the encircling mountains of Mordor
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The encircling mountains of Mordor are the dark, forbidding mountain ranges that ring Sauron’s realm in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth, forming a natural barrier that isolates and protects the land of shadow.
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional mountain range
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geographical feature in Middle-earth ⓘ |
| adjacentTo |
Gorgoroth
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Morgul Vale NERFINISHED ⓘ Sea of Nurnen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | mountain fences of Mordor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
The Fellowship of the Ring
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
The Return of the King NERFINISHED ⓘ The Two Towers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appearsInAdaptation | The Lord of the Rings (film series) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Sauron NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| characteristic |
dark
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forbidding ⓘ |
| createdBy | J. R. R. Tolkien NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| describedInWork |
The Lord of the Rings
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ⓘ
The Silmarillion NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| formsBoundaryWith |
Gondor
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ithilien NERFINISHED ⓘ Nurn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| function |
isolate the land of Mordor
ⓘ
natural barrier protecting Mordor ⓘ |
| genre | high fantasy ⓘ |
| guardedBy |
Ringwraiths
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
orcs ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Ephel Dúath
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ered Lithui NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPass |
Carach Angren
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Cirith Gorgor NERFINISHED ⓘ Cirith Ungol NERFINISHED ⓘ Isenmouthe NERFINISHED ⓘ Morgul Pass NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Sindarin ⓘ |
| locatedInFictionalUniverse | Middle-earth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
few guarded passes
ⓘ
steep and jagged peaks ⓘ |
| partOf | Mordor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| protects |
Barad-dûr
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Gorgoroth Plateau NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedLocation |
Black Gate of Mordor
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Minas Morgul NERFINISHED ⓘ Mount Doom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| surrounds | Mordor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| symbolism |
imprisonment and oppression
ⓘ
separation of evil from the free lands ⓘ |
| terrainType | mountainous ⓘ |
| usedBy | Sauron as a defensive fortification ⓘ |
| visualizedBy | Peter Jackson film trilogy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.