Fall of Númenor

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The Fall of Númenor is a cataclysmic event in J.R.R. Tolkien’s legendarium in which the great island kingdom of Númenor is destroyed and sunk beneath the sea, reshaping the world of Middle-earth.

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Downfall of Númenor 7
Fall of Númenor canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf cataclysm
fictional event
legendarium event
alsoKnownAs Akallabêth
Fall of Númenor
surface form: Downfall of Númenor
cause deception of Sauron
invasion of Aman by Ar-Pharazôn
pride of the Númenóreans
rebellion of Númenor against the Valar
chronologicalPosition late Second Age
consequenceForSauron Sauron’s spirit returns to Middle-earth
destruction of Sauron’s physical body
creator J. R. R. Tolkien
fictionalUniverse Middle-earth
followedBy establishment of the Third Age political order
rise of the Realms in Exile
inspiredBy myth of Atlantis
involvesCharacter Anárion
Ar-Pharazôn
Elendil
Isildur
involvesGroup the Faithful of Númenor
the King’s Men of Númenor
languageOfOriginalWork English
location Númenor
surface form: island of Númenor
mainAntagonist Sauron
medium prose
narrativeForm mythic history
occursInWork Akallabêth
The Lord of the Rings appendices
surface form: The Lord of the Rings (appendices)

The Silmarillion
Unfinished Tales
partOf Second Age
surface form: Second Age of Middle-earth

legendarium of J. R. R. Tolkien
precededBy corruption of Númenor by Sauron
persecution of the Faithful
worship of Melkor in Númenor
result bending of the world from flat to round
death of most Númenóreans
destruction of Númenor
establishment of the Realms in Exile
founding of Arnor
founding of Gondor
loss of Númenórean Westward voyages
removal of Aman from the circles of the world
reshaping of the world
sinking of Númenor beneath the sea
survival of the Faithful
theme divine retribution
hubris
mortality and the fear of death

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Middle-earth hasEvent Fall of Númenor
The Silmarillion describesEvent Fall of Númenor
this entity surface form: Downfall of Númenor
Arda event Fall of Númenor
this entity surface form: Downfall of Númenor
Gondor foundedAfter Fall of Númenor
this entity surface form: Downfall of Númenor
Belegaer associatedWithEvent Fall of Númenor
this entity surface form: Downfall of Númenor
War of the Last Alliance precededBy Fall of Númenor
this entity surface form: Downfall of Númenor
Fall of Númenor alsoKnownAs Fall of Númenor
this entity surface form: Downfall of Númenor
Second Age majorEvent Fall of Númenor
this entity surface form: Downfall of Númenor