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oppressed the remnant of the People of Hador.
Echoing Mountains See Ered Lómin.
Echoriath 'The Encircling Mountains' about the plain of Gondolin.
Echtelion Elf-lord of Gondolin, who in the sack of the city slew and was
slain by Gothmog Lord of Balrogs.
Edain See Atani.
Edrahil Chief of the Elves of Nargothrond who accompanied Finrod and
Beren on their quest, and died in the dungeons of Tol-in-Gaurhoth.
Eglador The former name of Doriath, before it was encompassed by the
Girdle of Melian; probably connected with the name Eglath.
Eglarest The southern of the Havens of the Falas on the coast of
Beleriand.
Eglath 'The Forsaken People', name given to themselves by the Telerin
Elves who remained in Beleriand seeking for Elwë (Thingol) when the main
host of the Teleri departed to Aman.
Eilinel The wife of Gorlim the Unhappy.
Eithel Ivrin 'Ivrin's Well', the source of the river Narog beneath Ered
Wethrin.
Eithel Sirion 'Sirion's Well', in the eastern face of Ered Wethrin,
where was the great fortress of Fingolfin and Fingon (see Barad Eithel).
Ekkaia Elvish name of the Outer Sea, encircling Arda; referred to also
as the Outer Ocean and the Encircling Sea.
Elbereth The usual name of Varda in Sindarin, 'Star-Queen'; cf.
Elentári.
Eldalië 'The Elven-folk', used as equivalent to Eldar.
Eldamar 'Elvenhome', the region of Aman in which the Elves dwelt; also
the great Bay of the same name.
Eldar According to Elvish legend the name Eldar 'People of the Stars'
was given to all the Elves by the Vala Oromë. It came however to be used to
refer only to the Elves of the Three Kindreds (Vanyar, Noldor, and Teleri)
who set out on the great westward march from Cuiviénen (whether or not they
remained in Middle-earth), and to exclude the Avari. The Elves of Aman, and
all Elves who ever dwelt in Aman, were called the High Elves (Tareldar) and
Elves of the Light (Calaquendi); see Dark Elves, Úmanyar. Passim; see entry
Elves.
Eldarin Of the Eldar; used in reference to the language(s) of the
Eldar. The occurrences of the term in fact refer to Quenya, also called High
Eldarin and High-elven; see Quenya.
Elder Days The First Age; also called the Eldest Days.
Elder King Manwë.
Eledhwen See Morwen.
Elemmírë (1) Name of a star.
Elemmírë (2) Vanyarin Elf, maker of the Aldudénië, the Lament for the
Two Trees.
Elendë A name of Eldamar.
Elendil Called the Tall; son of Amandil, last lord of Andúnië in
Númenor, descended from Eärendil and Elwing but not of the direct line of
the Kings; escaped with his sons Isildur and Anárion from the Drowning of
Númenor and founded the Númenórean realms in Middle-earth; slain with
Gil-galad in the overthrow of Sauron at the end of the Second Age. The name
may be interpreted either as 'Elf-friend' (cf. Elendili) or as 'Star-lover'.
Heirs of Elendil.
Elendili 'Elf-friends', name given to those Númenóreans who were not
estranged from the Eldar in the days of Tar-Ancalimon and later kings; also
called the Faithful. Elendur Eldest son of Isildur, slain with him at the
Gladden Fields.
Elenna A (Quenya) name of Númenor, 'Starwards', from the guidance of
the Edain by Eärendil on their voyage to Númenor at the beginning of the
Second Age.
Elentári 'Star-Queen', a name of Varda as maker of the Stars. She is
called thus in Galadriel's lament in Lórien, The Fellowship of the Ring II
8. Cf. Elbereth, Tintallë.
Elenwë Wife of Turgon; perished in the crossing of the Helcaraxë.
Elerrína 'Crowned with Stars', a name of Taniquetil.
Elf-friends The Men of the Three Houses of Bëor, Haleth, and Hador, the
Edain. In the Akallabeth and in Of the Rings of Power used of those
Númenóreans who were not estranged from the Eldar; see Elendili. At 375 the
reference is no doubt to the Men of Gondor and the Dúnedain of the North.
Elostirion Tallest of the towers upon Emyn Beraid, in which the
palantir was placed.
Elrond Son of Eärendil and Elwing, who at the end of the First Age
chose to belong to the Firstborn, and remained in Middle-earth until the end
of the Third Age; master of Imladris (Rivendell) and keeper of Vilya, the
Ring of Air, which he had received from Gil-galad. Called Master Elrond and
Elrond Half-elven. The name means 'Star-dome'.Sons of Elrond.
Elros Son of Eärendil and Elwing, who at the end of the First Age chose
to be numbered among Men, and became the first King of Númenor (called
Tar-Minyatur), living to a very great age. The name means 'Star-foam'.
Elu Sindarin form of Elwë.
Eluchíl 'Heir of Elu (Thingol)', name of Dior, son of Beren and
Lúthien. See Dior.
Eluréd Elder son of Dior; perished in the attack on Doriath by the sons
of Fëanor. The name means the same as Eluchíl.
Elurín Younger son of Dior; perished with his brother Eluréd. The name
means 'Remembrance of Elu (Thingol)'.
Elvenhome See Eldamar.
Elves See Children of Ilúvatar, Eldar; Dark Elves. Elves of the Light:
see Calaquendi.
Elwë Surnamed Singollo 'Greymantle'; leader with his brother Olwë of
the hosts of the Teleri on the westward journey from Cuiviénen, until he was
lost in Nan Elmoth; afterwards Lord of the Sindar, ruling in Doriath with
Melian; received the Silmaril from Beren; slain in Menegroth by the Dwarves.
Called (Elu) Thingol in Sindarin. See Dark Elves, Thingol.
Elwing Daughter of Dior, who escaping from Doriath with the Silmaril
wedded Eärendil at the Mouths of Sirion and went with him to Valinor; mother
of Elrond and Elros. The name means 'Star-spray'; see Lanlhir Lamath.
Emeldir Called the Man-hearted; wife of Barahir and mother of Beren;
led the women and children of the House of Bëor from Dorthonion after the
Dagor Bragollach. (She was herself also a descendant of Bëor the Old, and
her father's name was Beren; this is not stated in the text.)
