Taur-nu-Fuin

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Taur-nu-Fuin is the Sindarin name used in Tolkien’s legendarium for the dark, corrupted forest later known as Mirkwood in Middle-earth.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Taur-nu-Fuin canonical 2
Tol Sirion 1

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional forest
location in Middle-earth
alsoKnownAs Dark Wood NERFINISHED
Mirkwood NERFINISHED
Mirkwood (later name) NERFINISHED
appearsIn The Children of Húrin NERFINISHED
The History of Middle-earth NERFINISHED
The Silmarillion NERFINISHED
associatedWithCharacter Beleg Cúthalion NERFINISHED
Glaurung NERFINISHED
Morgoth NERFINISHED
Túrin Turambar NERFINISHED
category Forests of Beleriand NERFINISHED
Locations in The Silmarillion
Tolkien legendarium locations
causeOfTransformation corruption by Morgoth
characteristic dark
evil
full of dread
haunted
corruptedBy Morgoth NERFINISHED
creator J. R. R. Tolkien
describedIn The Children of Húrin NERFINISHED
The Lays of Beleriand NERFINISHED
The Silmarillion NERFINISHED
etymologyLanguageFamily Elvish
fictionalUniverse Middle-earth NERFINISHED
inspirationFor later concept of Mirkwood
languageOfName Sindarin
locatedIn Beleriand NERFINISHED
locatedOn Dorthonion NERFINISHED
meaningOfName Forest under Night
notableEvent Túrin’s encounter with Glaurung nearby
wanderings of Túrin Turambar NERFINISHED
notableFeature perpetual gloom
terror for travelers
twisted and poisoned trees
notableInhabitants fell creatures of Morgoth
orcs
predecessor Dorthonion (as a fair forested highland) NERFINISHED
relatedToponym Mirkwood (Third Age forest in Rhovanion) NERFINISHED
timePeriod First Age NERFINISHED
transformedFrom Dorthonion NERFINISHED
typeOfEnvironment dense forest

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

Mirkwood alsoKnownAs Taur-nu-Fuin
Sirion passesNear Taur-nu-Fuin
this entity surface form: Tol Sirion
Beleriand containsRegion Taur-nu-Fuin