Eryn Galen

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Eryn Galen is the original Elvish name for the great forest later known as Mirkwood in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth legendarium.

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Surface form Occurrences
Ard-galen 1

Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Elvish toponym
fictional forest
location in Middle-earth
appearsIn The Hobbit NERFINISHED
The Lord of the Rings NERFINISHED
The Silmarillion NERFINISHED
Unfinished Tales NERFINISHED
associatedWith Wood-elves of Northern Mirkwood NERFINISHED
borders Erebor NERFINISHED
Esgaroth NERFINISHED
River Anduin NERFINISHED
The Brown Lands NERFINISHED
The Emyn Duir NERFINISHED
The Grey Mountains NERFINISHED
The Iron Hills NERFINISHED
The Lonely Mountain NERFINISHED
contains Elvenking’s Halls NERFINISHED
stronghold of Thranduil NERFINISHED
corruptedBy Sauron NERFINISHED
corruptedInto Mirkwood NERFINISHED
createdBy J. R. R. Tolkien NERFINISHED
hasAlternativeName Great Greenwood NERFINISHED
Greenwood the Great NERFINISHED
hasDirection east of the River Anduin
hasEtymologyElement eryn (Sindarin for forest)
galen (Sindarin for green)
hasNameMeaning Greenwood NERFINISHED
Greenwood the Great NERFINISHED
hasNotableEvent journey of Thorin and Company through the forest
journey of the Fellowship of the Ring along its western eaves
inhabitedBy Silvan Elves NERFINISHED
Sindar NERFINISHED
languageOfName Sindarin NERFINISHED
laterKnownAs Mirkwood NERFINISHED
locatedIn Rhovanion NERFINISHED
locatedOn continent of Middle-earth
mentionedIn Appendices to The Lord of the Rings NERFINISHED
The History of Middle-earth NERFINISHED
near Dol Guldur NERFINISHED
partOf Wilderland NERFINISHED
ruledBy Thranduil NERFINISHED
timePeriod Second Age NERFINISHED
Third Age NERFINISHED

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Mirkwood alsoKnownAs Eryn Galen
Beleriand containsPlain Eryn Galen
this entity surface form: Ard-galen