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.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Taur-nu-Fuin canonical 7
Tol Sirion 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (44)

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

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (8)

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

Mirkwood → alsoKnownAs → Taur-nu-Fuin ⓘ
Sirion → passesNear → Tol Sirion ⓘ
linked to: Taur-nu-Fuin
Beleriand → containsRegion → Taur-nu-Fuin ⓘ
Amon Rûdh → near → Taur-nu-Fuin ⓘ
subject linked to: Amon Rûdh (regionally)
Teiglin → flowsNear → Taur-nu-Fuin ⓘ
Forest of Brethil → near → Taur-nu-Fuin ⓘ
Amon Rûdh → locatedNear → Taur-nu-Fuin ⓘ
Brethil → near → Taur-nu-Fuin ⓘ