Mirkwood

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fictional forest location in Middle-earth region of Rhovanion setting in The Hobbit setting in The Lord of the Rings

Mirkwood is a vast, dark, and enchanted forest in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth, known as the realm of the Silvan Elves ruled by Thranduil and the homeland of Legolas.

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All labels observed (22)

Label Occurrences
Mirkwood canonical 81
Northern Mirkwood 4
Southern Mirkwood 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (63)

Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional forest ⓘ
location in Middle-earth ⓘ
region of Rhovanion ⓘ
setting in The Hobbit ⓘ
setting in The Lord of the Rings ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Eryn Galen ⓘ
Great Forest of Wilderland ⓘ
linked to: Woodland Realm

Greenwood the Great ⓘ
Taur-e-Ndaedelos ⓘ
Taur-nu-Fuin ⓘ
appearsIn The Hobbit ⓘ
The Lord of the Rings ⓘ
The Silmarillion (appendices and references) ⓘ
linked to: The Silmarillion

Unfinished Tales ⓘ
associatedWith Dol Guldur ⓘ
borders Anduin Vale ⓘ
linked to: Ithilien

Brown Lands ⓘ
Emyn Duir (Dark Mountains) ⓘ
Erebor region ⓘ
linked to: Erebor

Long Lake region ⓘ
characteristic dangerous ⓘ
dark ⓘ
densely wooded ⓘ
enchanted ⓘ
contains Elvenking's Halls ⓘ
Elvenking's gates ⓘ
linked to: Realm of the Elvenking

Enchanted River ⓘ
Old Forest Road ⓘ
Thranduil's underground halls ⓘ
spider-haunted regions ⓘ
creator J. R. R. Tolkien ⓘ
crossedBy Enchanted Stream ⓘ
linked to: Enchanted River

Forest River ⓘ
darkenedBy Dol Guldur ⓘ
fictionalUniverse Middle-earth ⓘ
formerlyKnownAs Greenwood the Great ⓘ
hasRegion Eastern edge of Mirkwood ⓘ
Northern Mirkwood ⓘ
linked to: Mirkwood

Southern Mirkwood ⓘ
linked to: Mirkwood

Western edge of Mirkwood ⓘ
homelandOf Legolas ⓘ
infestedBy giant spiders ⓘ
orcs ⓘ
inhabitedBy Silvan Elves ⓘ
Wood-elves ⓘ
linked to: Silvan Elves
languageOfName Sindarin ⓘ
locatedEastOf Misty Mountains ⓘ
locatedIn Rhovanion ⓘ
locatedNorthOf Dol Guldur ⓘ
Lórien ⓘ
linked to: Lothlórien
locatedSouthOf Erebor ⓘ
Esgaroth ⓘ
linked to: Esgaroth (Lake-town)
locatedWestOf Rhûn ⓘ
nameChangedDueTo shadow of Sauron ⓘ
linked to: Lord of Mordor
notableEvent battles against Dol Guldur ⓘ
capture of Thorin and Company by Wood-elves ⓘ
rescue of dwarves by Bilbo from Elvenking's halls ⓘ
ruledBy Thranduil ⓘ
threatenedBy Sauron ⓘ
timePeriod primarily Third Age ⓘ
traversedBy Bilbo Baggins ⓘ
Gandalf (at various times) ⓘ
linked to: Gandalf

Thorin and Company ⓘ
linked to: Company of Thorin

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (107)

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

Legolas → home → Mirkwood ⓘ
Middle-earth → hasRegion → Lothlórien ⓘ
linked to: Mirkwood
Middle-earth → hasRegion → Mirkwood ⓘ
Bilbo Baggins → locationVisited → Mirkwood ⓘ
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug → mainLocation → Mirkwood ⓘ
Tauriel → home → Mirkwood ⓘ
The Hobbit → featuresLocation → Mirkwood ⓘ
Lonely Mountain → locatedEastOf → Mirkwood ⓘ
Erebor → locatedEastOf → Mirkwood ⓘ
Company of Thorin → associatedLocation → Mirkwood ⓘ
Men of Lake-town → adjacentTo → Mirkwood ⓘ
The Hobbit (1977 animated film) → narrativeLocation → Mirkwood ⓘ
The Necromancer (The Hobbit films) → associatedWith → Mirkwood ⓘ
War of the Ring → mainTheater → Mirkwood ⓘ
Wood-elves of Mirkwood → locatedIn → Mirkwood ⓘ
Wood-elves of Mirkwood → primaryHabitat → great forest of Mirkwood ⓘ
linked to: Mirkwood
Wood-elves of Mirkwood → protects → Mirkwood ⓘ
Wood-elves of Mirkwood → region → Northern Mirkwood ⓘ
linked to: Mirkwood
Prince of the Woodland Realm → associatedWithRealm → Mirkwood ⓘ
Prince of the Woodland Realm → kingdomLocatedIn → northeastern Mirkwood ⓘ
linked to: Mirkwood
Woodland Realm → locatedIn → Mirkwood ⓘ
Thranduil → realm → Mirkwood ⓘ
Thranduil → locationOfHalls → northern Mirkwood ⓘ
linked to: Mirkwood
Mirkwood → hasRegion → Northern Mirkwood ⓘ
linked to: Mirkwood
Mirkwood → hasRegion → Southern Mirkwood ⓘ
linked to: Mirkwood
Sea of Rhûn → locatedEastOf → Mirkwood ⓘ
Misty Mountains → borders → Mirkwood (across the Anduin) ⓘ
linked to: Mirkwood
Anduin → formsBoundaryBetween → Mirkwood ⓘ
Rhovanion → contains → Mirkwood ⓘ
Rhovanion → hasNotableLocation → Mirkwood ⓘ
There and Back Again → associatedLocation → Mirkwood ⓘ
subject linked to: There and Back Again (in-universe)
Spiders of Mirkwood → locatedIn → Mirkwood ⓘ
Spiders of Mirkwood → setting → Mirkwood in Middle-earth ⓘ
linked to: Mirkwood
Orcrist → associatedLocation → Mirkwood ⓘ
Sindarin (film depiction) → usedInScene → Mirkwood scenes (film) ⓘ
linked to: Mirkwood
The Hobbit (1968 stage adaptation) → featuresLocation → Mirkwood ⓘ
Beorn → locatedNear → Mirkwood ⓘ
legendarium of Middle-earth → hasPart → Mirkwood ⓘ
Wilderland → hasPart → Mirkwood ⓘ
Wilderland → borderedBy → Mirkwood ⓘ
Celduin → flowsThrough → Mirkwood ⓘ
Celduin → flowsEastOf → Mirkwood ⓘ
Dori → journeysTo → Mirkwood ⓘ
Bifur → travelsTo → Mirkwood ⓘ
Northmen of Rhovanion → locatedNear → Mirkwood ⓘ
Kingdom of Dale → sharesEnemiesWith → Mirkwood ⓘ
subject linked to: the kingdom of Dale
Kingdom of Dale → hasDefensiveAlliancesWith → Mirkwood ⓘ
subject linked to: the kingdom of Dale
The Necromancer → locatedIn → Mirkwood ⓘ
Dol Guldur → locatedIn → Mirkwood ⓘ
Aiwendil → regionOfResidence → Mirkwood ⓘ