First Age

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age of Middle-earth fictional historical era

The First Age is the earliest great era in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth legendarium, marked by the wars against Morgoth and the heroic tales recounted in The Silmarillion.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
First Age canonical	20
First Age of Middle-earth	3

Statements (79)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	age of Middle-earth ⓘ fictional historical era ⓘ
centralConflict	War of Wrath ⓘ surface form: Wars of Beleriand war against Morgoth ⓘ
chronologicalPosition	earliest great age of Middle-earth ⓘ
createdBy	J. R. R. Tolkien ⓘ
endsWith	War of Wrath ⓘ casting down of Thangorodrim ⓘ defeat of Morgoth ⓘ
featuresAntagonist	Morgoth ⓘ
featuresArtifact	Nauglamír ⓘ Silmarils ⓘ
featuresCharacter	Beren ⓘ Círdan the Shipwright ⓘ surface form: Círdan Elwing ⓘ Eärendil ⓘ Eönwë ⓘ Fingolfin ⓘ Fingon ⓘ Finrod Felagund ⓘ Fëanor ⓘ Galadriel ⓘ Glaurung ⓘ Húrin Thalion ⓘ surface form: Húrin Lúthien Tinúviel ⓘ surface form: Lúthien Maedhros ⓘ Maglor ⓘ Melian ⓘ Morwen Eledhwen ⓘ surface form: Morwen Niënor Níniel ⓘ surface form: Niënor Sauron ⓘ Thingol ⓘ Turgon ⓘ Túrin Turambar ⓘ Ungoliant ⓘ
featuresEvent	Fall of Doriath ⓘ surface form: Dagor Aglareb Dagor Bragollach ⓘ Dagor-nuin-Giliath ⓘ The Fall of Gondolin ⓘ surface form: Fall of Gondolin Flight of the Noldor ⓘ Kinslaying at Alqualondë ⓘ Nirnaeth Arnoediad ⓘ Ruins of Doriath ⓘ War of Wrath ⓘ sinking of Beleriand ⓘ
featuresGroup	Dwarves of Erebor ⓘ surface form: Dwarves of Beleriand Edain ⓘ House of Bëor ⓘ House of Finarfin ⓘ the Teleri ⓘ surface form: House of Fingolfin House of Fëanor ⓘ House of Hador ⓘ House of Haleth ⓘ the Noldor ⓘ surface form: Noldor Sindar ⓘ
featuresLocation	Angband ⓘ Beleriand ⓘ Doriath ⓘ Gondolin ⓘ Himring ⓘ Hithlum ⓘ Doriath ⓘ surface form: Menegroth Nargothrond ⓘ Sirion ⓘ Thangorodrim ⓘ
follows	Years of the Trees ⓘ
narratedIn	Beren and Lúthien ⓘ The Children of Húrin ⓘ The Fall of Gondolin ⓘ The History of Middle-earth ⓘ The Silmarillion ⓘ
partOf	legendarium of Middle-earth ⓘ surface form: legendarium of J. R. R. Tolkien
precedes	Second Age ⓘ
setIn	Middle-earth ⓘ Arda ⓘ surface form: continent of Beleriand Arda ⓘ surface form: world of Arda
theme	heroic legend ⓘ oath and doom of the Noldor ⓘ tragedy ⓘ

Referenced by (23)

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

Middle-earth → hasAge → First Age ⓘ

The Children of Húrin → setInTimePeriod → First Age ⓘ

Unfinished Tales → mainTheme → First Age ⓘ

this entity surface form: First Age of Middle-earth

Sauron → timePeriod → First Age ⓘ

Narsil (reforged as Andúril) → origin → First Age ⓘ

subject surface form: Narsil

Free Peoples of Middle-earth → timePeriod → First Age ⓘ

Sindar → timePeriod → First Age ⓘ

this entity surface form: First Age of Middle-earth

Arda → hasAge → First Age ⓘ

Aman → cosmicEra → First Age ⓘ

Belegaer → era → First Age ⓘ

Misty Mountains → eraOfExistence → First Age ⓘ

Men → ageOfAwakening → First Age ⓘ

subject surface form: Men (Middle-earth)

Morgoth → timePeriod → First Age ⓘ

The Fall of Gondolin → timePeriodInFiction → First Age ⓘ

this entity surface form: First Age of Middle-earth

Dwarves → eraActive → First Age ⓘ

Blue Mountains → ageFirstMentioned → First Age ⓘ

Blue Mountains → existsInAge → First Age ⓘ

Beleriand → timePeriod → First Age ⓘ

Gondolin → timePeriod → First Age ⓘ

Nargothrond → destroyedIn → First Age ⓘ

Doriath → era → First Age ⓘ

Doriath → destroyedIn → First Age ⓘ

House of Durin → timePeriod → First Age ⓘ