
      @davidwarren719 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Evan-I had that book as a kid too

    • @jaysoniorg2950
      @jaysoniorg2950 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      It's entirely dependent on the author and the terminology they use.

  • @shinestar2912
    @shinestar2912 3 ปีที่แล้ว +64

    Morgoth is like the Soviets in Afghanistan. Spend millions on a Attack helicopter and a guy with a camel can shoot it down with a $10,000 handheld rocket launcher.

    • @adamjalal3146
      @adamjalal3146 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Haha silmarils go Brrrrrrrrrrrrr

    • @Ben-fx9kx
      @Ben-fx9kx 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Not really I mean Morgoth is fighting Valar. It's like if the Soviets spent billions in Afghanistan but then the USA arrived in force, instead of just supplying weapons to the Mujahadeen. I mean the USA would be the Valar in this analogy

    • @vindicare9636
      @vindicare9636 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Not that many were shot down in Afghanistan,by Stinger a few dozen compared to the ammount of sorties they made that is negliglibe.The stingers light warheads and expiernced pilots plus advanced training reduced the threat of stingers greatly. Americans lost thousands of helicopters in Vietnam,inculding hundreds of Cobras,yet they made millions of sorties too.

    • @Ben-fx9kx
      @Ben-fx9kx 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@vindicare9636 Who mentioned stingers?

  • @mutolover3851
    @mutolover3851 3 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    At 3:40, while referring to Scatha, there is an image of Túrin Turambar slaying Glaurung with Gurthang, a sword that had been reforged by the elves of Nargothrond, from the sword Anglachel. It is a great picture, but in the wrong place 😉

  • @JRBeast-nw3xg
    @JRBeast-nw3xg 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Tolkien made the best fantasy world of all time Middle Earth is such a fascinating world with the incredible tales and stories brought upon it.

  • @carljonhson4963
    @carljonhson4963 3 ปีที่แล้ว +87

    Ancalagon The Black

    • @hesja88
      @hesja88 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Racist

    • @cmos3945
      @cmos3945 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@hesja88 but he's black

    • @qwrtu1399
      @qwrtu1399 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@hesja88 ayyyy

    • @gospodineverest5778
      @gospodineverest5778 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@cmos3945 that explains why he had no rights and was shot

  • @miami92
    @miami92 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I just can't believe that some guy with a flying boat and a bow killed Ancalagon the Black smh.

    • @avrace2708
      @avrace2708 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      He had Silmarill, and help of Valars, which are powerfull as Gods

  • @julesbaudoin8271
    @julesbaudoin8271 3 ปีที่แล้ว +44

    realize that Smaug was the smallest dragon 😳

    • @badrzouggagh
      @badrzouggagh 3 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      No he was the largest and strongest of his time but when compared to the old dead dead dragons he was nothing

    • @jylgeekd2498
      @jylgeekd2498 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@badrzouggagh but in a picture In another video, it showed Smaug to be very small, and it said that he is actually between like 15 to 18ft long, I was like, this is the guy whose teeth are swords, claws are spears, and destroyed to kingdoms, and ruled, he also said the king eagles could probably take out Smaug, I was so confused

    • @badrzouggagh
      @badrzouggagh 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@jylgeekd2498 that's a fan art nothing more it's not canon sure ancalagon is far bigger but to be that big will make him able to stomp godzilla like an ant so he might be the size of godzilla or slightly larger

    • @jylgeekd2498
      @jylgeekd2498 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@badrzouggagh no like, It still said the Smaug is very small

    • @thomashaeyen6942
      @thomashaeyen6942 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@jylgeekd2498 hes not, not very small, just not very much in comparison to his mighty ancestors, he is still huge and terrifying. tolkien never states he is the smallest of the dragons, thats an overstatement

  • @thejurassicchicken1445
    @thejurassicchicken1445 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Ancagalon is a freaking mountain dude

  • @StriVision
    @StriVision 3 ปีที่แล้ว +70

    Even though considering the fact that they scaled up Smaug 8 times when compared to how big he was in the book, Ancalagon the Black may indeed still be larger than movie Smaug, the scale of which we see in the picture of the thumbnail isn’t correct if we are to use movie Smaug.
    If however we use that scale and have movie Smaug be canon then I don’t think Ancalagon the Black could’ve even existed, as it would’ve never been possible to defeat such a titan that dwarfs the likes of film Smaug.

