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Balrog

Balrogs (/ˈbælrɒɡ/ ⓘ) are a species of powerful demonic monsters in J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth. One first appeared in print in his high-fantasy novel The Lord of the Rings, where the Company of the Ring encounter a Balrog known as Durin's Bane in the Mines of Moria. Balrogs appear also in Tolkien's The Silmarillion and his legendarium. Balrogs are…

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related to Gothmog · 44
Balrog → Angband, As Marshal, Balrogs, Battle-trolls, Dagor-nuin-Giliath, Dor-lómin, Dragons, Dread Oppressor, Ecthelion, Fifth Battle, Fingon, Fluithuin, Fountain, Fëanor, Gondolin, Gothmog, Gothmog's Quenya, He, High Captain, High King
related to Durin's Bane · 37
Balrog → Avarice, Black Chasm, Black Pit, Caradhras, Company, Durin VI, Durin's, Durin's Bane, Dwarf-King, Dwarf-kingdom, Dwarves, For, From, In, It, Khazad-dûm, Lothlórien, Mines, Misty Mountains, Morgoth
related to In-universe origins · 33
Balrog → An, By, Demon, Eldar, Gandalf, Glorfindel, Gondolin, In Gnomish, Khazad-dûm, Malarauko, Malaroko, Malkarauke, Might, Morgoth's, Nalkarauke, Noldorin, Orc-word, Quendi, Quenya, Rings
related to Adaptations · 25
Balrog → Balrogs, Conquest, Durin's Bane, Earlier, In, It, Jackson, Jackson's, John Howe, Middle-earth, Peter Jackson's, Power, Ralph Bakshi's, Ring, Rings, Simon Pegg, Ted Nasmith, The Balrog, The Battle, The Fellowship
related to Characteristics · 25
Balrog → Ainur, Aman, Annals, Balrogs, Bridge, Christopher Tolkien, Dragons, Gandalf, Gandalf's, Gondolin Balrogs, He, In, Khazad-dûm, Maiar, Melkor, Morgoth, Power, Quenta Silmarillion, Rings, Sauron
related to Sigelwara · 22
Balrog → Aethiopian, Anglo-Saxons, Codex Junius, Ham, Haradrim, He, Hearwa, Latin, Muspell, Northern, Old English, Sigel, Sigelhearwan, Sigelwara, Sigelwara Land, Silmarils, Sun, The Aethiopians, The Balrog, The Tolkien
related to Context · 19
Balrog → According, After, Angband, Arda, Balrogs, But, Elves, Maiar, Melkor, Melkor's, Middle-earth, Morgoth, The Silmarillion, Ungoliant, Utumno, Vala Melkor, Valar, Valinor, When Melkor
related to Old Norse, Old English · 14
Balrog → Abbott, Aragorn's, Balrog's, Beowulf, Báleygr, Grendel, Joe Abbott, Mythlore, Norse, Odin, Old Norse Voluspa, Surt, Tolkien, Tolkien's
related to Moria and the Battle of Maldon · 13
Balrog → Alexander Bruce, Battle, Bruce, Byrhtnoth, English, Gandalf, Gandalf's, Janet Brennan Croft, Maldon, Moria, Mythlore, Tolkien, Vikings
related to The fall of Gondolin and the fall of Troy · 12
Balrog → Aeneas, Bruce, Fall, Gondolin, Gothmog, Iliad, Orcs, Priam, The Elf Ecthelion, There, Trojans, Troy

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tolkien balrogs gandalf lord moria rings isbn tolkien's middle-earth battle boston houghton mifflin silmarillion christopher ed gondolin bridge khazad-dûm word

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Balrogis aplayable hero.A Balrog features in King Gizzard0.90text
Jerram Barrs have recognised this as a transfiguration similar to that of Jesus Christinstance ofCritics0.80text
suggesting Gandalf's prophet-like statusinstance ofCritics0.80text
the Codex Junius to meaninstance ofused in texts0.80text
Ted Nasmith had depicted Balrogs without wingsinstance ofEarlier artists0.80text
Balrogrelated to AdaptationsThe Balrog0.60section
Balrogrelated to AdaptationsRalph Bakshi's0.60section
Balrogrelated to AdaptationsDurin's Bane0.60section
Balrogrelated to AdaptationsPeter Jackson's0.60section
Balrogrelated to AdaptationsThe Fellowship0.60section
Balrogrelated to AdaptationsRing0.60section
Balrogrelated to AdaptationsThe Two Towers0.60section

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