Orcrist

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fictional sword legendary weapon

Orcrist is a famed Elven-forged sword from J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-earth legendarium, renowned for its effectiveness against orcs and its role in The Hobbit.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Orcrist canonical 2
Orcrist (reforged and kept in Erebor after the Hobbit) 1
Orcrist (temporarily) 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional sword ⓘ
legendary weapon ⓘ
alias Barrow-blade ⓘ
surface form: Goblin-cleaver
alignment forces of good ⓘ
appearsIn The Hobbit ⓘ
legendarium of Middle-earth ⓘ
surface form: The Lord of the Rings legendarium
associatedLocation Erebor ⓘ
Mirkwood ⓘ
Misty Mountains ⓘ
author J. R. R. Tolkien ⓘ
belongsToCharacterRace Dwarves ⓘ
surface form: Dwarves (via Thorin Oakenshield)
category Glamdring ⓘ
surface form: Elven swords of Gondolin
confiscatedBy Thranduil ⓘ
surface form: Elvenking Thranduil
countryOfOriginInRealWorld United Kingdom (as place of authorship) ⓘ
creator Elves of Beleriand ⓘ
surface form: Elves of Gondolin
designedForUseAgainst goblins ⓘ
orcs ⓘ
fictionalUniverse Middle-earth ⓘ
firstOwnerInTheHobbit Thorin Oakenshield ⓘ
firstPublication The Hobbit (1937) ⓘ
foundIn Troll-hoard in Eriador ⓘ
foundWith Glamdring ⓘ
Sting ⓘ
inUniverseReputation famous among goblins ⓘ
renowned among Elves ⓘ
languageOfAlias Common Speech ⓘ
literaryGenre high fantasy ⓘ
madeIn Gondolin ⓘ
material Elven steel ⓘ
medium literature ⓘ
nameMeaning Goblin-cleaver ⓘ
notableEffect feared by goblins ⓘ
notableFeature Elven craftsmanship ⓘ
rune-inscribed blade ⓘ
notableScene Elvenking recognizes Orcrist as a sword of Gondolin ⓘ
Thorin draws Orcrist in the goblin tunnels under the Misty Mountains ⓘ
partOf legendarium of Middle-earth ⓘ
surface form: Tolkien legendarium
property glows blue in the presence of orcs and goblins ⓘ
raceOfMakers the Noldor ⓘ
surface form: Noldorin Elves
relatedWeapon Glamdring ⓘ
Sting ⓘ
returnedTo Thorin Oakenshield ⓘ
scriptOnBlade runes ⓘ
symbolOf Thorin Oakenshield's royal status ⓘ
usedInBattle Battle of Five Armies ⓘ
weaponType longsword ⓘ
wielder Gandalf ⓘ
surface form: Gandalf (briefly, in some adaptations)

Thorin Oakenshield ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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

Thorin Oakenshield → weapon → Orcrist ⓘ
Erebor → hasNotableArtifact → Orcrist ⓘ
this entity surface form: Orcrist (temporarily)
Dwarves of Erebor → notableArtifactProduced → Orcrist ⓘ
this entity surface form: Orcrist (reforged and kept in Erebor after the Hobbit)
Glamdring → contrastedWith → Orcrist ⓘ