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Lonely Mountain

In J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium, the Lonely Mountain is a mountain northeast of Mirkwood. It is the location of the Dwarves' Kingdom under the Mountain and the town of Dale lies in a vale on its southern slopes. In The Lord of the Rings, the mountain is called by the Sindarin name Erebor. The Lonely Mountain is the destination of the protagonists…

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Location
Northeast of Mirkwood
Founder
Thráin I
Locations
the Chamber of Thrór, Dale, the Front Gate, the Great Hall, the Secret Door
Other names
Erebor; the Kingdom under the Mountain
Ruled by
Kings of Durin's Folk: T.A. 1999–2210, 2590–2770, 2941–Fourth Age; Smaug: T.A. 2770–2941
Type
isolated mountain

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Lonely Mountain

Nodes84
Edges83
Triples89
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.02381
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related to Goal of psychological quest · 26
Lonely Mountain → Bilbo, Bilbo's, Christian, Dorothy Matthews, Everyman's, Freudian, Frodo's, Green, He, Jared Lobdell, Joseph Pearce, Lewis's, Literary Criticism, Lobdell, Matthews's, Mount Doom, Pearce, Psychoanalysis, Shire, The
related to Erebor in The Hobbit · 23
Lonely Mountain → Bilbo, Bilbo Baggins, Dale, Dol Guldur, Dwarves, Ered Luin, Gandalf, Grey Mountains, In, King Thrór, On, On Durin's Day, Smaug, The Hobbit, They, Third Age, Thorin, Thorin II Oakenshield, Thorin's, Thráin
related to Adaptations · 20
Lonely Mountain → Coleman Charlton, Dale, Dragon, Dwarves, Elves, Erebor, Iron Crown Enterprises, It, Lair, Men, Middle-earth II, Mountain, Orcs, Rings, Smaug, Smaug's Lair, The Battle, The Lonely Mountain, The Lord, Tolkien
related to Gain and loss · 10
Lonely Mountain → Amelia Harper, Bilbo, Dwarves, On, So, The Hobbit, The Tolkien, There, Tolkien Encyclopedia, Tom Shippey
is a · 4
Lonely Mountain → apt symbol of Bilbo's maturation as an individual, destination of the protagonists, mountain northeast of Mirkwood, symbol of adventure
Founder · 1
Lonely Mountain → Thráin I
Location · 1
Lonely Mountain → Northeast of Mirkwood
Locations · 1
Lonely Mountain → the Chamber of Thrór, Dale, the Front Gate, the Great Hall, the Secret Door
Other names · 1
Lonely Mountain → Erebor; the Kingdom under the Mountain
Ruled by · 1
Lonely Mountain → Kings of Durin's Folk: T.A. 1999–2210, 2590–2770, 2941–Fourth Age; Smaug: T.A. 2770–2941

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mountain dwarves hobbit erebor lonely smaug lord rings dale thorin kingdom bilbo bilbo's men quest tolkien king journey door thráin

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Lonely MountainFounderThráin I1.00infobox
Lonely MountainLocationNortheast of Mirkwood1.00infobox
Lonely MountainLocationsthe Chamber of Thrór, Dale, the Front Gate, the Great Hall, the Secret Door1.00infobox
Lonely MountainOther namesErebor; the Kingdom under the Mountain1.00infobox
Lonely MountainRuled byKings of Durin's Folk: T.A. 1999–2210, 2590–2770, 2941–Fourth Age; Smaug: T.A. 2770–29411.00infobox
Lonely MountainTypeisolated mountain1.00infobox
Lonely Mountainis amountain northeast of Mirkwood0.90text
Lonely Mountainis adestination of the protagonists0.90text
Lonely Mountainis aapt symbol of Bilbo's maturation as an individual0.90text
Lonely Mountainis asymbol of adventure0.90text
Lonely Mountainrelated to AdaptationsThe Lonely Mountain0.60section
Lonely Mountainrelated to AdaptationsLair0.60section

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