Long-worms

Long-worms were either a type of dragon in northern Middle-earthLong-worms on The Encyclopedia of Arda or another name that J.R.R. Tolkien used for, at least, some of them., Appendix A, Annals of the Kings and Rulers, II. "The House of Eorl"
==History==
Long-worms are inferred to originate from the pits of Angband like the other dragons of Arda.
The only long-worm mentioned by name was Scatha, the great dragon of Ered Mithrin. He was slain by Fram of the Éothéod in approximately the year 2000 of the Third Age. For a long time afterwards, the long-worms did not pose any threat to the land.
It is unknown whether Scatha was the last of the long-worms or if some still existed.
The word 'Worm' was used to describe Glaurung,, Ch. XVI: "The Coming of Glaurung", Scatha and Smaug,, Ch. 1: "An Unexpected Party" but it is uncertain whether this refers to the long-worms as well.
== Speculation ==
Tolkien's dragons tend to have more of a sinuous serpentine form then that of a traditional Western dragon and more like a winged snake. This could explain the name long-worm.
It is possible that long-worms were wingless dragons that lived in the Northern Waste during the Third Age. They may have terrorized the Men and Dwarves that lived in the area for many hundreds of years capturing great hoards of treasure. They may have ranged from silver to rich gold to deep red or even black and breathe mist and flame. It might be possible that Were-worms in the folk lore of Hobbits may have been based on long-worms.
"It has been suggested that the Long-worms were original creatures created by Ilúvatar, and that the dragons of Morgoth were bred from them, as something cannot be bred from nothing. This suggestion also implies that the long-worms were witless hunters, like lions or wolves, with the attraction for bright things, like ravens, rather than intelligent beings like the later dragons. It is debatable whether or not Morgoth could create intelligent beings from nonintelligent ones."Long-worms: Difference between revisions on Tolkien Gateway
== Translations ==
Foreign Language 	Translated name
Afrikaans 	Lang wurms
Albanian 	Krimba të gjata
Amharic 	ረዥም እባቦች
Arabic 	الديدان الطويلة
Armenian 	Երկար ճիճուներ
Azerbaijani 	Uzun qurdlar
Basque 	Harrak luzea
Belarusian Cyrillic	Доўга чарвякі
Bengali 	দীর্ঘ ক্রিমি
Bulgarian Cyrillic 	Дълго червеите
Catalan 	Cucs llargs
Chinese 	长蠕虫
Croatian 	Dugi crvima
Czech 	Dlouhé červi
Danish 	Lange orme
Dutch 	Lange wormen
Estonian 	Pika usside
Finnish 	Hirmukäärmeet
French 	Vers longs
Galician 	Vermes longo
Georgian 	დიდხანს ჭიები
German 	Lange Würmer
Greek 	Μακρά σκουλήκια
Gujarati 	લાંબા વોર્મ્સ
Hebrew 	תולעים ארוכות
Hungarian 	Hosszú-giliszták
Icelandic 	Langar ormar
Indonesian 	Cacing panjang
Irish Gaelic 	Péisteanna fada
Italian 	Vermi lunghi
Japanese 	長虫
Kannada 	ಉದ್ದವಾಗಿದೆ ಹುಳುಗಳು
Kazakh 	Ұзақ кұрттар (Cyrillic) Uzaq kurttar (Latin)
Korean 	긴 벌레는
Kurdish 	Dirêj kirm (Kurmanji Kurdish)
Kyrgyz Cyrillic 	Көп курттары
Laotian 	ແມ່ທ້ອງຍາວ
Latin 	Longus vermis
Latvian 	Ilgi tārpi
Lithuanian 	Ilgi kirminai
Luxembourgish 	Laang wierm
Macedonian Cyrillic	Долго црвите
Malaysian 	Cacing yang panjang
Maltese 	Twil dud
Marathi 	लांब वर्म्स
Nepalese 	लामो कीड़े
Norwegian 	Lange ormer
Persian 	کرم های طولانی
Polish 	Długie robaki
Portuguese 	Vermes longos
Romanian 	Viermi lungi
Russian 	Длинные черви
Serbian 	Дугачак црви (Cyrillic) Dugačak crvi (Latin)
Sinhalese 	දිගු පණුවන්
Slovak 	Dlhé červy
Slovenian 	Dolgi črvi
Spanish 	Gusanos largos
Swahili 	Minyoo ndefu
Swedish 	Långa maskar
Tajik Cyrillic 	кирмҳо дароз
Tamil 	நீண்ட புழுக்கள்
Telugu 	దీర్ఘ పురుగులు
Thai 	หนอนยาว ?
Turkish 	Uzun solucanlar
Ukrainian Cyrillic 	Довгі черв'яки
Uzbek 	Узоқ чувалчанглар (Cyrillic) Uzoq chuvalchanglar (Latin)
Urdu 	طویل سانپ ?
Vietnamese 	Dài giun
Welsh 	Abwydod Hir
Yiddish 	לאַנג וואָרמס
== References ==
Category:Dragons