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the Dragon from the story bears striking familiarity to Smaug. For example the dragon is Beowulf is roused by a man who steals a jeweled cup from the dragon's hoard, just as Smaug is roused by Bilbo stealing a jeweled cup. The description of the dragon in Beowulf is also very similar to the description of Smaug.
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Yes, that was where the idea for the stolen cup came from.
If you want a section in the book that is REALLY similar to Beowulf, read the section about Gandalf & co. arriving at Edoras, and his interactions with some of the people there.
Dragons probably made a convienient nasssty beasty for Tolkien to use in his works, that was also a familiar beast from other mythology. Since the idea was there, why not use it? [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]