    • @xAsmodeuss
      @xAsmodeuss 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      he died regardless, he was massive anyway and still was killed by one man with help from the valar. he could’ve been larger and still died

    • @DesX42S
      @DesX42S 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      The heroes literally have magic. Size doesn't mean anything in the face of magic.

    • @hugo-pg5tv
      @hugo-pg5tv ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Smoug is that big lol Tolkien said that bilbo was way to big in the picture

  • @kayskreed
    @kayskreed 3 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    I wouldn't mind seeing Turin and Glaurung on the big screen. What if they adapted 'The Children of Hurin' as a movie or series?

    • @Triceratronz
      @Triceratronz 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Modern audiences would never be able to stomach the children of Hurin

    • @richardsanchez9190
      @richardsanchez9190 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I'm afraid they'd ruin that movie

  • @albertgerardbautista2138
    @albertgerardbautista2138 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    I love dragons and I think Graur ung and Ancalagon, Smaug too, I love Graur ung's style of big, buff, and a ground dweller. I like Ancalagon's slick style and his big, thin, fast looking appearance, Smaug is so small compared to the other favorites, but he's cool.
    These are my favorite dragons and I hope you have a good day!

    • @thomashaeyen6942
      @thomashaeyen6942 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      thanks, its sunny and beautiful outside. i hope i can get my mom and her headache to get outside. or myself. so i think my day is good. btw those are my favorite dragons too.

  • @sphere7158
    @sphere7158 3 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    Dragons are badass creatures, especially Smaug

    • @witchlynproductions753
      @witchlynproductions753 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Ancalagon could snort him by accident while flying. Smaug is actually one of the weakest dragons.

    • @thomashaeyen6942
      @thomashaeyen6942 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@witchlynproductions753 well, no. smaug was not that weak, plus its never stated in tolkiens works that ancalagon was so much larger than smaug's kind/kin, nor is it clear if it was ancalagons dead body wich broke the peaks of morgoths mountains, but i can suspect his fall broke them so that the light of the sun would shine upon angband, from wich morgoths freed slaves then emerged. but we really don't know.

    • @Fantallana
      @Fantallana 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@witchlynproductions753 Yeah Tolkien specified Smaug was "the greatest fire drake of the third age." He wasn't as big as Ancalagon, but neither was any other dragon. Generally, dragons started relatively small in size (Glaurung, the first dragon, had a head not much longer than a person) then increased in size for a while. Though this peaked with Ancalagon, the "great" dragons stayed pretty damn huge. The death of Smaug literally marked the death of the last Great Dragons. The reason no other dragons went to fight for Erebor's gold was because they knew Smaug had his eyes on it. They weren't gonna mess with that.

  • @BellaHRayne
    @BellaHRayne 3 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    Ancalagon would have been something to see...

    • @artmosley3337
      @artmosley3337 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Could he fight Godzilla??? And win

    • @reeno1357
      @reeno1357 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@artmosley3337 Godzilla has eaten one Dragon already and You question His strentgh ?

    • @Synthesyn342
      @Synthesyn342 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@reeno1357 anacalagon is no normal dragon. Godzilla would be like a puppy to him in size.

    • @rartros717
      @rartros717 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@reeno1357Yes he is!, he was bigger than Godzilla bigger than a mountain!

  • @TudorTheDrunk
    @TudorTheDrunk 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Smaug: I AM FIRE AND DEATH ITSELF!
    Ancalogon: Big talk for the smallest

  • @virien13
    @virien13 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Woah
    Smaug: i am fire i am death
    The others: ah you are just a cute little dragon

  • @licenseddrugdealer7725
    @licenseddrugdealer7725 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Ancalagon would make LOTR triology film end in seconds by simply flying over Mordor.

    • @willchurch8376
      @willchurch8376 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      No, he's not in the LOTR trilogy.

