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Originally Posted by whswhs
But he apparently fell short of Ancalagon the Black.
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No doubt. Shelob falls far short of Ungoliant, too. The lesser dragons of later Ages are to Smaug as the lesser Spiders are to Shelob, but both the Third Age great ones pale in comparison to their primordial ultimates.
For that matter, Ancalagon is not in the same league as Ungoliant. She appears to have been more like the Valar than dragons, part of the ancient primal order somehow corrupted.