Middle-earth

Character

Chrysophylax Dives

The dragon of Tolkien’s comic tale “Farmer Giles of Ham”.

Tolkien’s textsSupported by the narratives published in Tolkien’s lifetime.
Race & kind
Dragons & Great Beasts
Allegiance
The Grey Mountains
Gender
Male
Chrysophylax Dives

Overview

Chrysophylax belongs to Tolkien’s lighter, non-legendarium fiction; he is a pompous, blustering dragon rather than a mythic terror.

DragonsThe Grey Mountains

Sources

  • The Adventures of Tom Bombadil · 1962

    A collection of verse, some of it framing Middle-earth legend.