Beleriand

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Beleriand is a vast western land in J.R.R. Tolkien’s legendarium, central to the events of The Silmarillion and the wars against Morgoth in the First Age of Middle-earth.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Beleriand canonical 12
Beleriandic realms 1
East Beleriand 1

Statements (119)

Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional region
location in Middle-earth
appearsIn The Children of Húrin
The History of Middle-earth
The Silmarillion
Unfinished Tales
besiegedBy Morgoth
bordersOn Belegaer
Blue Mountains
Ephel Dúath
surface form: Ered Gorgoroth

Ered Lindon
Ered Luin
Ered Wethrin
chronologicalStatus no longer exists after the First Age in-universe
containsCity Gondolin
Doriath
surface form: Menegroth

Nargothrond
containsForest Forest of Brethil
Doriath
surface form: Region of Doriath
containsFortress Angband
Barad Eithel
Eithel Sirion
Minas Tirith of Finrod
containsHarbour Brithombar
Eglarest
containsHill Amon Rûdh
surface form: Amon Ereb

Amon Rûdh
surface form: Amon Ethir

Amon Rûdh
containsIsland Tol Galen
the Pass of Sirion
surface form: Tol Sirion
containsLake Helevorn
Ivrin
Sea of Rhûn
surface form: Lake Mithrim
containsMountain Thangorodrim
containsPass Fords of Aros
Fords of Brithiach
Maglor’s Gap
Pass of Aglon
the Pass of Sirion
surface form: Pass of Sirion
containsPlain Anfauglith
Eryn Galen
surface form: Ard-galen
containsRegion Brethil
Dor-lómin
Doriath
Beleriand self-linksurface differs
surface form: East Beleriand

Falas
Fingolfin’s realm in Hithlum
Fëanor’s sons’ realms in East Beleriand
Gondolin
Himlad
Hithlum
Ladros
Nan Dungortheb
Nargothrond
Nevrast
Ossiriand (partly)
surface form: Ossiriand

Taur-nu-Fuin
Thargelion
Beleriand self-linksurface differs
surface form: West Beleriand
containsRiver Aros
Brithon
Esgalduin
Gelion
Mindeb
Narog
Nenning
Sirion
Teiglin
containsSettlement Amon Darthir
Eithel Ivrin
Tarn Aeluin
containsValley Serech
creator J. R. R. Tolkien
destroyedInEvent War of Wrath
etymology Sindarin name meaning "land of Balar" or "Balar-land"
fate mostly drowned beneath the sea
homeOfPeople Dwarves of Belegost
Dwarves
surface form: Dwarves of Nogrod

Easterlings
Edain
Green-elves of Ossiriand
House of Bëor
House of Hador
House of Haleth
the Noldor
surface form: Noldor

Sindar
languageSpoken Quenya
Sindarin
Taliska
locatedInFictionalContinent northwestern Middle-earth
locatedInFictionalWorld Middle-earth
majorConflict War of Wrath
The War of the Jewels
surface form: War of the Jewels

War of Wrath
surface form: Wars of Beleriand
namedAfter Isle of Balar
notableWorkSetIn The Lay of Leithian
The Children of Húrin
surface form: The Lay of the Children of Húrin
partOf legendarium of Middle-earth
surface form: Tolkien legendarium
primaryAntagonist Morgoth
remnantRegion Ered Luin
Lindon
Ossiriand remnants in Lindon
ruledBy Caranthir
Círdan the Shipwright
surface form: Círdan

Fingolfin
Fingon
Finrod Felagund
Maedhros
Orodreth
Thingol
Turgon
sceneOfBattle Dagor Aglareb
Dagor Bragollach
Dagor-nuin-Giliath
The Fall of Gondolin
surface form: Fall of Gondolin

Hunting of the Wolf
Nirnaeth Arnoediad
Sack of Nargothrond
timePeriod First Age

Referenced by (15)

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

Middle-earth hasRegion Beleriand
Sindar primaryRealm Beleriand
Arda contains Beleriand
Belegaer borders Beleriand
Sirion locatedIn Beleriand
First Age featuresLocation Beleriand
The Fall of Gondolin setting Beleriand
War of Wrath location Beleriand
Beleriand containsRegion Beleriand self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: West Beleriand
Beleriand containsRegion Beleriand self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: East Beleriand
Gondolin locatedIn Beleriand
Nargothrond locatedInRegion Beleriand
Doriath locatedIn Beleriand
Doriath partOf Beleriand
this entity surface form: Beleriandic realms