West

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cosmological concept spiritual symbol symbolic direction

West is a symbolic direction in Tolkien’s Middle-earth often associated with the blessed lands of Valinor, ancient wisdom, and the spiritual homeland of the Free Peoples.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
The West 2
West (Middle-earth) 0

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf cosmological concept ⓘ
spiritual symbol ⓘ
symbolic direction ⓘ
associatedWith Aman NERFINISHED ⓘ
Blessed Realm NERFINISHED ⓘ
Valinor NERFINISHED ⓘ
ancient wisdom ⓘ
immortality ⓘ
the Elves NERFINISHED ⓘ
the Free Peoples ⓘ
the Valar NERFINISHED ⓘ
contrastedWith East (Middle-earth) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mordor NERFINISHED ⓘ
the Shadow NERFINISHED ⓘ
createdBy J. R. R. Tolkien NERFINISHED ⓘ
directionOf Aman NERFINISHED ⓘ
Undying Lands NERFINISHED ⓘ
Valinor NERFINISHED ⓘ
fictionalUniverse Middle-earth NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasRitual Westward standing in silence in Númenor ⓘ
turning West in reverence to the Valar ⓘ
influences Dúnedain culture ⓘ
Gondorian heraldry ⓘ
Númenórean religion ⓘ
mentionedIn The Lord of the Rings NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Silmarillion NERFINISHED ⓘ
Unfinished Tales NERFINISHED ⓘ
opposedBy Morgoth NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sauron NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedConcept Akallabêth NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ban of the Valar NERFINISHED ⓘ
Faithful (Númenor) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Straight Road ⓘ
reveredBy Arnor NERFINISHED ⓘ
Dúnedain NERFINISHED ⓘ
Elves ⓘ
Faithful Númenóreans NERFINISHED ⓘ
Gondor NERFINISHED ⓘ
symbolizes blessed lands ⓘ
divine authority ⓘ
escape from the Shadow ⓘ
healing ⓘ
longing for the Sea ⓘ
memory of the Elder Days ⓘ
purity ⓘ
spiritual homeland ⓘ
true home ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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

Free Peoples of Middle-earth → relatedConcept → West ⓘ
Aman → alsoKnownAs → West ⓘ
this entity surface form: The West
Undying Lands → alsoKnownAs → West ⓘ
this entity surface form: The West