    • @licenseddrugdealer7725
      @licenseddrugdealer7725 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@willchurch8376 thats why the film didnt just last in seconds lol

  • @X_Gon_Give_It_To_Ya
    @X_Gon_Give_It_To_Ya 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Lol most of these comments are just people roasting Smaug while blowing Ancalagon.

  • @theblindelf7991
    @theblindelf7991 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    What i like about these dragons is the story around them. We know so little yet they are covered in a vast mistery like a myth or legend. Ancalgon in my opinion died because of his size. It was very slow and an easy target. However i would love to see this in a show.

  • @wankahi7631
    @wankahi7631 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    As 20 yo dude and enjoyed Tolkien's art. I hope I lived long enough for someone portrayed Ancalagon on the big screen.

  • @krishnamadhwapathy7747
    @krishnamadhwapathy7747 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Wow you finally explained soo cooool now dragons really existed.

  • @brianeverett3767
    @brianeverett3767 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Looking at the size comparison... I used to think Smaug was scary... Now, I want to pet him

  • @wileas8806
    @wileas8806 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I love the LOTR series and this is probably one of my new favorite videos

  • @starheart6163
    @starheart6163 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great video! 👍🏼👍🏼

  • @chinline1289
    @chinline1289 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Kratos: *I do not wish to quarrel with you beasts, let me be and you will live*

  • @hisholiness4537
    @hisholiness4537 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Ancalagon was stronger than Sauron, and Gothmog was stronger than both.
    Just to put this into perspective, getting even close to Sauron or interacting with him will drive any mortal insane because his very presence is oppressive to everything around it. It'd be like entering the gravitational field of a more massive object.

  • @lucascordero2339
    @lucascordero2339 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    From where did you get the information about Gostir and Tom´s Bombadil Dragon? I would very apreciate your assistance given that I´m reading Tolkien´s books. Good video!

  • @nagaviper1169
    @nagaviper1169 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    I thought Smaug was big, pfffttt, not even close.

    • @potatoeconnectionmohawk1996
      @potatoeconnectionmohawk1996 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Yeah smaug is honestly a hobbit when comparing him to his ancestors, although smaug is pretty much the last dragon in the third age, so when he perished so did one of the great terrors of morgoth the dragons

    • @nagaviper1169
      @nagaviper1169 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@potatoeconnectionmohawk1996 Lol, yep

  • @skowollon84
    @skowollon84 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    0:40 can not understand that there is a debate if morgoth created dragons. the silmarillion is quite clear about it. since morgoth could not find the fire of creation he never was able to create new life, only to corrupt and pervert existing life.
    those pervertions were:
    orcs --> elves
    trolls --> ents
    there are debates from what creatures the dragons were perverted

    • @FrostDragon667
      @FrostDragon667 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      But he also had maias following him. Balrogs are not perverted by Morgoth they were just maia following him and taking a horrible form. The dragons could be the same but in their case Morgoth may have "helped" with the transformation.

    • @skowollon84
      @skowollon84 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@FrostDragon667 yes that could be. i was refering to whether morgoth had actually created them in the way aule created the dwarfs. in the silmarillion it is said that morgoth never had that ability.

    • @hitandruncommentor
      @hitandruncommentor 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Because most people never read the silmarillion. It’s tragic but true. The best piece of fantasy literature and most either never pick it up or can’t get past the first section.

  • @gillette3140
    @gillette3140 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Im pretty sure it is said that evil cannot create life, they only have the ability to corrupt it. So the origins of dragons has to be some sort of reptillian beast that Morgoth originally corrupted during his rule

    • @Mayan_88694
      @Mayan_88694 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Evil can create, and it’s stated in the lore that dragons were created by morgoth, not corrupted. But CREATED by morgoth.

  • @spaf93
    @spaf93 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great video 👍

  • @azmiraclegirl441
    @azmiraclegirl441 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Ancalagon could have Samug as a pet lmaoo

  • @TheDeadlyKnight
    @TheDeadlyKnight 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Ancalagon was large but no freaking way was he mountain-sized. The destruction of thangorodrim by a relatively small object I think is easily explainable by science. Same way a large meteor launched at a planet would cause massive damage to vast areas around the impact spot despite being way smaller than the larger object

    • @DesX42S
      @DesX42S 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Not to mention Tolkien has a habit of having smaller creatures destroy large areas. The Balrog that Gandalf fights is said to destroy the side of a mountain when he falls, yet is described as essentially the size of a man. He does this a lot with dragons too, describing them as almost having death throes. Smaug completely destroys Laketown in his death, and Glaurung's death throes could be seen and heard for miles. Very easy to see Ancalagon's death as not being analogous to his size.

