Moria Casan
Moria may refer to: Arts and entertainment * Moria (Middle-earth), fictional location in the works of J. R. R. Tolkien * '' Moria: The Dwarven City'', a 1984 fantasy role-playing game supplement * ''Moria'' (1978 video game), a dungeon-crawler game * ''Moria'' (1983 video game), a computer game inspired by ''The Lord of the Rings'' People *Blanche Moria (1859–1926), French sculptor, educator and feminist *Steve Moria (born 1961), British-Canadian ice hockey player *Moria Casán (born 1946), Argentine actress Places * Mória (Μόρια), a small town in the modern municipal unit of Mytilene, Lesbos, Greece ** Moria refugee camp near Mytilene, Lesbos * Moria, Limpopo, South Africa * Mōria, a holy place in Whirinaki, Northland, New Zealand Other uses * Moria (tree) (Μορια), a type of public olive tree in ancient Greece * Moria (nymph) (Μορια "olive tree", a nymph named in Greek mythology * ''Moria'', a Byzantine term for the intervals of the 72 equal temperamen ...
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Moria (Middle-earth)
In the fictional world of J. R. R. Tolkien, Moria, also named Khazad-dûm, is an ancient subterranean complex in Middle-earth, comprising a vast labyrinthine network of tunnels, chambers, mines and halls under the Misty Mountains, with doors on both the western and the eastern sides of the mountain range. Moria is introduced in Tolkien's novel ''The Hobbit'', and is a major scene of action in ''The Lord of the Rings''. In much of Middle-earth's fictional history, Moria was the greatest city of the Dwarves. The city's wealth was founded on its mines, which produced ''mithril'', a fictional metal of great beauty and strength, suitable for armour. The Dwarves dug too deep, greedy for ''mithril'', and disturbed a demon of great power: a Balrog, which destroyed their kingdom. By the end of the Third Age, Moria had long been abandoned by the Dwarves, and was a place of evil repute. It was dark, in dangerous disrepair, and in its labyrinths lurked Orcs and the Balrog. Scholars have ...
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