Black Pit

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Black Pit is a translation of the name "Moria," the vast, ancient underground Dwarven kingdom beneath the Misty Mountains in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth legendarium.

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Black Pit canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Dwarven realm
fictional location
mine
underground kingdom
accessedVia Doors of Durin
alternateName Khazad-dûm
Moria
appearsIn The Fellowship of the Ring
The Lord of the Rings
The Silmarillion
Unfinished Tales
borders Dimrill Dale
Hollin
containsStructure Chamber of Mazarbul
Dimrill Gate
Durin's Tower
Second Hall
Twenty-first Hall
West-gate of Moria
creator J. R. R. Tolkien
eraOfProminence Second Age
Third Age
event abandonment by the Dwarves
awakening of the Balrog Durin's Bane
linked to: The Balrog of Moria

death of Durin VI
death of King Náin I
fictionalUniverse Middle-earth
foundedBy Durin the Deathless
knownFor great wealth
mines of mithril
the Bridge of Khazad-dûm
the Endless Stair
linked to: Endless Stair

vast underground halls
languageOfName Sindarin
laterInhabitants Durin's Bane
Orcs
trolls
locatedIn Misty Mountains
northwestern Middle-earth
meaningOfName Black Pit
notableEvent Gandalf's battle with the Balrog on the Bridge of Khazad-dûm
notableRuler Durin I
Durin III
Durin VI
Thráin I
Thrór
primaryInhabitants Longbeard Dwarves
linked to: Longbeards
raceAssociatedWith Dwarves
resourceMined gold
iron
mithril
ruledBy House of Durin
translationOf Moria
traversedBy the Fellowship of the Ring

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

Moria meaningOfName Black Pit
Síyáh-Chál nameMeaning Black Pit
Black Pit meaningOfName Black Pit