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Home›Features›Wyrm And Wonder

Wyrm And Wonder

By The Fantasy Hive
May 22, 2020
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Today on the Fantasy Hive, in honour of Wyrd and Wonder, we’re looking at our five favourite Wyrms in fantasy!

Now, there’s lots of debate over what constitutes a dragon, wyvern or wyrm.

We’re going on a very loose definition of the term, because we like how the title sounds.

Don’t @ us.

Just enjoy, and let us know what your favourite mythological reptilian beasts are too!

 

1. Mr Smythe – shapeshifting wyrm from The Traitor’s Son Cycle by Miles Cameron.Not only could Smythe shapeshift but he could also possess people’s bodies and essentially control them. Nils.

 

2. Glaurung from The Silmarillion. Father of dragons and bane of the children of Hurin. T.O.

(c) Fran Camos

 

The Bitter Twins (Winnowing Flame) by Jen Williams 3. Vostok from Jen Williams’ The Winnowing Flame trilogy. I love her attitude throughout these books. Beth

 

4.  Ancalagon the Black, greatest of Morgoth’s winged dragons in the War of Wrath, slain by Earndil and the eagles (always the eagles with Tolkien, his world’s equivalent of the seventh cavalry in old westerns) T.O.

(c) Jenny Dolfen

 

5. The Matsuda Dragon from The Sword of Kaigen by M. L. Wang. Not strictly a creature, more a magical construct, I loved the image of a dragon conjured from ice. It was a great moment in the story! Beth.

 

TagsDragonsfeaturesJ.R.R. TolkienJen WilliamsListsM.L. WangMiles CameronWyrd & WonderWyrd and Wonderwyrm

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The Fantasy Hive is a collaborative review site run by volunteers who love Fantasy, Sci-fi, Horror, and everything in-between. On our site, you can find not only book reviews but author interviews, cover reveals, excerpts from books, acquisition announcements, guest posts by your favourite authors, and so much more. You can also find us on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter @thefantasyhive. The Hive officially launched on January 1st, 2018.

3 comments

  1. RandomName 8 May, 2022 at 16:26 Reply

    Ah yes Ancalagon the Black, the dragon so large he crushed a mountain range when he fell and died.

  2. Jess @ Jessticulates 26 May, 2020 at 15:32 Reply

    Ahh the Matsuda dragon is so cool! I’m not actually the biggest dragon fan (I’m more of a unicorn girl) so it’s really refreshing finding a blog post featuring a lot of dragons that I haven’t come across before. 😀

  3. Tammy 22 May, 2020 at 13:36 Reply

    You win the best blog title today?

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