Why does a dragon need gold?
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Molten gold enemas give him powerful orgasms
its a metaphor for greed
imagine not knowing this in 2022
Its more than that, its also the fact that the dragon cant make use of gold or virgins. There is an emphasis on the treasure needing to be liberated. It activates your monke brain. Myths aren’t really meant to be understood theyre meant to speak to your unconscious.
Leftoids can't be creative on this level because they have no instincts or contact with their subconscious.
It’s prey is drawn to it
Comes from Ancient Greek myth. Dragons were sent by the Gods to guard Golden treasure.
But what for?
cause gold needs to be protected somehow I guess
so no one would waste it lol
Lol no, it comes from Norse myth, Rean and his brother Fafnir were left a great hoard of gold by their father. Fafnir stole the treasure from Rean and moved it out on a heath and could not leave it for fear of someone stealing it from him. He was transformed from the evil and greed in his heart into a terrible creature, a dragon.
shut the frick up you nordic dung house wooden shack living barbarian
This, until based Sigurd blew him the frick out with the sword Gram and then proceeded to eat its heart.
>Oh n—
Me in the back
>Yep that's me
>You're probably wondering how I got here
>what is comparative mythology?
There are dragons in Greek mythology? WTF.
>There are dragons in Greek mythology?
Classical Greek has the word "drakon" to describe that.
Almost as pseud as that german moron who thinks the ring cycle is the only legend on the subject
IMAGINE
is that a human male?
no, that's a dragon
>dragon thread
>posts wyrven
Shut up nerd.
Yes, yes, well done, anon, well done, HOWEVER
The dragon is a israelite
There were no israelites in Middle Earth
>There were no israelites in Middle Earth
are you that moronic?
The dragon was half Black person
In the Silmarillion there are short swarthy men from the east. They betray the Numenoreans and help Melkor the prince of evil.
Basically israelites
Those are italians so basically israelites
Dragons are a metaphor for rich wasps.
Dwarfs are the israelites. Their greed is shown as wrong but still understandable and humanized, while the Dragon greed is shown as being pure evil. It perfectly described the difference between rich wasps and rich israelites.
it looks cool also because frick those little bastards
to lure man so he can kill em
How else could he pay taxes?
Some legends say its the only metal soft enough for them to sleep on.
Because its a symbol of the unconscious, its supposed to signal to you that you need to go beyond the fear of yourself (unconscious guilt) to find the treasure you’ve always had inside you. When you find the treasure it becomes a boon to mankind.
>33. Jesus said, "What you will hear in your ear, in the other ear proclaim from your rooftops.
>After all, no one lights a lamp and puts it under a basket, nor does one put it in a hidden place. Rather, one puts it on a lampstand so that all who come and go will see its light."
care of
He's got a point. Always hoard bullion. Cyrpto is never trustworthy.
love how he drew dragon's face
dragon kinda making some sense
movies in which the villains plan and motivations make perfect sense and it's difficult if not impossible to find flaws with?
Well in the movie he's a wyvern
wyvern are dragons you homosexual.
Then why do they have separate entries in the Monster Manual?
Check, wiener-gobbler.
I hate you
That is not the Monster Manual. This is from the Monster Manual. Note: only distantly related to dragons.
>Then why do they have separate entries in the Monster Manual?
In medieval British heraldry there was a linguistic distinction made between dragons and wyverns. The "blazon" or description in text of a coat of arms had to be very accurate and follow the codified terms for things.
They did make him a dragon in the theatrical release for An Unexpected Journey, but when Hackson went with the wyvern design they went back and changed it for the Extended Edition
damn this would be a cool shot if i could see the dragon.
Overrated as frick movies tbh. Books are way way better.
They call him a dragon, therefore he is a dragon
I call you a homosexual.
Yes
Oy vey antisemitism!
Why does a human need gold?
What was Smaug's tax policy?
100% all income tax.
Why does a human need funko pops?