Emyn Beraid The Tower Hills' in the west of Eriador; see Elostirion.
Enchanted Isles The islands set by the Valar in the Great Sea eastwards
of Tol Eressëa at the time of the Hiding of Valinor.
Encircling Mountains See Echoriath.
Encircling Sea See Ekkaia.
Endor 'Middle Land', Middle-earth.
Engwar 'The Sickly', one of the Elvish names for Men.
Eöl Called the Dark Elf; the great smith who dwelt in Nan Elmoth, and
took Aredhel Turgon's sister to wife; friend of the Dwarves; maker of the
sword Anglachel (Gurthang); father of Maeglin; put to death in Gondolin.
Eönwë One of the mightiest of the Maiar; called the Herald of Manwë;
leader of the host of the Valar in the attack on Morgoth at the end of the
First Age.
Ephel Brandir 'The encircling fence of Brandir', dwellings of the Men
of Brethil upon Amon Obel; also called the Ephel.
Ephel Dúath 'Fence of Shadow', the mountain-range between Gondor and
Mordor; also called the Mountains of Shadow.
Erchamion 'One-handed', the name of Beren after his escape from
Angband.
Erech A hill in the west of Gondor, where was the Stone of Isildur (see
The Return of the King V 2).
Ered Engrin 'The Iron Mountains' in the far north.
Ered Gorgoroth 'The Mountains of Terror', northward of Nan Dungortheb;
also called the Gorgoroth.
Ered Lindon 'The Mountains of Linden', another name for Ered Luin, the
Blue Mountains.
Ered Lómin 'The Echoing Mountains', forming the west-fence of Hithlum.
Ered Luin 'The Blue Mountains', also called Ered Lindon. After the
destruction at the end of the First Age Ered Luin formed the north-western
coastal range of Middle-earth.
Ered Nimrais The White Mountains (nimrais 'white horns'), the great
range from east to west south of the Misty Mountains.
Ered Wethrin 'The Mountains of Shadow', 'The Shadowy Mountains', the
great curving range bordering Dor-nu-Fauglith (Ard-galen) on the west and
forming the barrier between Hithlum and West Beleriand.
Eregion 'Land of Holly' (called by Men Hollin); Noldorin realm in the
Second Age at the western feet of the Misty Mountains, where the Elven Rings
were made.
Ereinion 'Scion of Kings', the son of Fingon, known always by his
surname Gil-galad.
Erellont One of the three mariners who accompanied Eärendil on his
voyages.
Eressëa See Tol Eressëa.
Eriador The land between the Misty Mountains and the Blue, in which lay
the Kingdom of Arnor (and also the Shire of the Hobbits).
Eru 'The One', 'He that is Alone': Ilúvatar.Children of Eru.
Esgalduin The river of Doriath, dividing the forests of Neldoreth and
Region, and flowing into Sirion. The name means 'River under Veil'.
Estë One of the Valier, the spouse of Irmo (Lórien); her name means
'Rest'.
Estolad The land south of Nan Elmoth where the Men of the followings of
Bëor and Marach dwelt after they crossed the Blue Mountains into Beleriand;
translated in the text as 'the Encampment'.
Ezellohar The Green Mound of the Two Trees of Valinor; also called
Corollairë.
Faelivrin Name given to Finduilas by Gwindor.
Faithful See Elendili.
Falas The western coasts of Beleriand, south of Nevrast.
Falathar One of the three mariners who accompanied Eärendil on his
voyages.
Falathrim The Telerin Elves of the Falas, whose lord was Círdan.
Falmari The Sea-elves; name of the Teleri who departed from
Middle-earth and went into the West.
Fëanor Eldest son of Finwë (the only child of Finwë and Míriel),
half-brother of Fingolfin and Finarfin; greatest of the Noldor, and leader
in their rebellion; deviser of the Fëanorian script; maker of the Silmarils;
slain in Mithrim in the Dagor-nuin-Giliath. His name was Curufinwë (curu
'skill'), and he gave this name to his fifth son, Curufin; but he was
himself known always by his mother's name for him, Fëanáro 'Spirit of Fire',
which was given the Sindarin form Fëanor Chapters V-IX and XIII passim.
Elsewhere his name occurs chiefly in the sons of Fëanor.
Fëanturi 'Masters of Spirits', the Valar Námo (Mandos) and Irmo
(Lórien).
Felagund The name by which King Finrod was known after the
establishment of Nargothrond; it was Dwarvish in origin (felak-gundu
'cave-hewer', but translated in the text as 'Lord of Caves', 61). For
references see Finrod.
Finarfin The third son of Finwë, the younger of Fëanor's half-brothers;
remained in Aman after the Exile of the Noldor and ruled the remnant of his
people in Tirion. Alone among the Noldorin princes he and his descendants
had golden hair, derived from his mother Indis, who was a Vanyarin Elf (see
Vanyar). Many other occurrences of the name of Finarfin relate to his sons
or his people.
Finduilas Daughter of Orodreth, loved by Gwindor; captured in the sack
of Nargothrond, and killed by Orcs at the Crossings of Teiglin.
Fingolfin The second son of Finwë, the elder of Fëanor's half-brothers;
High King of the Noldor in Beleriand, dwelling in Hithlum; slain by Morgoth
in single combat. Many other occurrences of the name of Fingolfin relate to
his sons or his people.
Fingon The eldest son of Fingolfin, called the Valiant; rescued
Maedhros from Thangorodrim; High King of the Noldor after the death of his
father; slain by Gothmog in the Nirnaeth Arnoediad.
Finrod The eldest son of Finarfin, called 'the Faithful' and 'the
Friend of Men'. Founder and King of Nargothrond, whence his name Felagund;
encountered in. Ossiriand the first Men to cross the Blue Mountains; rescued
by Barahir in the Dagor Bragollach; redeemed his oath to Barahir by
accompanying Beren on his quest; slain in defence of Beren in the dungeons
of Tol-in-Gaurhoth. The following references include those to Felagund used
alone.
Finwë Leader of the Noldor on the westward journey from Cuiviénen; King
of the Noldor in Aman; father of Fëanor, Fingolfin, and Finarfin, slain by
Morgoth at Formenos. Other references are to his sons or his house.
