Ancalagon the Black

[Moonraker]

Did Ancalagon the Black ever exist? Gandalf said to Frodo, ''Nor ever was there such a dragon''.

[Belegorn]

Originally Posted by Moonraker

Did Ancalagon the Black ever exist? Gandalf said to Frodo, ''Nor ever was there such a dragon''.

Yes, read the Silmarillion. Eärendil defeated him and he fell upon Thangorodrim.

Originally Posted by FotR, Bk. 1, The Shadow of the Past

It has been said that dragon-fire could melt and consume the Rings of Power, but there is not now any dragon left on earth in which the old fire is hot enough; nor was there ever any dragon, not even Ancalagon the Black, who could have harmed the One Ring

[Moonraker]

Originally Posted by Belegorn

Yes, read the Silmarillion. Eärendil defeated him and he fell upon Thangorodrim.

I have never got past about 10 pages of the Silmarillion, it bored the hell out of me back in my student days. I should give it another go now that I am older at wiser (and Russell Group university educated).

Thanks for the correction anyway.