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.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Black Pit canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (54)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Dwarven realm ⓘ
fictional location ⓘ
mine ⓘ
underground kingdom ⓘ
accessedVia Doors of Durin ⓘ
alternateName Khazad-dûm ⓘ
Moria ⓘ
appearsIn The Fellowship of the Ring ⓘ
The Lord of the Rings ⓘ
The Silmarillion ⓘ
Unfinished Tales ⓘ
borders Dimrill Dale ⓘ
Hollin ⓘ
containsStructure Chamber of Mazarbul ⓘ
Dimrill Gate ⓘ
Durin's Tower ⓘ
Second Hall ⓘ
Twenty-first Hall ⓘ
West-gate of Moria ⓘ
creator J. R. R. Tolkien ⓘ
eraOfProminence Second Age ⓘ
Third Age ⓘ
event abandonment by the Dwarves ⓘ
awakening of the Balrog Durin's Bane ⓘ
linked to: The Balrog of Moria

death of Durin VI ⓘ
death of King Náin I ⓘ
fictionalUniverse Middle-earth ⓘ
foundedBy Durin the Deathless ⓘ
knownFor great wealth ⓘ
mines of mithril ⓘ
the Bridge of Khazad-dûm ⓘ
the Endless Stair ⓘ
linked to: Endless Stair

vast underground halls ⓘ
languageOfName Sindarin ⓘ
laterInhabitants Durin's Bane ⓘ
Orcs ⓘ
trolls ⓘ
locatedIn Misty Mountains ⓘ
northwestern Middle-earth ⓘ
meaningOfName Black Pit ⓘ
notableEvent Gandalf's battle with the Balrog on the Bridge of Khazad-dûm ⓘ
notableRuler Durin I ⓘ
Durin III ⓘ
Durin VI ⓘ
Thráin I ⓘ
Thrór ⓘ
primaryInhabitants Longbeard Dwarves ⓘ
linked to: Longbeards
raceAssociatedWith Dwarves ⓘ
resourceMined gold ⓘ
iron ⓘ
mithril ⓘ
ruledBy House of Durin ⓘ
translationOf Moria ⓘ
traversedBy the Fellowship of the Ring ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

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

Moria → meaningOfName → Black Pit ⓘ
Síyáh-Chál → nameMeaning → Black Pit ⓘ
Black Pit → meaningOfName → Black Pit ⓘ