Fírimar 'Mortals', one of the Elvish names for Men.
Firstborn The Elder Children of Ilúvatar, the Elves.
Followers The Younger Children of Ilúvatar, Men; translation of Hildor.
Ford of Stones See Sarn Athrad.
Fords of Aros See Arossiach.
Formenos 'Northern Fortress', the stronghold of Fëanor and his sons in
the north of Valinor, built after the banishment of Fëanor from Tirion.
Fornost 'Northern Fortress'. Númenórean city on the North Downs in
Eriador.
Forsaken Elves See Eglath.
Frodo The Ringbearer. Fuinur A renegade Númenórean who became mighty
among the Haradrim at the end of the Second Age, Gabilgathol See Belegost.
Galadriel Daughter of Finarfin and sister of Finrod Felagund; one of
the leaders of the Noldorin rebellion against the Valar; wedded Celeborn of
Doriath and with him remained in Middle-earth after the end of the First
Age; keeper of Nenya, the Ring of Water, in Lothlórien.
Galathilion 'The White Tree of Tirion, the image of Telperion made by
Yavanna for the Vanyar and the Noldor'
Galdor Called the Tall; son of Hador Lórindol and lord of Dor-lómin
after him; father of Húrin and Huor; slain at Eithel Sirion.
galvorn The metal devised by Eöl.
Gandalf The name among Men of Mithrandir, (the of the Istari (Wizards);
see Olórin.
Gates of Summer A great festival of Gondolin, on the eve of which the
city was assaulted 'by the forces of Morgoth.
Gelion The great river of East Beleriand, rising in Himring and Mount
Rerir and fed by the rivers of Ossiriand flowing down from the Blue
Mountains.
Gelmir (I) Elf of Nargothrond, brother of Gwindor, captured in the
Dagor Bragollach and afterwards put to death in front of Eithel Sirion, as a
provocation to its defenders, before the Nirnaeth Arnoediad.
Gelmir (2) Elf of the people of Angrod, who with Arminas came to
Nargothrond to warn Orodreth of its peril.
Gildor One of the twelve companions of Barahir on Dorthonion.
Gil-Estel 'Star of Hope', Sindarin name for Eärendil bearing the
Silmaril in his ship Vingilot.
Gil-galad 'Star of Radiance', the name by which Ereinion son of Fingon
was afterwards known. After the death of Turgon he became the last High King
of the Noldor in Middle-earth, and remained in Lindon after the end of the
First Age; leader with Elendil of the Last Alliance of Men and Elves and
slain with him in combat with Sauron.
Gimilkhâd Younger son of Ar-Gimilzôr and Inzilbeth and father of
Ar-Pharazôn, the last King of Númenor.
Gimilzôr See Ar-Gimilzôr.
Ginglith River in West Beleriand flowing into the Narog above
Nargothrond.
Gladden Fields Partial translation of Loeg Ningloron; the great
stretches of reeds and iris (gladden) in and about the Anduin, where Isildur
was slain and the One Ring lost.
Glaurung The first of the Dragons of Morgoth, called the Father of
Dragons; in the Dagor Bragollach, the Nirnaeth Arnoediad, and the Sack of
Nargothrond; cast his spell upon Túrin and upon Nienor; slain by Túrin at
Cabed-en-Aras. Called also the Great Worm and the Worm of Morgoth.
Glingal 'Hanging Flame', the image of Laurelin made by Turgon in
Gondolin.
Glirhuin A minstrel of Brethil.
Glóredhel Daughter of Hador Lórindol of Dor-lómin and sister of Galdor;
wedded Haldir of Brethil.
Glorfindel Elf of Gondolin, who fell to his death in Cirith Thoronath
in combat with a Balrog after the escape from the sack of the city. The name
means 'Golden-haired'.
Golodhrim The Noldor. Golodh was the Sindarin form of Quenya Noldo, and
-rim a collective plural ending; cf. Annon-in-Gelydh, the Gate of the
Noldor.
Gondolin 'The Hidden Rock' (see Ondolindë), secret city of King Turgon
surrounded by the Encircling Mountains (Echoriath).
Gondolindrim The people of Gondolin.
Gondor 'Land of Stone', name of the southern Númenórean kingdom in
Middle-earth, established by Isildur and Anárion. City of Gondor: Minas
Tirith.
Gonnhirrim 'Masters of Stone', a Sindarin name for the Dwarves.
Gorgoroth (1) See Ered Gorgoroth.
Gorgoroth (2) A plateau in Mordor, between the converging Mountains of
Shadow and Mountains of Ash.
Gorlim Called the Unhappy; one of the twelve companions of Barahir on
Dorthonion, who was ensnared by a phantom of his wife Eilinel and revealed
to Sauron the hiding-place of Barahir.
Gorthaur The name of Sauron in Sindarin.
Gorthol 'Dread Helm', the name that Túrin took as one of the Two
Captains in the land of Dor-Cúarthol.
Gothmog Lord of Balrogs, high-captain of Angband, slayer of Fëanor,
Fingon, and Ecthelion. (The same name was borne in the Third Age by the
Lieutenant of Minas Morgul, The Return of the King V 6.)
Greater Gelion One of the two tributary branches of the river Gelion in
the north, rising in Mount Rerir.
Great Lands Middle-earth.
Great River See Anduin.
Green-elves Translation of Laiquendi; the Nandorin Elves of Ossiriand.
Greenwood the Great The great forest east of the Misty Mountains,
afterwards named Mirkwood.
Grey-elven tongue See Sindarin.
Grey-elves See Sindar.
Grey Havens See (The) Havens, Mithlond.
Greymantle See Singollo, Thingol.
Grinding Ice See Helcaraxë.
Grond The great mace of Morgoth, with which he fought Fingolfin; called
the Hammer of the Underworld. The battering-ram used against the Gate of
Minas Tirith was named after it (The Return of the King V 4).
Guarded Plain See Talath Dirnen.
Guarded Realm See Valinor.
Guilin Father of Gelmir and Gwindor, Elves of Nargothrond.
Gundor Younger son of Hador Lórindol, lord of Dor-lómin; slain with his
father at Eithel Sirion in the Dagor Bragollach.
