Nargothrond

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Elven city fictional location fortress

Nargothrond is a great hidden Elven fortress-city in J.R.R. Tolkien’s legendarium, carved into caves along the River Narog in Beleriand and ruled by Finrod Felagund.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Nargothrond canonical 4
Nargothrond (via tributary Narog) 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Elven city ⓘ
fictional location ⓘ
fortress ⓘ
alsoKnownAs The Halls of Felagund ⓘ
appearsIn The Children of Húrin ⓘ
The Silmarillion ⓘ
Unfinished Tales ⓘ
associatedWithEvent Quest of the Silmaril ⓘ
surface form: Quest for the Silmaril with Beren

Túrin’s war against Morgoth ⓘ
captivity and death of Finrod Felagund ⓘ
sack of Nargothrond by Glaurung ⓘ
attackedBy Glaurung ⓘ
bridgeBuiltAtUrgingOf Túrin Turambar ⓘ
builtWithAidOf Dwarves of the Blue Mountains ⓘ
carvedInto caves ⓘ
creator J. R. R. Tolkien ⓘ
defensivePolicyUnderFinrod secrecy and stealth ⓘ
defensivePolicyUnderTurin open warfare and use of the bridge ⓘ
destroyedBy Glaurung ⓘ
destroyedIn First Age ⓘ
enemyOf Morgoth ⓘ
foundedBy Finrod Felagund ⓘ
governedAs Elven kingdom ⓘ
hasArchitecturalStyle subterranean halls ⓘ
hasDefensiveFeature bridge over the Narog ⓘ
hasTreasure hoard of Nargothrond ⓘ
hiddenBy geography of the River Narog ⓘ
influencedByMythology Norse mythology ⓘ
inspiredBy Doriath ⓘ
surface form: Menegroth
languageOfName Sindarin ⓘ
laterRuledBy Túrin Turambar ⓘ
locatedInFictionalUniverse Arda ⓘ
locatedInRegion Beleriand ⓘ
locatedOnRiver Narog ⓘ
nameMeaning Dreadful underground fortress ⓘ
notableResident Finduilas ⓘ
Finrod Felagund ⓘ
Gwindor ⓘ
Orodreth ⓘ
Túrin Turambar ⓘ
partOf the Noldor ⓘ
surface form: the Noldorin realms in Beleriand
populationIncludes the Noldor ⓘ
surface form: Noldor

Sindar ⓘ
ruledBy Finrod Felagund ⓘ
Orodreth ⓘ
strategicType underground stronghold ⓘ
treasureLaterClaimedBy Húrin Thalion ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

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

Middle-earth → hasCity → Nargothrond ⓘ
Sirion → passesNear → Nargothrond ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nargothrond (via tributary Narog)
First Age → featuresLocation → Nargothrond ⓘ
Beleriand → containsRegion → Nargothrond ⓘ
Beleriand → containsCity → Nargothrond ⓘ