Glamdring

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Elven sword fictional sword legendary weapon

Glamdring is the legendary Elven sword from J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth legendarium, famed for its use by Gandalf and its ability to glow in the presence of orcs.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Glamdring canonical 5
Elven swords of Gondolin 1
Glamdring (temporarily) 1

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Elven sword ⓘ
fictional sword ⓘ
legendary weapon ⓘ
age First Age origin ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Beater ⓘ
Foe-hammer ⓘ
appearsIn The Hobbit ⓘ
The Lord of the Rings ⓘ
appearsInUniverse Middle-earth ⓘ
associatedWith Gondolin ⓘ
the Noldor ⓘ
surface form: Noldor
category Middle-earth legendary objects ⓘ
Weapons in The Lord of the Rings ⓘ
contrastedWith Orcrist ⓘ
Sting ⓘ
creator J. R. R. Tolkien ⓘ
discoveredBy Bilbo Baggins ⓘ
Gandalf ⓘ
Thorin Oakenshield ⓘ
discoveredIn a troll-hoard ⓘ
discoveredInWork The Hobbit ⓘ
fictionalUniverse Arda ⓘ
firstOwner Thingol ⓘ
surface form: Turgon
firstOwnerTitle King of Gondolin ⓘ
genre high fantasy ⓘ
glowsInPresenceOf goblins ⓘ
orcs ⓘ
inscriptionLanguage Elvish ⓘ
laterOwner Gandalf ⓘ
material Elven steel ⓘ
notableFeature ancient Elven craftsmanship ⓘ
glows blue in the presence of orcs ⓘ
originLocation Gondolin ⓘ
ownerAffiliation Fellowship of the Ring ⓘ
surface form: The Fellowship of the Ring
partOf legendarium of Middle-earth ⓘ
surface form: Middle-earth legendarium
raceOfMaker Elves ⓘ
status unique weapon ⓘ
timelineUse from The Hobbit through The Lord of the Rings ⓘ
usedAgainst Balrog of Moria ⓘ
orcs ⓘ
usedByCharacterRace Mithrandir ⓘ
surface form: Maia (through Gandalf)
usedInBattle Battle of Five Armies ⓘ
surface form: Battle of the Five Armies

War of the Ring ⓘ
weaponType longsword ⓘ
wielder Gandalf ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Gandalf → weapon → Glamdring ⓘ
Middle-earth → hasArtifact → Glamdring ⓘ
Erebor → hasNotableArtifact → Glamdring ⓘ
this entity surface form: Glamdring (temporarily)
Olórin → wields → Glamdring ⓘ
Orcrist → foundWith → Glamdring ⓘ
Orcrist → category → Glamdring ⓘ
this entity surface form: Elven swords of Gondolin
Orcrist → relatedWeapon → Glamdring ⓘ