Gurthang 'Iron of Death', name of Beleg's sword Anglachel after it was
reforged for Túrin in Nargothrond, and from which he was named Mormegil.
Gwaith-i-Mírdain 'People of the Jewel-smiths', name of the fellowship
of craftsmen in Eregion, greatest of whom was Celebrimbor son of Curufin.
Gwindor Elf of Nargothrond, brother of Gelmir; enslaved in Angband, but
escaped and aided Beleg in the rescue of Túrin; brought Túrin to
Nargothrond; loved Finduilas Orodreth's daughter; slain in the Battle or
Tumhalad.
Hadhodrond The Sindarin name of Khazad-dum (Moria).
Hador Called Lórindol 'Goldenhead', also Hador the Golden-haired; lord
of Dor-lómin, vassal of Fingolfin; father of Galdor father of Húrin; slain
at Eithel Sirion in the Dagor Bragollach. The House of Hador was called the
Third House of the Edain. House of, People of, Hador. Helm of Hador: see
Dragon-helm of Dor-lómin.
Haladin The second people of Men to enter Beleriand; afterwards called
the People of Haleth, dwelling in the Forest of Brethil, also the Men of
Brethil.
Haldad Leader of the Haladin in their defence against the attack on
them by Orcs in Thargelion, and slain there; father of the Lady Haleth.
Haldan Son of Haldar; leader of the Haladin after the death of the Lady
Haleth.
Haldar Son of Haldad of the Haladin, and brother of the Lady Haleth;
slain with his father in the Orc-raid on Thargelion.
Haldir Son of Halmir of Brethil; wedded Gidredhel, daughter of Hador of
Dor-lómin; slain in the Nirnaeth Arnoediad.
Haleth Called the Lady Haleth; leader of the Haladin (who were named
from her the People of Haleth) from Thargelion to the lands west of Sirion.
House of, People of, Haleth.
Half-elven Translation of Sindarin Peredhel, plural Peredhil, applied
to Elrond and Elros, and to Eärendil.
Halflings Translation of Periannath (Hobbits).
Halls of Awaiting The Halls of Mandos.
Halmir Lord of the Haladin, son of Haldan; with Beleg of Doriath
defeated the Orcs that came south from the Pass of Sirion after the Dagor
Bragollach.
Handir Son of Haldir and Glóredhel, father of Brandir the Lame; lord of
the Haladin after Haldir's death; slain in Brethil in battle with Orcs.
Haradrim The Men of Harad ('the South'), the lands south of Mordor.
Hareth Daughter of Helmir of Brethil; wedded Galdor of Dor-lómin;
mother of Húrin and Huor.
Hathaldir Called the Young; one of the twelve companions of Barahir on
Dorthonion.
Hathol Father of Hador Lórindol.
Haudh-en-Arwen 'The Ladybarrow', the burial-mound of Haleth in the
Forest of Brethil.
Haudh-en-Elleth The mound in which Finduilas was buried, near the
Crossings of Teiglin.
Haudh-en-Ndengin 'The Mound of Slain' in the desert of Anfauglith,
where were piled the bodies of the Elves and Men that died in the Nirnaeth
Arnoediad.
Haudh-en-Nirnaeth 'The Mound of Tears', another name of
Haudh-en-Ndengin.
Havens, The Brithombar and Eglarest on the coast of Beleriand. The
Havens of Sirion at the end of the First Age. The Grey Havens (Mithlond) in
the Gulf of Lhun. Alqualondë, the Haven of the Swans or Swanhaven, is also
called simply The Haven.
Helcar The Inland Sea in the northeast of Middle-earth, where once
stood the mountain of the lamp of Illuin; the mere of Cuiviénen where the
first Elves awoke is described as a bay in this sea.
Helcaraxë The strait between Araman and Middle-earth; also referred to
as the Grinding Ice.
Helevorn 'Black Glass', a lake in the north of Thargelion, below Mount
Rerir, where Caranthir dwelt.
Helluin The star Sirius.
Herumor A renegade Númenórean who became mighty among the Haradrim at
the end of the Second Age.
Herunúmen 'Lord of the West', Quenya name of Ar-Adunakhôr.
Hidden Kingdom Name given both to Doriath and to Gondolin.
High-elven See Quenya.
High Elves See Eldar.
High Faroth See Taur-en-Faroth.
Hildor 'The Followers', 'The Aftercomers', Elvish name for Men, as the
Younger Children of Ilúvatar.
Hildórien The land in the east of Middle-earth where the first Men
(Hildor) awoke.
Himlad 'Cool Plain', the region where Celegorm and Curufin dwelt south
of the Pass of Aglon.
Himring The great hill west of Maglor's Gap on which was the stronghold
of Maedhros; translated in the text as 'Ever-cold'.
Hírilorn The great beech-tree in Doriath with three trunks, in which
Lúthien was imprisoned. The name means 'Tree of the Lady'.
Hísilómë 'Land of Mist', Quenya name of Hithlum.
Hithaeglir 'Line of Misty Peaks': the Misty Mountains, or Mountains of
Mist. (The form Hithaeglin on the map to The Lord of the Rings is an error.)
Hither Lands Middle-earth (also called the Outer Lands).
Hithlum 'Land of Mist', the region bounded on the east and south by
Ered Wethrin and on the west by Ered Lómin; see Hísilómë.
Hollin See Eregion.
Hollowbold Translation of Nogrod: 'hollow dwelling' (early English
bold, noun related to the verb build).
Huan The great wolfhound of Valinor that Oromë gave to Celegorm; friend
and helper of Beren and Lúthien; slew and slain by Carcharoth. The name
means 'great dog, hound'.
Hunthor A Man of the Haladin in Brethil who accompanied Túrin in his
attack on Glaurung at Cabed-en-Aras and was killed there by a falling stone.
Huor Son of Galdor of Dor-lómin, husband of Rían and father of Tuor;
went to Gondolin with Húrin his brother; slain in the Nirnaeth Arnoediad.
Húrin Called Thalion 'the Steadfast', 'the Strong'; son of Galdor of
Dor-lómin, husband of Morwen and father of Túrin and Nienor; lord of
Dor-lómin, vassal of Fingon. Went with Huor his brother to Gondolin;
captured by Morgoth in the Nirnaeth Arnoediad and set upon Thangorodrim for
many years; after his release slew Mîm in Nargothrond and brought the
Nauglamír to King Thingol.