Imagine running a chainsaw across all those boxes.
He liked having it because others couldn't have it. I think it's mentioned he has an inventory of every piece of treasure in the hoard. Also the gems etc protected his soft belly. Also it's a dragon, so frick you that's why
>I think it's mentioned he has an inventory of every piece of treasure in the hoard.
yeah iirc they steal some minor gem or something and he notices
Why are moths drawn to light? It's part of their biology, you don't need much of a reason beyond that which you can already assume
Moths use the moon to guide themselves. They are confused by lights thinking it's the moon.
it makes a comfy bed
because dragons represent satan and greed is a sin. tolkein obviously wanted it to be that connection because smaug could talk which makes it less of a beast and more of a supernatural being
Greed. In the book they acknowledge that Smaug has no practical use for the treasure. He just desires it.
To dab on the israelites
Gold reflects magic somewhat, so by surrounding himself with gold, he's accomplishing the same thing a person would do with a blanket, except for magic instead of body heat.
not to be rude, but pagans and atheists have the dumbest ideas when interpreting symbolism
why do you care?
I… I don’t like the way this pepe is looking at me…
He doesn't, but then again people don't need it either. That's kind of the Hobbit's central message: Although money is a part of life, it is not a replacement for things like friendship, adventure, and dank pipe weed.
I've read its supposed to be instinct similar to how birds steal israeliteelry and other shiny objects.
so it's just a giant magpie?
To buy themselves hookers, duh
to get dragon b***hes
To sleep on
because frick you that's why is apt dragon logic.
The real question my boy temugin ask was...why does gold need a dragon?
Dragons are like dinosaurs which evolved into birds. Birds like shiny things.
What do I want with this shiny metal that generations of your ancestors broke their backs in toil to dig from the earth, suffered burns and worse to craft, traded, coveted, lived for, died for? Why do I take it and hoard it? I take it because you covet and desire it; I take it because you do not part with it lightly; I take it because it causes suffering when I do; I take it because it demonstrates my power.
>Witch King, who can't be killed by no man, is killed by woman - literally Rumpleforeskin plot
>supposed dragon is actually a wyvern, but that doesn't matter
The dragon is a metaphor for a tyrant. Hoarding gold and women that doesn't he need all to himself just out of greed.
Heroes must slay the dragon (tyrant) so that the people under his rule can finally live free and happy lives.
Because when Melkor disseminated his power into Arda and the world was corrupted by it, gold was the thing that was corrupted the most. And dragons are "made" by him. It's also the reason why the One Ring was made of gold instead of something like Mithril.
the only correct lore-based answer
I always imagined the dragons were using their hoard specifically as bait for moron humans to try and sneak in and get an ez meal. I think the real reason is some spirtual stuff of something though.
He just does okay?
To pay the dragon tax of course.
Smaug is hot.
He doesn't need it. He likes fricking with those who do.
What are you basing this on?
The movie that is the topic of this thread.
They are autistic
He's israeli
why did they make him so handsome ?
You now remember the giant Dwarf statue that inexplicably turns into bubbly molten soup, covers smaug, pause for suspense, then has no consequence as it doesn't even weigh him down or injure him and he just flings away all the gold.
why does anyone need that shit?
Gold has a low melting point, dragons belly burns hot, he poopsies out molten gold
The reptoids needed atomized gold for their atmosphere, so when they came to earth they GMOd apes to be smart enough to mine gold, but dumb enough to be controlled. Reptile people who can fly = dragons.
The dragon likes doing gold showers like tubgirl
Where are all the big tiddy Dwarven women?
>Adventure go for the gold
>Free meal
>Looks neat
>Pimp swag draggon Dizz nutts on your face
How much inflation happened after the dwarves retook Erebor and redistributed all that gold into the economy of Middle Earth?
Quite a lot. And you don't want to know how bad it hit the shire. Bilbo came back with enough treasure to buy the whole shire multiple times.
They eat it