Great Eagles

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The Great Eagles are majestic, intelligent giant eagles in J.R.R. Tolkien’s legendarium who often intervene in pivotal battles to aid the forces of good.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Great Eagles canonical 4

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf creatures in Middle-earth ⓘ
fictional species ⓘ
alignment forces of good ⓘ
allies Elves ⓘ
Gandalf ⓘ
Hobbits ⓘ
Men ⓘ
Valar ⓘ
linked to: The Valar
appearsIn The Hobbit ⓘ
The Lord of the Rings ⓘ
The Silmarillion ⓘ
associatedWith Manwë ⓘ
communication can converse in the Common Speech ⓘ
creator J. R. R. Tolkien ⓘ
enemyOf Balrogs ⓘ
Orcs ⓘ
dragons ⓘ
fictionalUniverse Middle-earth ⓘ
firstAgeActivity aided Gondolin ⓘ
fought in the War of Wrath ⓘ
spied upon Morgoth in Angband ⓘ
languageOfOrigin English ⓘ
moralTendency oppose Sauron ⓘ
notableCharacteristic able to speak ⓘ
intelligent ⓘ
majestic ⓘ
notableEvent arrival at the Battle of the Morannon ⓘ
participation in the Battle of the Five Armies ⓘ
rescue of Bilbo Baggins and the Dwarves from goblins and wargs ⓘ
rescue of Frodo Baggins and Samwise Gamgee from Mount Doom ⓘ
rescue of Gandalf from Orthanc ⓘ
rescue of Gandalf from Zirakzigil ⓘ
notableLeader Gwaihir the Windlord ⓘ
linked to: Gwaihir

Thorondor ⓘ
notableMember Gwaihir ⓘ
Landroval ⓘ
Meneldor ⓘ
powerLevel very powerful among the Free Peoples ⓘ
role intervene in pivotal battles ⓘ
messengers of the Valar ⓘ
speciesType giant eagles ⓘ
timePeriod First Age ⓘ
Second Age ⓘ
Third Age ⓘ
transportCapability can carry Dwarves ⓘ
can carry Gandalf ⓘ
can carry Hobbits ⓘ
can carry Men ⓘ
typicalHabitat crags and high places ⓘ
mountain peaks ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

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

War of Wrath → hasAlly → Great Eagles ⓘ
Battle of Five Armies → involvesGroup → Great Eagles ⓘ
Meneldor → affiliation → Great Eagles ⓘ
storming of Angband → hasParticipant → Great Eagles ⓘ