Mark, the see Rohan
Master of Buckland, of the Hall see Brandybuck family Mathom 5, 15, 37, 1113, 1130, 1136
Mathom-house (museum) 5, 13, 317
Mauhúr 454, 457, 457
Mazarbul, Book of see Book of Mazarbul
Mazarbul, Chamber of see Chamber of Mazarbul
Mearas 435, 504, 508, 1065
Meduseld (Golden Hall, house of Eorl) 437, 439, 500, 504, 507, 510–23, 527, 543, 551, 581, 600, 747, 773, 777, 793, 797, 802, 843, 849, 867, 955, 976, 977, 1066, 1067, 1068, 1087
Melian 1034
Mellon [friend] 305, 308
Men (Big Folk, Big People, Mortal Men) 1–7 passim, 50, 51, 75, 76, 83, 94, 102, 119, 131, 145, 148, 149–50, 152, 155, 156, 190, 193, 194, 220–1, 222, 227, 235, 243, 244, 259, 275, 281, 292, 297, 320, 354, 359, 369, 391, 397, 398, 400, 420, 430, 438, 442, 454, 464, 465, 468, 472, 473, 475, 476, 478, 508, 514, 534, 545, 547, 550, 553, 554, 560, 566, 567, 574, 580, 597, 616, 646, 649, 650, 661, 667, 670, 675–81 passim, 685, 687, 692, 695, 697, 723, 821, 873, 923, 924, 981, 1044, 1045, 1050, 1062, 1073, 1080, 1082, 1084, 1094, 1095, 1097, 1128, 1132; alphabets of 1118; calendar of 1107, 1110; dominion of 971, 1082; fail but seed springs up 873; languages of 307, 320, 486, 1123, 1128, 1129, 1130, 1132, 1133, 1135, 1136, 1137, see also Adûnaic, Common Speech; names of 1128, 1135; see also Dunlendings; Gift of Men; Haradrim; Last Alliance of Elves and Men; Númenóreans; Rohirrim; and names of places inhabited by Men, e.g. Gondor
Men of the Mountains see Dead, the
Men of the Twilight see Rohirrim
Meneldil 244, 252, 1038, 1049, 1085
Meneldor 950, 951
Meneltarma 1035
Menelvagor (Telumehtar, Orion) 81, 1113
Mere of Dead Faces see Dead Marshes
Merethrond, the Great Hall of Feasts 975
Methedras (Last Mountain) 429, 469, 470, 481
Michel Delving 5, 6, 23, 156, 157, 277, 317, 1009, 1012, 1021; mathom-house of 5, 13, 317; Mayor of see Whitfoot, Will
Middle-earth (middle world, mortal lands, etc.) 2, 5, 7, 16, 43, 79, 149, 193, 198, 221, 234, 236, 242, 250, 266, 268, 307, 336, 343, 349, 357, 375, 377, 499, 547, 550, 567, 581, 595, 599, 677, 679, 684, 712, 720, 788, 791, 873, 874, 888, 911, 917, 945, 948, 967, 981, 1023, 1029, 1030, 1033–9 passim, 1043, 1044, 1048, 1058, 1061, 1062, 1080–5 passim, 1098, 1107, 1115, 1117, 1128, 1129; Great Lands 677; Hither Shore(s) 236, 341, 373; name 1115; solar year in 1107; West of 306, 1034
Middle Peoples see Rohirrim
Midgewater Marshes 182–3, 184
Midsummer 10, 972, 973, 1025
Mid-year’s Day 1106, 1109
Mill, in Hobbiton 362–3, 1012, 1013, 1016–17, 1022
Minalcar see Rómendacil II
Minardil 1038, 1048, 1052, 1086
Minas Anor, Tower of the (Setting) Sun 244, 245, 252, 598, 671, 884, 963, 964, 1037, 1044, 1047, 1048, 1052, 1084, 1085, 1086; Anor-stone (palantír) 1086; King’s House 1086; see also later name Minas Tirith
Minas Ithil, Tower of the (Rising) Moon (Moontower) 244–5, 246, 598, 641, 642, 677, 691, 692, 697, 703, 884, 969, 1037, 1051, 1056, 1084, 1087; Ithilstone (palantír) see Palantír; see also later name Minas Morgul
Minas Morgul, Tower of Sorcery (Dead City, accursed tower) 245, 250, 401, 598, 642, 643, 691, 692, 703–8 passim, 736, 737, 764, 812, 817, 848, 882, 884, 900, 1052, 1087; host(s), legions of (Morgul-host, etc.) 706, 707, 819, 820, 843, 846, 906, 1093; King of see Witch-king; see also earlier name Minas Ithil
