Eryn Galen

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Eryn Galen is the original Elvish name for the great forest later known as Mirkwood in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth legendarium.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Ard-galen 10
Eryn Galen canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Elvish toponym
fictional forest
location in Middle-earth
appearsIn The Hobbit
The Lord of the Rings
The Silmarillion
Unfinished Tales
associatedWith Wood-elves of Northern Mirkwood
borders Erebor
Esgaroth
River Anduin
linked to: Anduin

The Brown Lands
linked to: Brown Lands

The Emyn Duir
The Grey Mountains
linked to: Grey Mountains

The Iron Hills
linked to: Iron Hills

The Lonely Mountain
linked to: Erebor
contains Elvenking’s Halls
linked to: Elvenking's Halls

stronghold of Thranduil
corruptedBy Sauron
corruptedInto Mirkwood
createdBy J. R. R. Tolkien
hasAlternativeName Great Greenwood
Greenwood the Great
hasDirection east of the River Anduin
hasEtymologyElement eryn (Sindarin for forest)
galen (Sindarin for green)
hasNameMeaning Greenwood
Greenwood the Great
hasNotableEvent journey of Thorin and Company through the forest
journey of the Fellowship of the Ring along its western eaves
inhabitedBy Silvan Elves
Sindar
languageOfName Sindarin
laterKnownAs Mirkwood
locatedIn Rhovanion
locatedOn continent of Middle-earth
mentionedIn Appendices to The Lord of the Rings
The History of Middle-earth
near Dol Guldur
partOf Wilderland
ruledBy Thranduil
timePeriod Second Age
Third Age

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (12)

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

Mirkwood alsoKnownAs Eryn Galen
Beleriand containsPlain Ard-galen
linked to: Eryn Galen
Greenwood the Great alsoKnownAs Eryn Galen
Mithrim borderedBy Ard-galen
linked to: Eryn Galen
Fen of Serech locatedNear Ard-galen
subject linked to: the Fen of Serech
linked to: Eryn Galen
Battle of the Sudden Flame location Ard-galen
linked to: Eryn Galen
Battle of Unnumbered Tears locationPreviouslyKnownAs Ard-galen
linked to: Eryn Galen
Dagor Bragollach location Ard-galen
linked to: Eryn Galen
Fingolfin’s realm in Hithlum borders Ard-galen
linked to: Eryn Galen
Dagor Aglareb location Ard-galen
linked to: Eryn Galen
Dor-lómin borders Ard-galen
linked to: Eryn Galen
Hithlum borders Ard-galen
linked to: Eryn Galen