Mirkwood

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fictional forest location in Middle-earth region of Rhovanion setting in The Hobbit setting in The Lord of the Rings

Mirkwood is a vast, dark, and enchanted forest in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth, known as the realm of the Silvan Elves ruled by Thranduil and the homeland of Legolas.

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All labels observed (10)

Label	Occurrences
Mirkwood canonical	27
Northern Mirkwood	2
Lothlórien	1
Mirkwood (across the Anduin)	1
Mirkwood in Middle-earth	1
Mirkwood scenes (film)	1
Southern Mirkwood	1
great forest of Mirkwood	1
northeastern Mirkwood	1
northern Mirkwood	1

Statements (63)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	fictional forest ⓘ location in Middle-earth ⓘ region of Rhovanion ⓘ setting in The Hobbit ⓘ setting in The Lord of the Rings ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Eryn Galen ⓘ Woodland Realm ⓘ surface form: Great Forest of Wilderland Greenwood the Great ⓘ Taur-e-Ndaedelos ⓘ Taur-nu-Fuin ⓘ
appearsIn	The Hobbit ⓘ The Lord of the Rings ⓘ The Silmarillion ⓘ surface form: The Silmarillion (appendices and references) Unfinished Tales ⓘ
associatedWith	Dol Guldur ⓘ
borders	Ithilien ⓘ surface form: Anduin Vale Brown Lands ⓘ Emyn Duir (Dark Mountains) ⓘ Erebor ⓘ surface form: Erebor region Long Lake region ⓘ
characteristic	dangerous ⓘ dark ⓘ densely wooded ⓘ enchanted ⓘ
contains	Elvenking's Halls ⓘ Realm of the Elvenking ⓘ surface form: Elvenking's gates Enchanted River ⓘ Old Forest Road ⓘ Thranduil's underground halls ⓘ spider-haunted regions ⓘ
creator	J. R. R. Tolkien ⓘ
crossedBy	Enchanted River ⓘ surface form: Enchanted Stream Forest River ⓘ
darkenedBy	Dol Guldur ⓘ
fictionalUniverse	Middle-earth ⓘ
formerlyKnownAs	Greenwood the Great ⓘ
hasRegion	Eastern edge of Mirkwood ⓘ Mirkwood self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Northern Mirkwood Mirkwood self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Southern Mirkwood Western edge of Mirkwood ⓘ
homelandOf	Legolas ⓘ
infestedBy	giant spiders ⓘ orcs ⓘ
inhabitedBy	Silvan Elves ⓘ Silvan Elves ⓘ surface form: Wood-elves
languageOfName	Sindarin ⓘ
locatedEastOf	Misty Mountains ⓘ
locatedIn	Rhovanion ⓘ
locatedNorthOf	Dol Guldur ⓘ Lothlórien ⓘ surface form: Lórien
locatedSouthOf	Erebor ⓘ Esgaroth (Lake-town) ⓘ surface form: Esgaroth
locatedWestOf	Rhûn ⓘ
nameChangedDueTo	Lord of Mordor ⓘ surface form: shadow of Sauron
notableEvent	battles against Dol Guldur ⓘ capture of Thorin and Company by Wood-elves ⓘ rescue of dwarves by Bilbo from Elvenking's halls ⓘ
ruledBy	Thranduil ⓘ
threatenedBy	Sauron ⓘ
timePeriod	primarily Third Age ⓘ
traversedBy	Bilbo Baggins ⓘ Gandalf ⓘ surface form: Gandalf (at various times) Company of Thorin ⓘ surface form: Thorin and Company

Referenced by (37)

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

Legolas → home → Mirkwood ⓘ

Middle-earth → hasRegion → Mirkwood ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lothlórien

Middle-earth → hasRegion → Mirkwood ⓘ

Bilbo Baggins → locationVisited → Mirkwood ⓘ

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug → mainLocation → Mirkwood ⓘ

Tauriel → home → Mirkwood ⓘ

The Hobbit → featuresLocation → Mirkwood ⓘ

Lonely Mountain → locatedEastOf → Mirkwood ⓘ

Erebor → locatedEastOf → Mirkwood ⓘ

Company of Thorin → associatedLocation → Mirkwood ⓘ

Men of Lake-town → adjacentTo → Mirkwood ⓘ

The Hobbit (1977 animated film) → narrativeLocation → Mirkwood ⓘ

The Necromancer (The Hobbit films) → associatedWith → Mirkwood ⓘ

War of the Ring → mainTheater → Mirkwood ⓘ

Wood-elves of Mirkwood → locatedIn → Mirkwood ⓘ

Wood-elves of Mirkwood → primaryHabitat → Mirkwood ⓘ

this entity surface form: great forest of Mirkwood

Wood-elves of Mirkwood → protects → Mirkwood ⓘ

Wood-elves of Mirkwood → region → Mirkwood ⓘ

this entity surface form: Northern Mirkwood

Prince of the Woodland Realm → associatedWithRealm → Mirkwood ⓘ

Prince of the Woodland Realm → kingdomLocatedIn → Mirkwood ⓘ

this entity surface form: northeastern Mirkwood

Woodland Realm → locatedIn → Mirkwood ⓘ

Thranduil → realm → Mirkwood ⓘ

Thranduil → locationOfHalls → Mirkwood ⓘ

this entity surface form: northern Mirkwood

Mirkwood → hasRegion → Mirkwood self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Northern Mirkwood

Mirkwood → hasRegion → Mirkwood self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Southern Mirkwood

Sea of Rhûn → locatedEastOf → Mirkwood ⓘ

Misty Mountains → borders → Mirkwood ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mirkwood (across the Anduin)

Anduin → formsBoundaryBetween → Mirkwood ⓘ

Rhovanion → contains → Mirkwood ⓘ

Rhovanion → hasNotableLocation → Mirkwood ⓘ

There and Back Again (in-universe) → associatedLocation → Mirkwood ⓘ

subject surface form: There and Back Again

Spiders of Mirkwood → locatedIn → Mirkwood ⓘ

Spiders of Mirkwood → setting → Mirkwood ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mirkwood in Middle-earth

Orcrist → associatedLocation → Mirkwood ⓘ

Sindarin (film depiction) → usedInScene → Mirkwood ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mirkwood scenes (film)

The Hobbit (1968 stage adaptation) → featuresLocation → Mirkwood ⓘ

Beorn → locatedNear → Mirkwood ⓘ