sinking of Beleriand

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cataclysm event in Arda fictional event

The sinking of Beleriand is a cataclysmic event in J.R.R. Tolkien’s legendarium in which most of the great western lands of Middle-earth are destroyed and submerged at the end of the First Age.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Drowning of Beleriand	1
sinking of Beleriand canonical	1
the drowning of Beleriand	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11048010 — 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: sinking of Beleriand
Context triple: [First Age, featuresEvent, sinking of Beleriand]

A. Fall of Númenor
The Fall of Númenor is a cataclysmic event in J.R.R. Tolkien’s legendarium in which the great island kingdom of Númenor is destroyed and sunk beneath the sea, reshaping the world of Middle-earth.
B. The Fall of Gondolin
The Fall of Gondolin is a posthumously published J.R.R. Tolkien narrative that recounts the tragic destruction of the hidden Elven city of Gondolin in his Middle-earth legendarium.
C. Destruction of Dol Guldur
The Destruction of Dol Guldur is the climactic downfall of Sauron’s stronghold in southern Mirkwood during the War of the Ring, when the White Council led by Galadriel overthrew and cleansed the fortress of its dark power.
D. Aranarth
Aranarth is a fictional character from J.R.R. Tolkien's legendarium, known as the first Chieftain of the Dúnedain and a descendant of the royal line of Arnor.
E. Sea of Death
Sea of Death is a Brazilian novel by Jorge Amado that portrays the harsh, mystical lives of sailors and dockworkers in the port city of Salvador.
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: sinking of Beleriand
Target entity description: The sinking of Beleriand is a cataclysmic event in J.R.R. Tolkien’s legendarium in which most of the great western lands of Middle-earth are destroyed and submerged at the end of the First Age.

A. Fall of Númenor
The Fall of Númenor is a cataclysmic event in J.R.R. Tolkien’s legendarium in which the great island kingdom of Númenor is destroyed and sunk beneath the sea, reshaping the world of Middle-earth.
B. The Fall of Gondolin
The Fall of Gondolin is a posthumously published J.R.R. Tolkien narrative that recounts the tragic destruction of the hidden Elven city of Gondolin in his Middle-earth legendarium.
C. Destruction of Dol Guldur
The Destruction of Dol Guldur is the climactic downfall of Sauron’s stronghold in southern Mirkwood during the War of the Ring, when the White Council led by Galadriel overthrew and cleansed the fortress of its dark power.
D. Aranarth
Aranarth is a fictional character from J.R.R. Tolkien's legendarium, known as the first Chieftain of the Dúnedain and a descendant of the royal line of Arnor.
E. Sea of Death
Sea of Death is a Brazilian novel by Jorge Amado that portrays the harsh, mystical lives of sailors and dockworkers in the port city of Salvador.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	cataclysm ⓘ event in Arda ⓘ fictional event ⓘ
author	J. R. R. Tolkien ⓘ
cause	War of Wrath ⓘ breaking of the world ⓘ destruction of Thangorodrim ⓘ linked to: destruction of Angband
consequenceForDwarves	Dwarves of the Blue Mountains lose western mansions ⓘ
consequenceForElves	many Elves depart to Aman ⓘ
consequenceForMen	Edain settle in Númenor ⓘ
depictedIn	Akallabêth (as historical background) ⓘ linked to: Akallabêth The Peoples of Middle-earth ⓘ The Silmarillion ⓘ The War of the Jewels ⓘ
destroyedRegion	Anfauglith ⓘ Doriath ⓘ Falassë Falas ⓘ Gondolin ⓘ Hithlum ⓘ Nargothrond ⓘ Thangorodrim ⓘ most of East Beleriand ⓘ most of West Beleriand ⓘ
fictionalUniverse	Middle-earth legendarium ⓘ linked to: legendarium of Middle-earth
follows	War of the Jewels ⓘ linked to: The War of the Jewels
narrativeRole	climactic conclusion of the First Age wars against Morgoth ⓘ marks transition from Elder Days to later Ages ⓘ
occursIn	Arda ⓘ Middle-earth ⓘ
participants	Morgoth ⓘ Valar ⓘ linked to: The Valar host of the West ⓘ hosts of Morgoth ⓘ
partOf	War of Wrath ⓘ history of Middle-earth ⓘ linked to: The History of Middle-earth legendarium of J. R. R. Tolkien ⓘ linked to: legendarium of Middle-earth
result	creation of Belegaer’s new shoreline ⓘ destruction of great western lands of Middle-earth ⓘ end of the First Age ⓘ loss of many Elven realms ⓘ reshaping of the coasts of Middle-earth ⓘ submergence of most of Beleriand ⓘ survival of only westernmost highlands of Beleriand ⓘ
survivorRegion	Blue Mountains ⓘ Lindon ⓘ Ossiriand ⓘ part of Dorthonion highlands ⓘ part of Himring highlands ⓘ
timePeriod	end of the First Age ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

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

First Age → featuresEvent → sinking of Beleriand ⓘ

Tol Morwen → survivedEvent → the drowning of Beleriand ⓘ

linked to: sinking of Beleriand

Dwarves of the Blue Mountains → survivedEvent → Drowning of Beleriand ⓘ