Hyarmentir The highest mountain in the regions south of Valinor.
Iant Iaur 'The Old Bridge' over the Esgalduin on the northern borders
of Doriath; also called the Bridge of Esgalduin.
Ibun One of the sons of Mîm the Petty-dwarf.
Idril Called Celebrindal 'Silverfoot'; the daughter (and only child) of
Turgon and Elenwë; wife of Tuor, mother of Eärendil, with whom she escaped
from Gondolin to the Mouths of Sirion; departed thence with Tuor into the
West.
Illuin One of the Lamps of the Valar made by Aulë. Illuin stood in the
northern part of Middle-earth, and after the overthrow of the mountain by
Melkor the Inland Sea of Helcar was formed there.
Ilmarë A Maia, the handmaid of Varda.
Ilmen The region above the air where the stars are.
Ilúvatar 'Father of All, Eru.
Imlach Father of Amlach.
Imladris 'Rivendell' (literally, 'Deep Dale of the Cleft'), Elrond's
dwelling in a valley of the Misty Mountains.
Indis Vanyarin Elf, close kin of Ingwë; second wife of Finwë, mother of
Fingolfin and Finarfin.
Ingwë Leader of the Vanyar, the first of the three hosts of the Eldar
on the westward journey from Cuiviénen. In Aman he dwelt upon Taniquetil,
and was held High King of all the Elves.
Inziladun Elder son of Ar-Gimilzôr and Inzilbeth; afterwards named
Tar-Palantir.
Inzilbeth Queen of Ar-Gimilzôr; of the house of the lords of Andúnië.
Irmo The Vala usually named Lórien, the place of his dwelling. Irmo
means 'Desirer' or 'Master of Desire'.
Iron Mountains See Ered Engrin.
Isengard Translation (to represent the language of Rohan) of the Elvish
name Angrenost.
Isil Quenya name of the Moon.
Isildur Elder son of Elendil, who with his father and his brother
Anárion escaped from the Drowning of Númenor and founded in Middle-earth the
Númenórean realms in exile; lord of Minas Ithil; cut the Ruling Ring from
Sauron's hand; slain by Orcs in the Anduin when the Ring slipped from his
finger. Heirs of Isildur. Heir of Isildur=Aragorn.
Istari The Wizards. See Curunír, Saruman; Mithrandir, Gandalf, Olórin;
Radagast.
Ivrin The lake and falls beneath Ered Wethrin where the river Narog
rose.. Pools of Ivrin. Falls of Ivrin. See Eithel Ivrin.
kelvar An Elvish word retained in the speeches of Yavanna and Manwë in
Chapter II: 'animals, living things that move'.
Kementári 'Queen of the Earth', a title of Yavanna.
Khazâd The name of the Dwarves in their own language (Khuzdul).
Khazad-dum The great mansions of the Dwarves of Durin's race in the
Misty Mountains (Hadhodrond, Moria). See Khazâd; dum is probably a plural or
collective, meaning 'excavations, halls, mansions'.
Khîm Son of Mîm the Petty-dwarf, slam by one of Túrin's outlaw band.
King's Men Númenóreans hostile to the Eldar and the Elendili.
Kinslaying The slaying of the Teleri by the Noldor at Alqualondë.
Ladros The lands to the northeast of Dorthonion that were granted by
the Noldorin Kings to the Men of the House of Bëor.
Laer Cú Beleg 'The Song of the Great Bow', made by Túrin at Eithel
Ivrin in memory of Beleg Cúthalion.
Laiquendi 'The Green-elves' of Ossiriand.
Lalaith 'Laughter', daughter of Húrin and Morwen who died in childhood.
Lammoth 'The Great Echo', region north of the Firth of Drengist, named
from the echoes of Morgoth's cry in his struggle with Ungoliant.
Land of Shadow See Mordor.
Land of the Dead that Live See Dor Firn-i-Guinar.
Land of the Star Númenor.
Lanthir Lamath 'Waterfall of Echoing Voices', where Dior had his house
in Ossiriand, and after which his daughter Elwing ('Star-spray') was named.
Last Alliance The league made at the end of the Second Age between
Elendil and Gil-galad to defeat Sauron.
Laurelin 'Song of Gold', the younger of the Two Trees of Valinor.
Lay of Leithian The long poem concerning the lives of Beren and Lúthien
from which the prose account in The Silmarillion was derived. Leithian is
translated 'Release from Bondage'.
Legolin The third of the tributaries of Gelion in Ossiriand.
lembas Sindarin name of the waybread of the Eldar (from earlier
lennmbass 'journey-bread'; in Quenya coimas 'life-bread').
Lenwë The leader of the Elves from the host of the Teleri who refused
to cross the Misty Mountains on the west-ward journey from Cuiviénen (the
Nandor); father of Denethor.
Lhun River in Eriador flowing into the sea in the Gulf of Lhun.
Linaewen 'Lake of birds', the great mere in Nevrast.
Lindon A name of Ossiriand in the First Age; see 147. After the tumults
at the end of the First Age the name Lindon was retained for the lands west
of the Blue Mountains that still remained above the Sea.
Lindórië Mother of Inzilbeth.
Little Gelion One of the two tributary branches of the river Gelion in
the north, rising in the Hill of Himring.
Loeg Ningloron 'Pools of the golden water-flowers'; see Gladden Fields.
lómelindi Quenya word meaning 'dusk-singers', nightingales.
Lómion 'Son of Twilight', the Quenya name that Aredhel gave to Maeglin.
Lonely Isle See Tol Eressëa.
Lord of Waters See Ulmo.
Lords of the West See Valar.
Lorellin The lake in Lórien in Valinor where the Vala Estë sleeps by
day.
Lorgan Chief of the Easterling Men in Hithlum after the Nirnaeth
Arnoediad, by whom Tuor was enslaved.
Lórien (1) The name of the gardens and dwelling-place of the Vala Irmo,
who was himself usually called Lórien.