    • @TheDeadlyKnight
      @TheDeadlyKnight 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@DesX42S good pt

    • @aurelian2668
      @aurelian2668 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@DesX42S Yeah but that only applies if they fought in a very high altitude. I dont know if there was a mention of how high in the sky they were fighting.

    • @DesX42S
      @DesX42S 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@aurelian2668 uhm, no, it would not rely solely on altitude necessarily. The dragon could have fallen to the bottom of the mountains writhing like Glaurung and wiped them out from their base. However, we are told this is an aerial battle so I like to imagine they are up pretty high. Even if the dragon fell from a height similar to the peaks of thangorodrim, that is still incredibly high and hitting the mountains at the right trajectory with the dead magical body of a dragon as it flails about could take them down. I mean, probably still makes more sense to imagine Ancalagon with leveling a region in his death throes than to picture a dragon bigger than a mountain range.

  • @BigBalgruuf
    @BigBalgruuf 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Big thanks for the education

  • @newsriram2004
    @newsriram2004 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    my favourite dragon was Ancalagon

  • @FlopperMan
    @FlopperMan 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    How to train your dragon has left the chat

  • @user-tt5cg9yp8l
    @user-tt5cg9yp8l หลายเดือนก่อน

    Ancalagon:
    My armour is like 1000 shields!
    My teeth are guillotines!
    My jaws are gates!
    My claws are rocks!
    The strike of my tail is an earthquake!
    My voice is thunder!
    And my breath is destruction!

  • @zjco6819
    @zjco6819 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    It's very beautiful

  • @hamsterhamster463
    @hamsterhamster463 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Make a video on karathen's size with other kaijjus pls pleeeeeeaaaassssee🙏

  • @sky.island
    @sky.island 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    I'm p sure Ancalagon was the inspiration for Deathwing from WoW. Just like how the Lich King was obviously based off of Sauron.

    • @CrazyHeadassery
      @CrazyHeadassery ปีที่แล้ว

      you got that in reverse. XD

    • @sky.island
      @sky.island ปีที่แล้ว

      @@CrazyHeadassery huh I think you read that wrong

    • @CrazyHeadassery
      @CrazyHeadassery ปีที่แล้ว

      @@sky.island But LOTR came before WoW.

    • @sky.island
      @sky.island ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@CrazyHeadassery okay yes you did read it wrong, I said Ancalagon was the inspiration for Deathwing. meaning Deathwing was based off of Ancalagon, well atleast in my head canon lmao

    • @CrazyHeadassery
      @CrazyHeadassery ปีที่แล้ว

      @@sky.island oh fuck i did, my mistake. XD

  • @shinkicker404
    @shinkicker404 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Is there a stand alone version of that Ancalagon picture in the thumbnail? :o

  • @nashonabo821
    @nashonabo821 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I like the idea of melkor planning to rebel again when all his evil power returns from middle earth with the death of his creations

  • @rustkarl
    @rustkarl หลายเดือนก่อน

    Ancalagon to me felt like Morgoth’s last throw of the dice.
    The embodiment of his incarnation to create pure power, a terrible outpouring of vengeful wrath, malice and destruction as his last card to play against the Valar.

  • @ImInLoveWithBulla
    @ImInLoveWithBulla 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    “My breath, death.”
    Me, whenever I eat a meal of liver and onions.

  • @miguelsiapno7923
    @miguelsiapno7923 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I love Dragons

  • @wonderscall6486
    @wonderscall6486 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Let us not forget Chrysophylax in Tolkiens short story farmer Giles of ham. For he to is a dragon worth remembering.

  • @JJsiN84
    @JJsiN84 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    What is crazy is all the baddies we watched on the big screen can't hold a candle to Morgoth and the enemies he created in the first age. I would love to watch a movie that takes place in the first age of middle earth. Doubt someone could do it justice though. The war with Morgoth makes the war with Sauron childs play.