Minas Tirith, Tower of Guard (the City, Stone-city, etc.) 14, 15, 245–8 passim, 252, 276, 358, 367–70 passim, 373, 374, 389, 390, 393, 395, 397–404 passim, 414, 417, 418, 422, 434, 435, 436, 496, 497, 508, 509, 516–17, 550, 600, 609, 658, 659, 663, 664, 668–72 passim, 677, 679, 690, 692, 748, 751, 752, 759, 760, 763, 766–73, 780, 791, 799, 801, 803, 804, 807, 808, 810, 811, 816–39 passim, 843–7 passim, 850–62 passim, 866, 869–78 passim, 881, 883, 885, 886, 897, 955–75 passim, 978, 979, 1027, 1054, 1055, 1056, 1062, 1063, 1078, 1080, 1088–95 passim, 1129, 1133; Guarded City 751; Mundburg [guardian-fortress] 508, 509, 803, 804, 835, 978; Seven Gates 748; see also earlier name Minas Anor; Captains of 758; Gate of (Great Gate, Gate of Gondor) 750, 751, 752, 763, 764, 768–71 passim, 791, 809, 810, 819–24 passim, 827, 828, 829, 839, 843, 849, 850, 852, 855, 858, 861, 881, 966, 970, 1093; Lord(s) of see Stewards; men of the City (of the Tower of Guard) 358, 369, 370, 390, 883, 884, 891; mounds of 849; palantír of (Anor-stone) see Palantír; Second Gate of 827; see also Citadel of Gondor; House of the Kings; House of the Stewards; Houses of Healing; Lampwright’s Street (Rath Celerdain); Rath Dínen (Silent Street)
Minastan 1038
Mindolluin see Mount Mindolluin
Mines of Moria see Moria
Minhiriath 1041, 1089
Min-Rimmon (Rimmon) 747, 805, 832, 965, 1093, 1129; name 1129
Mirkwood (Great Wood, Wood, etc.) 3, 44, 47, 51, 52, 56, 57, 58, 74, 228, 240, 250, 253, 255, 256, 261, 273, 274, 335, 339, 375, 400, 432, 461, 472, 475, 491, 507, 532, 547, 585, 675, 684, 723, 765, 872, 968, 981, 1045, 1053, 1063, 1064, 1071, 1072, 1077, 1085, 1090, 1094, 1127, 1132; Eryn Lasgalen 1094; Greenwood the Great 3, 1045, 1046, 1048, 1080, 1082, 1084, 1085, 1094; Taur e-Ndaedelos 1134; Elven-king’s halls in 255, 547; Narrows 1094; Northern Mirkwood 240; Southern Mirkwood 352, 380, see also East Lórien; see also Woodmen
Mirror of Galadriel 361–4, 376, 731, 995, 1016, 1092
Mirrormere (Kheled-zâram) 283, 316, 317, 318, 321, 322, 333, 334, 356, 378, 547, 1071, 1074
Miruvor 290, 295, 310
Misty Mountains (Mountains of Mist) 3, 11, 52, 53, 54, 136, 149, 165, 186–7, 190, 200, 204, 208, 224, 227, 228, 231, 239, 240, 250, 251, 258, 262, 274, 275, 276, 281–7 passim, 295, 296, 297, 300, 301, 309, 331, 333, 337, 341, 342, 348, 353, 380, 400, 415, 429, 441, 450, 452, 458, 462, 468, 469, 475, 481, 499, 526, 552, 890, 982, 1023, 1039, 1040, 1043, 1053, 1054, 1058, 1063, 1064, 1070, 1071, 1082, 1084, 1085, 1087, 1089, 1090, 1127, 1129, 1131
Mitheithel see Hoarwell
Mithlond see Grey Havens
Mithrandir see Gandalf
Mithril [truesilver] 317, 318, 322, 753, 1071, 1082; Moria-silver 317; mithril coat (mail) 13, 277–8, 317–18, 336, 731, 889, 902, 918, 954, 955, 986, 1094
Moon (Ithil) 684; and livery of Minas Morgul 903, 913; and Shire calendar 1107; new after Lothlórien 384, 385, 388–9; White Face, so called by Gollum 616, 629, 630, 686, 687
Morannon [black gate] (the Black Gate(s) of Mordor, Sauron’s gate) 243, 253, 373, 619, 625, 628, 630, 631, 634–9 passim, 642, 646, 648, 649, 652, 691, 692, 694, 702, 816, 819, 883–91 passim, 928, 933, 949, 962, 963, 1049, 1093
