Ruins of Doriath
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The Ruins of Doriath are the shattered remnants of the once-great Elven kingdom in Beleriand, destroyed in the tragic wars and betrayals of Tolkien’s First Age.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ruins of Doriath canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11048008 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ruins of Doriath Context triple: [First Age, featuresEvent, Ruins of Doriath]
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A.
Barad-dûr
Barad-dûr is Sauron’s immense dark fortress in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth, dominating the land of Mordor as his primary stronghold.
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B.
Nargothrond
Nargothrond is a great hidden Elven fortress-city in J.R.R. Tolkien’s legendarium, carved into caves along the River Narog in Beleriand and ruled by Finrod Felagund.
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C.
Tol Eressëa
Tol Eressëa is a lonely, western Elven isle in J.R.R. Tolkien’s legendarium, lying off the coast of Valinor and serving as a peaceful haven for Elves and a few mortal Ring-bearers after the events of The Lord of the Rings.
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D.
Dol Guldur
Dol Guldur is a dark fortress in southern Mirkwood in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth, notorious as a stronghold of evil and a key base of operations for the Necromancer during the events leading up to The Lord of the Rings.
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E.
Elidor
Elidor is a 1965 fantasy novel by Alan Garner that blends contemporary Manchester with a dark, mythic otherworld entered through a derelict church.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ruins of Doriath Target entity description: The Ruins of Doriath are the shattered remnants of the once-great Elven kingdom in Beleriand, destroyed in the tragic wars and betrayals of Tolkien’s First Age.
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A.
Barad-dûr
Barad-dûr is Sauron’s immense dark fortress in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth, dominating the land of Mordor as his primary stronghold.
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B.
Nargothrond
Nargothrond is a great hidden Elven fortress-city in J.R.R. Tolkien’s legendarium, carved into caves along the River Narog in Beleriand and ruled by Finrod Felagund.
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C.
Tol Eressëa
Tol Eressëa is a lonely, western Elven isle in J.R.R. Tolkien’s legendarium, lying off the coast of Valinor and serving as a peaceful haven for Elves and a few mortal Ring-bearers after the events of The Lord of the Rings.
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D.
Dol Guldur
Dol Guldur is a dark fortress in southern Mirkwood in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth, notorious as a stronghold of evil and a key base of operations for the Necromancer during the events leading up to The Lord of the Rings.
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E.
Elidor
Elidor is a 1965 fantasy novel by Alan Garner that blends contemporary Manchester with a dark, mythic otherworld entered through a derelict church.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional location
ⓘ
ruins ⓘ |
| after |
Kingdom of Doriath
ⓘ
linked to:
Doriath
|
| appearsInTimePeriod |
First Age of Middle-earth
ⓘ
linked to:
First Age
|
| appearsInWork | The Silmarillion ⓘ |
| associatedWithArtifact | Silmaril ⓘ |
| associatedWithCharacter |
Lúthien
ⓘ
linked to:
Lúthien Tinúviel
Melian ⓘ Thingol ⓘ |
| associatedWithRace |
Laiquendi
ⓘ
linked to:
Moriquendi
Sindar ⓘ |
| chronologicallyAfter | Girdle of Melian ⓘ |
| depictsStateOf | Doriath ⓘ |
| followsEvent |
Sack of Doriath
ⓘ
linked to:
Fall of Doriath
betrayal involving the Silmaril ⓘ death of Thingol ⓘ |
| genre | high fantasy ⓘ |
| hasFictionalUniverseCreator | J. R. R. Tolkien ⓘ |
| hasFormerFunction |
Elven kingdom
ⓘ
royal seat of Thingol ⓘ |
| hasNarrativeRole | aftermath setting ⓘ |
| hasNotableFeature |
broken caverns
ⓘ
remnants of underground city ⓘ shattered halls ⓘ |
| hasNotableSubLocation |
Menegroth
ⓘ
linked to:
Doriath
|
| hasStatus |
abandoned
ⓘ
desolated ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
consequences of oath and greed
ⓘ
loss ⓘ ruin of beauty ⓘ |
| languageOfOrigin | English ⓘ |
| locatedInFictionalUniverse | Middle-earth ⓘ |
| medium | prose literature ⓘ |
| partOf | Beleriand ⓘ |
| precededBy | Doriath at its height ⓘ |
| relatedWork | The Children of Húrin ⓘ |
| resultOf |
betrayals over the Silmarils
ⓘ
wars of the First Age ⓘ |
| setInRegion | northwestern Middle-earth ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
fall of Elven realms in Beleriand
ⓘ
tragedy of the First Age ⓘ |
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Input
Subject: Ruins of Doriath Description of subject: The Ruins of Doriath are the shattered remnants of the once-great Elven kingdom in Beleriand, destroyed in the tragic wars and betrayals of Tolkien’s First Age.
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