  • @Comradez
    @Comradez 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    The Tom Bombadil dragon almost sounds like a distorted or less accurate retelling of Smaug's story. Could be referring to the same dragon?

    • @amyb.6368
      @amyb.6368 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      The Hobbit and Tom Bombadil both grew out of stories Tolkien would make up and tell his kids. I think it's possible it was actually the same story, but he split them apart in his published books for reasons.

  • @judechopper
    @judechopper 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thankyou

  • @dromankass8655
    @dromankass8655 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    The DM: 'You wanted to kill the dragon, you went on and on about it all through the campaign how you wanted 'to slay a dragon'.
    Right, you just got your wish: Here's Ancalagon the Black, the terror of his age, dark servant of Morgoth and the greatest dragon that there has ever been or ever will be!
    Roll for initiative.'

    • @hebercluff1665
      @hebercluff1665 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Bard! Lie for us! Convince him we're orcs!

    • @michaelcross2814
      @michaelcross2814 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@hebercluff1665 Bard rolls a nat 20 with a +5 cha modifier and then proceeds to abuse an inspiration and bless dice. getting 4s on both added onto the overall roll score for a soft 33. he turns to the DM "im gonna Seduce that dragon into joining our side!"

  • @c.rutherford
    @c.rutherford 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Tolkien really made no clear telling to the size of Ancalagon that I know of.... in fact the only reference I could find was a comment by Gandalf that it had the hottest fire, "not even Ancalagon the Black" could melt the One Ring by consuming it.
    It also seems pretty evident that Ancalagon would have been quite a lot tougher than Smaug being bred and trained as a war dragon as it were, and certainly would have given Smaug a run for the money if it didn't turn tail and run on sight. Even if it wasn't mountain sized by comparison. I wrote a schpiel about this a few years ago and made my arguments lol
    quora What-is-the-size-difference-between-Ancalagon-the-Black-and-Smaug

  • @reeno1357
    @reeno1357 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Ancalagon the black appears*
    Gimli :"how do you kill that ?"
    Every Gamer that played Monster Hunter :"with greatswords Lots of heckin greatswords !!!!!!!"

    • @Kittygirl_Lola
      @Kittygirl_Lola 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Nope, better get the Dragonator

  • @bethdees5750
    @bethdees5750 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Yo, Ancalagon looks metal AF

  • @themole4369
    @themole4369 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Often wish Tolkien had put a bit more in about the War of Wrath. Supposedly the most epic showdown in the whole of Tolkien legendarium. The final battle between the greatest host ever assembled by the Valar and Morgoth's hoards of orcs, balrogs and dragons. And yet was awarded half a chapter in the Silmarillion with little to no detail on how it was even won.

    • @ElixirOfEuphoria
      @ElixirOfEuphoria 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Usually better to leave stuff like that as elements of grand myth and legend, takes away from a lot of the events themselves and the history that follows them. If events like that are explained in too much detail, the mythic nature of them starts to erode.

  • @sayanmondal1570
    @sayanmondal1570 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    make a video on monsters and titans defeated by godzilla and kong in monsterverse.

  • @radu921000
    @radu921000 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Cool :))

  • @InsideEquestrian
    @InsideEquestrian 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    And here I thought Smaug was huge

  • @cyrusvile6622
    @cyrusvile6622 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Fatalis: I am the biggest monster fear me
    Ancala: Breathes in fatalis direction
    Palico: objective completed

  • @andrewhasbrouck6858
    @andrewhasbrouck6858 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    it's crazy TOO THINK about the scales here angalagon had to be massive. yet still served morgoth...heres 1 of those 47 legacies too uncover BUT what do I know I'm crazy....they prolly didnt LOOK HUMAN either but maybe they did hard to say.

  • @Werewolf.with.Internet.Access
    @Werewolf.with.Internet.Access 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Okay but what does Ancalagon even eat??? To maintain that size he’d have to eat like 10 elephants a DAY.