Lórien (2) The land ruled by Celeborn and Galadriel between the rivers
Celebrant and Anduin. Probably the original name of this land was altered to
the form of the Quenya name Lórien of the gardens of the Vala Irmo in
Valinor. In Lothlórien the Sindarin word loth 'flower' is prefixed.
Lórindol 'Goldenhead'; see Hador.
Losgar The place of the burning of the ships of the Teleri by Fëanor,
at the mouth of the Firth of Drengist.
Lothlann 'The wide and empty', the great plain north of the March of
Maedhros.
Lothlórien 'Lórien of the Blossom'; see Lórien (2).
Luinil Name of a star (one shining with a blue light).
Lumbar Name of a star.
Lúthien The daughter of King Thingol and Melian the Maia, who after the
fulfilment of the Quest of the Silmaril and the death of Beren chose to
become mortal and to share his fate. See Tinúviel.
Mablung Elf of Doriath, chief captain of Thingol, friend of Túrin;
called 'of the Heavy Hand' (which is the meaning of the name Mablung); slain
in Menegroth by the Dwarves.
Maedhros The eldest son of Fëanor, called the Tall; rescued by Fingon
from Thangorodrim; held the Hill of Himring and the lands about; formed the
Union of Maedhros that ended in the Nirnaeth Arnoediad; bore one of the
Silmarils with him to his death at the end of the First Age.
Maeglin 'Sharp Glance', son of Eöl and Aredhel Turgon's sister, born in
Nan Elmoth; became mighty in Gondolin, and betrayed it to Morgoth; slain in
the sack of the city by Tuor. See Lómion.
Maglor The second son of Fëanor, a great singer and minstrel; held the
lands called Maglor's Gap; at the end of the First Age seized with Maedhros
the two Silmarils that remained in Middle-earth, and cast the one that he
took into the Sea.
Maglor's Gap The region between the northern arms of Gelion where there
were no hills of defence against the North.
Magor Son of Malach Aradan; leader of the Men of the following of
Marach who entered West Beleriand.
Mahal The name given to Aulë by the Dwarves.
Máhanaxar The Ring of Doom outside the gates of Valmar, in which were
set the thrones of the Valar where they sat in council.
Mahtan A great smith of the Noldor, father of Nerdanel the wife of
Fëanor.
Maiar Ainur of lesser degree than the Valar (singular Maia).
Malach Son of Marach; given the Elvish name Aradan.
Malduin A tributary of the Teiglin; the name probably means 'Yellow
River'.
Malinalda 'Tree of Gold', a name of Laurelin.
Mandos The place of the dwelling in Aman of the Vala properly called
Námo, the Judge, though this name was seldom used, and he himself was
usually referred to as Mandos. Named as Vala. Named as the place of his
dwelling (including Halls of Mandos; also Halls of Awaiting, Houses of the
Dead). With reference to the Doom of the Noldor and the Curse of Mandos.
Manwë The chief of the Valar, called also Súlimo, the Elder King, the
Ruler of Arda.
Marach Leader of the third host of Men to enter Beleriand, ancestor of
Hador Lórindol.
March of Maedhros The open lands to the north of the headwaters of the
river Gelion, held by Maedhros and his brothers against attack on East
Beleriand; also called the eastern March.
Mardil Called the Faithful; the first Ruling Steward of Gondor.
Mar-nu-Falmar 'The Land under the Waves', name of Númenor after the
Downfall.
Melian A Maia, who left Valinor and came to Middle-earth; afterwards
the Queen of King Thingol in Doriath, about which she set a girdle of
enchantment, the Girdle of Melian; mother of Lúthien, and foremother of
Elrond and Elros. Chapter XIX, Chapters XXI, XXII.
Melkor The Quenya name for the great rebellious Vala, the beginning of
evil, in his origin the mightiest of the Ainur; afterwards named Morgoth,
Bauglir, the Dark Lord, the Enemy, etc. The meaning of Melkor was 'He who
arises in Might'; the Sindarin form was Belegur, but it was never used, save
in a deliberately altered form Belegurth 'Great Death'. Passim (after the
rape of the Silmarils usually called Morgoth).
Men See Atani, Children of Ilúvatar, Easterlings.
Menegroth 'The Thousand Caves', the hidden halls of Thingol and Melian
on the river Esgalduin in Doriath.
Meneldil Son of Anárion, King of Gondor.
vMenelmacar 'Swordsman of the Sky', the constellation Orion.
Meneltarma 'Pillar of Heaven', the mountain in the midst of Númenor,
upon whose summit was the Hallow of Eru Ilúvatar.
Meres of Twilight See Aelin-uial.
Mereth Aderthad The 'Feast of Reuniting' held by Fingolfin near the
Pools of Ivrin.
Mickleburg Translation of Belegost: 'great fortress'.
Middle-earth The lands to the east of the Great Sea; also called the
Hither Lands, the Outer Lands, the Great Lands, and Endor. Passim.
Mîm The Petty-dwarf, in whose house (Bar-en-Danwedh) on Amon Rudh Túrin
dwelt with the outlaw band, and by whom their lair was betrayed to the Orcs;
slain by Húrin in Nargothrond.
Minas Anor 'Tower of the Sun' (also simply Anor), afterwards called
Minas Tirith; the city of Anárion, at the feet of Mount Mindolluin.
Minas Ithil 'Tower of the Moon' afterwards called Minas Morgul; the
city of Isildur, built on a shoulder of the Ephel Dúath.
Minas Morgul 'Tower of Sorcery' (also simply Morgul), name of Minas
Ithil after its capture by the Ringwraiths.
Minastir See Tar-Minastir.
Minas Tirith (1) 'Tower of Watch', built by Finrod Felagund on Tol
Sirion; see Tol-in-Gaurhoth.
Minas Tirith (2) Later name of Minas Anor. 297. Called the City of
Gondor.
Mindeb A tributary of Sirion, between Dimbar and the Forest of
Neldoreth.
Mindolluin 'Towering Blue-head', the great mountain behind Minas Anor.
Mindon Eldalieva 'Lofty Tower of the Eldalië', the tower of Ingwë in
the city of Tirion; also simply the Mindon.
Míriel (1) The first wife of Finwë, mother of Fëanor; died after
Fëanor's birth. Called Serindë 'the Broideress'.
