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[-] smeg@feddit.uk 35 points 2 days ago

The gold is tribute, right? Give me gold every year and I won't eat you

[-] smeg@feddit.uk 38 points 2 days ago

Or, going by The Hobbit, the gold was just lying around next to all these dwarf skeletons when the dragon moved in

[-] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 15 points 2 days ago

Awfully generous of Smaug to keep an eye on it, in case anyone tried to sneak in and steal it

[-] Dagnet@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago

Like those dirty little hobbitses

[-] Madison420@lemmy.world 10 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Yes but the book explains smaug was drawn there by its riches. Dragons are just greed metaphors after all though the question remains of dragons are drawn to riches themselves or the aura of greed of those who amassed it.

[-] Jax@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 days ago

It's an innate trait of dragons to seek out riches, I would assume from the time when Morgoth twisted whatever creatures would eventually become dragons.

[-] Crankenstein@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

Dragons are basically metaphor for the ruling class, so yes.

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