    • @reymenders5437
      @reymenders5437 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Lol

    • @thatoneguy6580
      @thatoneguy6580 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      The power and energy from the dark lord is what fuels him also Smaug slept for a long time with hoard of treasure without eating

    • @c.rutherford
      @c.rutherford 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Ancalagon typically ran on 50 EPH (elephants per hour). But may have needed as many as 200 per hour during war activities.
      And lets not even talk about toilet duty. Uchh..... lets just say the standard garden shovel will not do

  • @getshwifty3101
    @getshwifty3101 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    4:18 "This 3rd dragon on the list."
    Me: Did....did 4 get replaced by 3??

  • @voidgods
    @voidgods 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Good video, but what is up with this order lol seemed a bit to random...maybe chronological or size as all orders

  • @Fantallana
    @Fantallana 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Why do so many people still believe that fan-made chart, I wonder? Doesn't seem backed up by what Tolkien wrote, especially not the "Smaug is small" thing. Tolkien specified Smaug was "the greatest fire drake of the third age." He wasn't as big as Ancalagon, but neither was any other dragon. Generally, dragons started relatively small in size (Glaurung, the first dragon, had a head not much longer than a person) then increased in size for a while. Though this peaked with Ancalagon, the "great" dragons stayed pretty damn huge. The death of Smaug literally marked the death of the last Great Dragons. The reason no other dragons went to fight for Erebor's gold was because they knew Smaug had his eyes on it. They weren't gonna mess with that.

    • @ethanquirk28
      @ethanquirk28 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Smaug was called the greatest fire drake of the third age because he’s the only one we know of to be active in the third age. If the Beast of Gondolin awoke, Smaug would be screwed

  • @millenialfragrancenerd94
    @millenialfragrancenerd94 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Smaug: "My teeth are swords, my claws are spears."
    Ancalagon: "B*tch! I was born that way."

  • @luckymukhesa151
    @luckymukhesa151 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Ancalagon is my favourite Dragon

  • @user-tt5cg9yp8l
    @user-tt5cg9yp8l 25 วันที่ผ่านมา

    You know the fun part?It is not actually described in the book HOW Ancalagon was killed.As if even Tolkien himself didn't manage to imagine a way of killing THAT.

  • @MrJonathanainsworth
    @MrJonathanainsworth 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Ancalagon reminds me of Bahamut ZERO from Final Fantasy 7.

  • @Saphire_Throated_Carpenter_Ant
    @Saphire_Throated_Carpenter_Ant 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    So Ancalagon... like Godzilla sized or more like Cloverfield final form size?

    • @ulvnorden460
      @ulvnorden460 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Larger than Godzilla, easily. Around 4-5 times the size.

    • @alextaggart9737
      @alextaggart9737 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Just googled it ancalgon was either 300 meters at his largest or 150 meters at his smallest godzilla 2016 was 300 meters , showa godzilla is 50 meters which would fit into ancalagon being 3x his size

    • @Am_Cookie2436
      @Am_Cookie2436 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@alextaggart9737 Godzilla King of The Monsters is 120 meters so smaller than Ancalagon

    • @ulvnorden460
      @ulvnorden460 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Ancalagon was large enough to stand on multiple mountains.

    • @terrellbrathwaite1227
      @terrellbrathwaite1227 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ulvnorden460 oh nah m.bonanza.com/listings/Dragon-Hoodies/1056246428

  • @malypavel25
    @malypavel25 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    How were Elves scared of the tiny Smaug if they had fought the big ones?

    • @morgothbauglir5186
      @morgothbauglir5186 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I think most elves in mirkwood never saw a dragon

  • @fanfandln
    @fanfandln 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Technically, Morgoth is not able to CREATE life. Only Eru can. So he’s not the daddy of the dragons ahah

  • @DutchFurnace
    @DutchFurnace 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I can't wait for the next generation of computer games to truly bring Middle Earth to life.

  • @MusicAnime4Ever1
    @MusicAnime4Ever1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I'd love a Lord of the Rings Magic the Gathering set, Ancalagon as a Legedary Dragon card?! Let's gooo

  • @lucksray
    @lucksray 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Yo it would be so cool to see a film with ancalagon in just to see the immense size of the beast

  • @MrOrcshaman
    @MrOrcshaman 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    How does a dragon so enormous that mountains are like molehills to him, get put at just no:2?