Wormtail - parallels with Wormtongue?

[meltowne]

No: HPFGUIDX 82461

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Tammy Rizzo" <tammy at m...> 
wrote:
> Don't forget, though, in LOTR, worms weren't only the soft, 
squishy, wriggly, slimy things so 
> reminicsent of a rat's tail.  Worm was also another term for 
dragon, and dragons had a well-
> deserved reputation for sweet-talking the unwary (and indeed, even 
the MOST wary) out of 
> hiding and into roasting range.

Actually, Dragons are WYRMs not worm:

Wyrm /w3:m/ [also wurm] noun. a type of dragon with a long slender 
body, often able to breathe fire, with either none or four limbs but 
usually without wings. Derives from the Old Germanic Gewurm.

Melinda