Black Pit

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Black Pit is a translation of the name "Moria," the vast, ancient underground Dwarven kingdom beneath the Misty Mountains in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth legendarium.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Dwarven realm
fictional location
mine
underground kingdom
accessedVia Doors of Durin NERFINISHED
alternateName Khazad-dûm NERFINISHED
Moria NERFINISHED
appearsIn The Fellowship of the Ring NERFINISHED
The Lord of the Rings NERFINISHED
The Silmarillion
Unfinished Tales
borders Dimrill Dale NERFINISHED
Hollin NERFINISHED
containsStructure Chamber of Mazarbul NERFINISHED
Dimrill Gate NERFINISHED
Durin's Tower NERFINISHED
Second Hall NERFINISHED
Twenty-first Hall NERFINISHED
West-gate of Moria NERFINISHED
creator J. R. R. Tolkien
eraOfProminence Second Age NERFINISHED
Third Age NERFINISHED
event abandonment by the Dwarves
awakening of the Balrog Durin's Bane NERFINISHED
death of Durin VI NERFINISHED
death of King Náin I
fictionalUniverse Middle-earth
foundedBy Durin the Deathless NERFINISHED
knownFor great wealth
mines of mithril
the Bridge of Khazad-dûm NERFINISHED
the Endless Stair NERFINISHED
vast underground halls
languageOfName Sindarin NERFINISHED
laterInhabitants Durin's Bane NERFINISHED
Orcs NERFINISHED
trolls
locatedIn Misty Mountains NERFINISHED
northwestern Middle-earth NERFINISHED
meaningOfName Black Pit NERFINISHED
notableEvent Gandalf's battle with the Balrog on the Bridge of Khazad-dûm
notableRuler Durin I NERFINISHED
Durin III NERFINISHED
Durin VI NERFINISHED
Thráin I NERFINISHED
Thrór NERFINISHED
primaryInhabitants Longbeard Dwarves NERFINISHED
raceAssociatedWith Dwarves
resourceMined gold
iron
mithril
ruledBy House of Durin NERFINISHED
translationOf Moria NERFINISHED
traversedBy the Fellowship of the Ring NERFINISHED

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Moria meaningOfName Black Pit