Great Enemy

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Great Enemy is the epithet of Morgoth, the primordial Dark Lord and chief antagonist of J.R.R. Tolkien’s legendarium, who sought dominion over Middle-earth and all creation.

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Great Enemy canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf epithet
alsoKnownAs The Great Enemy
appearsIn J.R.R. Tolkien legendarium
associatedWithConcept corruption of creation
darkness
dominion over Middle-earth
associatedWithLocation Aman
Angband
Middle-earth
Utumno
contrastedWith Eru Ilúvatar
the Valar
linked to: The Valar
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
createdBy J.R.R. Tolkien
linked to: J. R. R. Tolkien
denotesAlignment evil
denotesRole chief antagonist of Tolkien’s legendarium
epithetOf Melkor
linked to: Morgoth

Morgoth Bauglir
linked to: Morgoth
genre high fantasy
hasInfluenceOn later fantasy depictions of dark lords
inUniverseEra Ages of the Lamps
Ages of the Trees
linked to: Years of the Trees

First Age
inUniverseFunction symbol of ultimate evil
languageOfOrigin English
medium literature
opposesCharacter Beren
Eärendil
Fëanor
Húrin
linked to: Húrin Thalion

Lúthien
linked to: Lúthien Tinúviel

Manwë
opposesGroup the Edain
the Elves
linked to: Elves

the Valar
linked to: The Valar
partOf Arda cosmology
Middle-earth legendarium
refersTo Morgoth
relatedTitle Black Foe of the World
Dark Enemy of the World
Dark Lord
usedBy Dwarves of Middle-earth
linked to: The Dwarves

Elves of Middle-earth
Men of Middle-earth
usedInWork The Children of Húrin
The Lord of the Rings
The Silmarillion
Unfinished Tales

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Morgoth title Great Enemy