Black Chasm

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Black Chasm is the translated name of Moria, the vast and ancient underground Dwarven kingdom in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth legendarium.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Black Chasm canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Dwarven realm ⓘ
Fictional location ⓘ
Underground kingdom ⓘ
abandonedIn Third Age ⓘ
adjacentTo Dimrill Dale ⓘ
Lothlórien ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Dwarrowdelf ⓘ
linked to: Moria

Hadhodrond ⓘ
Khazad-dûm ⓘ
Moria ⓘ
appearsInWork The Fellowship of the Ring ⓘ
The Lord of the Rings ⓘ
The Return of the King ⓘ
The Silmarillion ⓘ
The Two Towers ⓘ
Unfinished Tales ⓘ
associatedWithRace Dwarves of Durin’s line ⓘ
besetBy Balrog of Morgoth ⓘ
linked to: Balrog of Moria

Orcs ⓘ
contains Chamber of Mazarbul ⓘ
Dimrill Dale exit ⓘ
Durin’s Bridge ⓘ
East-gate of Moria ⓘ
Endless Stair ⓘ
West-gate of Moria ⓘ
correspondsToElvishName Moria ⓘ
createdBy J. R. R. Tolkien ⓘ
famousFor Mithril ⓘ
linked to: Mithril coat
foundedBy Durin I ⓘ
guardedBy Watcher in the Water ⓘ
hasStructureType Great city ⓘ
Halls ⓘ
Mines ⓘ
inspiredBy Real-world mines and caverns ⓘ
languageOfName English ⓘ
locatedInFictionalUniverse Middle-earth ⓘ
locatedUnder Misty Mountains ⓘ
nameMeaning Black Chasm ⓘ
notableClan Longbeards ⓘ
notableEvent Gandalf’s battle with the Balrog ⓘ
primaryInhabitants Dwarves ⓘ
reclaimedBy Dwarves of Durin’s Folk ⓘ
regionOfMiddleEarth Eriador ⓘ
Wilderland ⓘ
ruledBy Durin’s Folk ⓘ
linked to: Durin's Folk
timePeriodOfDecline Third Age ⓘ
timePeriodOfGreatestProsperity Second Age ⓘ
translatedNameOf Moria ⓘ
travelRouteFor The Fellowship of the Ring ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

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

Moria → meaningOfName → Black Chasm ⓘ
Khazâd-dûm → laterNameMeaning → Black Chasm ⓘ