Míriel (2) Daughter of Tar-Palantir, forced into marriage by
Ar-Pharazôn, and as his queen named Ar-Zimraphel; also called Tar-Míriel.
Mirkwood See Greenwood the Great.
Misty Mountains See Hithaeglir.
Mithlond The Grey Havens', harbours of the Elves on the Gulf of Lhun;
also referred to as the Havens.
Mithrandir 'The Grey Pilgrim', Elvish name of Gandalf (Olórin), one of
the Istari (Wizards).
Mithrim The name of the great lake in the east of Hithlum, and also of
the region about it and of the mountains to the west, separating Mithrim
from Dor-lómin. The name was originally that of the Sindarin Elves who dwelt
there.
Mordor The Black Land', also called the Land of Shadow; Sauron's realm
east of the mountains of the Ephel Dúath.
Morgoth The Black Enemy', name of Melkor, first given to him by Fëanor
after the rape of the Silmarils. See Melkor.
Morgul See Minas Morgul
Moria 'The Black Chasm', later name for Khazad-dum (Hadhodrond).
Moriquendi 'Elves of the Darkness'; see Dark Elves.
Mormegil 'The Black Sword', name given to Túrin as captain of the host
of Nargothrond; see Gurthang.
Morwen Daughter of Baragund (nephew of Barahir, the father of Beren);
wife of Húrin and mother of Túrin and Nienor; called Eledhwen (translated in
the text as 'Elfsheen') and the Lady of Dor-lómin.
Mountain of Fire See Orodruin.
Mountains: of Aman, of Defence, see Pelóri; of the East, see Orocarni;
of Iron, see Ered Engrin; of Mist, see Hithaeglir; of Mithrim, see Mithrim;
of Shadow, see Ered Wethrin and Ephel Dúath; of Terror, see Ered Gorgoroth.
Mount Doom See Amon Amarth.
Music of the Ainur See Ainulindalë.
Nahar The horse of the Vala Oromë, said by the Eldar to be so named on
account of his voice.
Námo A Vala, one of the Aratar; usually named Mandos, the place of his
dwelling. Námo means 'Ordainer, Judge'.
Nandor Said to mean 'Those who turn back': the Nandor were those Elves
from the host of the Teleri who refused to cross the Misty Mountains on the
westward journey from Cuiviénen, but of whom a part, led by Denethor, came
long afterwards over the Blue Mountains and dwelt in Ossiriand (the
Green-elves).
Nan Dungortheb Also Dungortheb; translated in the text as 'Valley of
Dreadful Death'. The valley between the precipices of Ered Gorgoroth and the
Girdle of Melian.
Nan Elmoth The forest east of the river Celon where Elwë (Thingol) was
enchanted by Melian and lost; afterwards the dwelling-place of Eöl.
Nan-tathren 'Willow-vale', translated as 'the Land of Willows', where
the river Narog flowed into Sirion. In Treebeard's song in The Two Towers
III 4 Quenya forms of the name are used: in the willow-meads of Tasarinan;
Nan-tasarion.
Nargothrond 'The great underground fortress on the river Narog',
founded by Finrod Felagund and destroyed by Glaurung; also the realm of
Nargothrond extending east and west of the Narog, Chapter XXI.
Narn i Hîn Húrin 'The Tale of the Children of Húrin', the long lay from
which Chapter XXI was derived; ascribed to the poet Dirhavel, a Man who
lived at the Havens of Sirion in the days of Eärendil and perished in the
attack of the sons of Fëanor. Narn signifies a tale made in verse, but to be
spoken and not sung,
Narog The chief river of West Beleriand, rising at Ivrin under Ered
Wethrin and flowing into Sirion in Nan-tathren.
Narsil The sword of Elendil, made by Telchar of Nogrod, that was broken
when Elendil died in combat with Sauron; from the shards it was reforged for
Aragorn and named Anduril.
Narsilion The Song of the Sun and Moon.
Narya One of the Three Rings of the Elves, the Ring of Fire or the Red
Ring; borne by Círdan and afterwards by Mithrandir.
Nauglamír 'The Necklace of the Dwarves', made for Finrod Felagund by
the Dwarves, brought by Húrin out of Nargothrond to Thingol, and the cause
of his death.
Naugrim 'The Stunted People', Sindarin name for the Dwarves.
Nazgul See Ring-wraiths.
Necklace of the Dwarves See Nauglamír.
Neithan Name given to himself by Túrin among the outlaws, translated as
'The Wronged' (literally 'one who is deprived').
Neldoreth The great beech-forest forming the northern part of Doriath;
called Taur-na-Neldor in Treebeard's song in The Two Towers HI 4.
Nénar Name of a star.
Nen Girith 'Shuddering Water', name given to Dimrost, the falls of
Celebros in the Forest of Brethil.
Nenning River in West Beleriand, reaching the sea at the Haven of
Eglarest.
Nenuial 'Lake of Twilight', in Eriador, where the river Baranduin rose,
and beside which the city of Annúminas was built.
Nenya One of the Three Rings of the Elves, the Ring of Water, borne by
Galadriel; also called the Ring of Adamant.
Nerdanel Called the Wise; daughter of Mahtan the smith, wife of Fëanor.
Nessa One of the Valier, the sister of Oromë and spouse of Tulkas.
Nevrast The region west of Dor-lómin, beyond Ered Lómin, where Turgon
dwelt before his departure to Gondolin. The name, meaning 'Hither Shore',
was originally that of all the northwestern coast of Middle-earth (the
opposite being Haerast 'the Far Shore', the coast of Aman).
Nienna One of the Valier, numbered among the Aratar; Lady of pity and
mourning, the sister of Mandos and Lórien.
Nienor 'Mourning', the daughter of Húrin and Morwen and sister of
Túrin; spell-bound by Glaurung at Nargothrond and in ignorance of her past
wedded Túrin in Brethil in her name Níniel; cast herself into the Teiglin.
Nimbrethil Birch-woods in Arvernien in the south of Beleriand. Cf.
Bilbo's song at Rivendell: 'He built a boat of timber felled in Nimbrethil
to journey in ...' (The Fellowship of the Ring II 1).
