The Nine Rings for Mortal Men
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The Nine Rings for Mortal Men are powerful Rings of Power in Tolkien's legendarium that Sauron used to corrupt human kings into the Nazgûl, his most feared servants.
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Rings of Power
ⓘ
fictional magical objects ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
The History of Middle-earth
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
The Lord of the Rings NERFINISHED ⓘ The Silmarillion NERFINISHED ⓘ Unfinished Tales NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Nazgûl
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sauron NERFINISHED ⓘ Second Age NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| controlledBy |
Sauron
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
The One Ring NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| creator | J. R. R. Tolkien ⓘ |
| effect |
corrupt the wills of their bearers
ⓘ
draw bearers into the wraith-world ⓘ grant invisibility ⓘ grant long life ⓘ |
| fate | brought under Sauron’s dominion ⓘ |
| forSpecies | Men ⓘ |
| genre | high fantasy ⓘ |
| givenTo |
Human kings
ⓘ
Mortal Men ⓘ |
| inUniverseStatus | lost or under Sauron’s control ⓘ |
| languageOfName | English ⓘ |
| medium | literature ⓘ |
| mentionedIn | Ring-verse ⓘ |
| numberOfItems | 9 ⓘ |
| opposedBy | The Free Peoples of Middle-earth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
Legendarium of Middle-earth
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Rings of Power NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| purpose |
to corrupt mortal men
ⓘ
to enslave the bearers to Sauron ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
The One Ring
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
The Seven Rings for the Dwarf-lords NERFINISHED ⓘ The Three Rings for the Elven-kings NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| resultedIn | transformation of bearers into Nazgûl ⓘ |
| setInUniverse | Middle-earth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
corruption of power
ⓘ
enslavement to evil ⓘ |
| timeOfCreation | Second Age of Middle-earth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedBy | Sauron NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| wieldedBy | Nazgûl NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.