Mordor (Black Country, Black Land, Dark Country, Land of Shadow, Nameless Land, etc.) 43–4, 50, 51, 58, 147, 168, 176, 185, 186, 193, 214, 222, 223, 226, 241–5 passim, 248, 250–5 passim, 259, 262, 267, 275, 277, 288, 324, 368, 373, 386, 390, 395, 396, 398, 399, 401, 403, 406, 407, 415, 419, 425, 433, 436, 452, 460, 472, 496, 497, 498, 511, 516, 527, 555, 580, 582, 584, 585, 589, 595, 600, 603, 604, 609, 616, 625, 628–32 passim, 636–9 passim, 642–7 passim, 651, 665, 682, 691, 694, 699, 702, 707, 710, 711, 730, 733, 748, 764, 781, 796, 799, 801, 807, 815, 822, 828, 848, 856, 861, 874, 876, 878, 881, 882, 885–91 passim, 897–901 passim, 905, 907, 911, 912, 915, 917–22 passim, 926–9 passim, 933, 935, 945, 947, 948, 949, 952, 954, 957, 966, 996, 1018, 1037, 1045, 1048, 1049, 1051, 1053, 1055, 1056, 1060, 1070, 1078, 1083–90 passim, 1131, 1132; allies of 875, see also names of allies, e.g. Haradrim; captains of 1131; gates of see Morannon; host(s) of 779, 798, 823, 838, 847, 848, 891, 948; language of see Black Speech; slaves of 814, 968; walls of see Ephel Dúath, Ered Lithui; see also Darkness; Nazgûl; Orcs; Shadow
Morgai 899, 900, 916, 917, 920–4, 927, 1094
Morgoth (Dark Power of the North, Darkness in the North, the Great Enemy, the Shadow) [evil Vala, prime Enemy] 193, 356, 476, 486, 914, 1033, 1034, 1035, 1041, 1071, 1072, 1082, 1128, 1131, 1137; servant of see Sauron
Morgul-knife 195, 198, 203, 210, 222, 988
Morgul-lord see Witch-king
Morgul Pass 885, 900
Morgul-road (Morgul-way) 916, 920, 923, 1093
Morgul-spells 246
Morgul Vale (Imlad Morgul [Imlad = deep valley], Valley of Living Death, Valley of the Wraiths, etc.) 253, 694, 697, 699, 704, 709, 710, 711, 717, 720, 724, 734, 812, 885, 887, 935, 958, 969, 1053, 1094
Morgulduin 697, 704, 705
Moria (Mines of Moria, Khazad-dûm, the Black Pit, Dwarf-kingdom, halls of Durin, etc.) 240, 241, 242, 268, 283, 287, 295, 296, 297, 300, 303, 306, 310–23 passim, 333–8 passim, 344, 349, 355, 356, 359, 360, 368, 383, 384, 387, 400, 416, 435, 436, 446, 472, 501, 502, 535, 548, 562, 570, 644, 658, 663, 670, 677, 759, 934, 1071–6 passim, 1079, 1082, 1083, 1084, 1087–92 passim, 1096, 1118, 1137; Dwarrowdelf 283, 315, 1137; bridge of (Bridge of Khazad-dûm, Durin’s Bridge) 322, 328–31, 356, 360, 501, 1092; doors of (Doors of Durin, Elven Door, Hollin gate, West-gate) [west entrance to Moria, made by dwarves but controlled by spell of Celebrimbor] 297–311 passim, 322, 1082, 1091, 1092, 1120, 1122; First Deep 328; First Hall 328, 329, 331; Great Gates (Dimrill Gate, East-gate) 297, 315, 318, 321, 322, 323, 327, 328, 331, 332, 333, 334, 335, 338, 985, 1073, 1075, 1088; Lord of 303; name 1137; North-end (Twenty-first hall) 321, 323; Second Hall 328–9; Seventh Level of 323; Third deep, upper armouries 322; Walls of 301–3; see also Book of Mazarbul; Chamber of Mazarbul; Dwarves of Moria
Moria, Mountains of 333, 1096; see also Caradhras; Celebdil; Fanuidhol
Moria-silver see Mithril
Morthond (Blackroot) 770, 788, 849, 1115; archers of 858; uplands of 770
Morthond Vale (Blackroot Vale) 770, 788; men of 788–9
Morwen ‘Steelsheen’ 1069, 1070
Mound of the Riders 551–2, 596, 773
Mounds see Barrows
Mount Doom (Orodruin, Amon Amarth, Mountain of Fire, etc.) 61, 62, 63, 242, 243, 245, 280, 285, 401, 402, 624, 644, 682, 808, 899, 900, 905, 911, 914, 916, 917, 918, 920, 923, 924, 927, 933, 936–7, 950, 1037, 1055, 1083, 1089, 1094, 1134; name (Orodruin) 1134; see also Crack(s) of Doom; Sammath Naur
Mount Everwhite see Oiolossë
Mount Fang see Orthanc
Mount Mindolluin (Mindolluin) 600, 684, 751, 752, 760, 771, 808, 814, 826, 829, 834, 836, 848, 957, 970, 972, 976
Mountain and the Wood see Erebor and Lothlórien [or Dwarves and Elves generally]
