Morannon

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Morannon is the massive fortified gateway to Mordor in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth, guarding the main entrance to Sauron’s dark realm.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Morannon canonical 8
the Morannon 2
Imloth Melui 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional fortress
fictional location
fortified pass
gateway
accessControlledBy massive iron doors
alsoKnownAs Black Gate
appearsInAdaptation The Lord of the Rings (2001–2003 film trilogy)
appearsInEvent The Battle of the Morannon
appearsInVolume The Return of the King
The Two Towers
appearsInWork The Lord of the Rings
associatedWithCharacter Aragorn
Frodo Baggins
Gandalf
Gimli
Gollum
Legolas
Mouth of Sauron
Samwise Gamgee
Sauron
Éomer
controlsPass Cirith Gorgor
linked to: Ephel Dúath
createdBy J. R. R. Tolkien
defendedBy battlements
gatehouse
watchtowers
firstPublishedIn 1954
function main entrance to Sauron’s realm
military stronghold
genre high fantasy
guardedBy Easterlings
Haradrim
Sauron’s forces
linked to: Mordor armies

orcs
trolls
guardsEntranceTo Mordor
hasStructure massive iron gate
outer works and fortifications
two great towers
languageOfName Sindarin
locatedInFictionalUniverse Middle-earth
locatedInRegion northwest of Mordor
meaningOfName Black Gate
mediumOfOrigin literature
nearGeographicalFeature Ephel Dúath
Ered Lithui
partOf the defensive system of Mordor
separatesRegion Mordor from the lands to the northwest
strategicImportance primary defended entrance to Mordor

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (11)

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

Ered Lithui hasPass the Morannon
linked to: Morannon
Ered Lithui near the Morannon
linked to: Morannon
the Black Gate alsoKnownAs Morannon
Black Gate of Mordor SindarinName Morannon
subject linked to: the Black Gate of Mordor
Towers of the Teeth guardedStructure Morannon
subject linked to: the Towers of the Teeth
Lossarnach near Imloth Melui
linked to: Morannon