Nimloth (1) The White Tree of Númenor, of which a fruit taken by
Isildur before it was felled grew into the White Tree of Minas Ithil.
Nimloth 'White Blossom' is the Sindarin form of Quenya Ninquelótë, one of
the names of Telperion.
Nimloth (2) Elf of Doriath who wedded Dior Thingol's Heir; mother of
Elwing; slain in Menegroth in the attack by the sons of Fëanor.
Nimphelos The great pearl given by Thingol to the lord of the Dwarves
of Belegost.
Níniel 'Tear-maiden', the name that Túrin, ignorant of their
relationship, gave to his sister; see Nienor.
Ninquelótë 'White Blossom', a name of Telperion; see Nimloth (1).
niphredil A white flower that bloomed in Doriath in starlight when
Lúthien was born. It grew also on Cerin Amroth in Lothlórien (The Fellowship
of the Ring II 6, 8).
Nirnaeth Arnoediad 'Tears Unnumbered' (also simply the Nirnaeth), the
name given to the ruinous fifth battle in the Wars of Beleriand.
Nivrim That part of Doriath that lay on the west bank of Sirion.
Noegyth Nibin 'Petty-dwarves' (see also under Dwarves).
Nogrod One of the two cities of the Dwarves in the Blue Mountains;
translation into Sindarin of Dwarvish Tumunzahar. See Hollowbold.
Noldolantë 'The Fall of the Noldor', a lament made by Maglor son of
Fëanor.
Noldor The Deep Elves, the second host of the Eldar on the westward
journey from Cuiviénen, led by Finwë. The name (Quenya Noldo, Sindarin
Golodh) meant 'the Wise' (but wise in the sense of possessing knowledge, not
in the sense of possessing sagacity, sound judgement). For the language of
the Noldor see Quenya.
Nóm, Nómin 'Wisdom' and 'the Wise', the names that the Men of Bëor's
following gave to Finrod and his people in their own tongue.
North Downs In Eriador, where was built the Númenórean city of Fornost
Nulukkizdîn Dwarvish name of Nargothrond.
Númenor (In full Quenya form Númenórë.) 'Westernesse', 'Westland', the
great island prepared by the Valar as a dwelling-place for the Edain after
the ending of the First Age. Called also Anadunë, Andor, Elenna, the Land of
the Star, and after its downfall Akallabeth, Atalantë, and Mar-nu-Falmar.
Númenóreans The Men of Númenor, called also Dúnedain.
Nurtalë Valinóreva 'The Hiding of Valinor'.
Ohtar 'Warrior', esquire of Isildur, who brought the shards of
Elendil's sword to Imladris.
Oiolossë 'Ever-snow-white', the most common name among the Eldar for
Taniquetil, rendered into Sindarin as Amon Uilos; but according to the
Valaquenta it was the uttermost tower of Taniquetil.
Oiomúrë A region of mists near to the Helcaraxë.
Olórin A Maia, one of the Istari (Wizards); see Mithrandir, Gandalf,
and cf. The Two Towers IV 5: 'Olórin I was in my youth in the West that is
forgotten'.
olvar An Elvish word retained in the speeches of Yavanna and Manwë in
Chapter II, meaning 'growing things with roots in the earth',
Olwë Leader together with his brother Elwë (Thingol) of the hosts of
the Teleri on the westward journey from Cuiviénen; lord of the Teleri of
Alqualondë in Aman.
Ondolindë 'Stone Song', the original Quenya name of Gondolin.
Orcs Creatures of Morgoth.
Orfalch Echor The great ravine through the Encircling Mountains by
which Gondolin was approached.
Ormal One of the Lamps of the Valar made by Aulë, Ormal stood in the
south of Middle-earth.
Orocarni The Mountains of the East of Middle-earth (the name means "the
Red Mountains').
Orodreth The second son of Finarfin; warden of the tower of Minas
Tirith on Tol Sirion; King of Nargothrond after the death of Finrod his
brother; father of Finduilas; slain in the Battle of Tumhalad.
Orodruin 'Mountain of Blazing Fire' in Mordor, in which Sauron forged
the Ruling Ring; called also Amon Amarth 'Mount Doom'.
Oromë A Vala, one of the Aratar; the great hunter, leader of the Elves
from Cuiviénen, spouse of Vana. The name means 'Horn-blowing' or 'Sound of
Horns', cf. Valaróma; in The Lord of the Rings it appears in the Sindarin
form Araw.
Oromët A hill pear the haven of Andúnië in the west of Númenor, on
which was built the tower of Tar-Minastir.
Orthanc 'Forked Height', the Númenórean tower in the Circle of
Isengard.
Osgiliath 'Fortress of the Stars', the chief city of ancient Gondor, on
either side of the river Anduin.
Ossë A Maia, vassal of Ulmo, with whom he entered the waters of Arda;
lover and instructor of the Teleri.
Ossiriand 'Land of Seven Rivers' (these being Gelion and its
tributaries flowing down from the Blue Mountains), the land of the
Green-elves. Cf. Treebeard's song in The Two Towers III 4: 'I wandered in
Summer in the elm-woods of Ossiriand. Ah! the light and the music in the
Summer by the Seven Rivers of Ossir!' See Lindon.
Ost-in-Edhil 'Fortress of the Eldar', the city of the Elves in Eregion.
Outer Lands Middle-earth (also called the Hither Lands).
Outer Sea See Ekkaia.
Palantíri 'Those that watch from afar', the seven Seeing Stones brought
by Elendil and his sons from Númenor; made by Fëanor in Aman (see 69, and
The Two Towers III 11).
Pelargir 'Garth of Royal Ships,' the Númenórean haven above the delta
of Anduin.
Pelóri 'The fencing or defensive heights', called also the Mountains of
Aman and the Mountains of Defence, raised by the Valar after the destruction
of their dwelling on Almaren; ranging in a crescent from north to south,
close to the eastern shores of Aman.
People of Haleth See Haladin and Haleth.
Periannath The Halflings (Hobbits).
Petty-dwarves Translation of Noegyth Nibin. See also under Dwarves.
Pharazôn See Ar-Pharazôn.
Prophecy of the North The Doom of the Noldor, uttered by Mandos on the
coast of Araman.
Quendi Original Elvish name fo...
