It is no secret that Bilbo could not have won against Smaug the Magnificent directly, nor could he have held out in any serious contest as Turin Turambar did in the First Age of Tolkien’s magnificent world. But if one is talking in all other ways, especially philosophical, metaphorical and morally Bilbo did in fact triumph over the mighty fire-drake who…
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