Mountain Wall (= Pelóri) 236
Mountains of Gondor see White Mountains
Mountains of Lune see Blue Mountains
Mountains of Moria see Moria, Mountains of
Mountains of Shadow see Ephel Dúath
Mountains of Terror (= Ered Gorgoroth) 193, 723
Mouth of Sauron (Lieutenant of the Tower, Messenger) 888–92 passim
Mugwort, surname 155
Mugwort, Mr. 161
Mûmak (pl. mûmakil) see Oliphaunt
Mundburg see Minas Tirith
Muzgash 905
Náin, father of Dáin II 1074, 1075, 1079
Náin I 1072, 1079, 1087
Náin II 1079
Naith of Lórien (Tongue, Gore) 347, 350, 372, 373, 377
Náli 322
Nameless Enemy, One see Sauron
Nameless Land see Mordor
Nameless Pass see Cirith Ungol
Nameless, gnawing things 501
Nan Curunír (Wizard’s Vale, Valley of Saruman) 487, 526, 552, 553–4, 563, 565, 571, 589
Nan-tasarion see Tasarinan
Nanduhirion see Dimrill Dale
Nár 1073
Narchost see Towers of the Teeth
Nardol 747, 805, 834
Nargothrond 316, 357, 1042, 1082, 1115, 1128
Narmacil I 1038, 1044, 1045, 1046
Narmacil II 1038, 1048, 1049, 1050, 1086
Narrow Ice (= Helcaraxë) 234
Narsil (sword that was broken, sword of Elendil) [red and white flame] 170, 171, 243, 244, 246, 247, 248, 268, 276–7, 433, 438, 511, 534, 658, 664, 677, 780, 848, 1043, 1057, 1085, 1089; reforged 276–7, see also Andúril
Narvi 306
Narya (the Third Ring, the Ring of Fire) 1030, 1085
Naugrim see Dwarves
Nazgûl (Ringwraiths, Black Riders, Fell Riders, Black Men, the Nine, Nine Riders, Nine Lords, Messengers of Mordor, Winged Messenger, Shriekers, etc.) 51, 69, 74–6, 78, 79, 80, 83–97 passim, 99, 102, 106, 107, 108, 127, 132, 147, 152, 164–9 passim, 172, 173, 176, 177, 180, 183, 188, 189, 190, 194–202 passim, 209–15 passim, 220–4 passim, 244, 245, 249, 250, 254–67 passim, 273, 274, 275, 278, 279, 295, 387, 388, 446, 451, 452, 472, 498, 501, 566, 593, 595, 599, 600, 629–35 passim, 645, 692, 703, 737, 738, 747, 764, 766, 773, 793, 809, 810, 816, 820, 821, 824, 860, 864, 879, 885–8 passim, 906, 913, 915, 918–19, 925–6, 938, 946–51 passim, 990, 1014, 1027, 1049, 1051, 1053, 1083–9 passim, 1093; cry of 607, 609, 629–30, 766, 808–9, 915, 916, 919, 925; city of see Minas Morgul; darkness of see Black Breath; Lord of see Witch-king; mounted on winged creatures 387, 446, 593, 595, 599, 629–30, 645, 809, 810, 816, 864, 913, 915, 916, 918–19, 938, 946, 948, 1091, 1092; senses of 75, 189, 222, 630
Necromancer see Sauron
Neekerbreekers 183
Neldoreth (Taur-na-neldor) 193, 469, 1058
Nen Hithoel 368, 393, 1046
Nenuial see Evendim, Lake
Nenya (the Ring of Adamant) 365, 366, 388, 985, 1028, 1085
New Age 979
New Reckoning 1112
New Row 1022
New Year 952; of the Elves 1094, 1112
Nicotiana see Pipe-weed
Night of Naught 234
Nimbrethil 233
Nimloth see White Tree
Nimrodel, elf 339–41 passim, 1087, 1127; Lay of 824; name 1127; people of 824, 872
Nimrodel, river 338, 339, 341, 342, 345, 346, 347, 384, 1092
Nimrodel, Bridge of 339
Nimrodel, falls of 340, 341, 344
Nindalf (Wetwang) 373, 1113
Nine (Nine Riders, Nine Servants) see Nazgûl
Nine Rings see Rings of Power
Nine Walkers (Nine Companions) see Company of the Ring
Niphredil 350, 351, 1060, 1063
Noakes 22, 23
Nob 153, 154, 165, 168, 169, 173, 174, 179, 180, 990, 991, 994
Nogrod 1071
Noldor see Eldar
Noman-lands 373, 631
Norbury see Fornost
Nori 229, 1079
North, the (Northerland, etc.) 8, 150, 198, 221, 243, 248, 252, 266, 340, 374, 432, 547, 678, 748; palantír of 1040, 1042; see also names of lands in the North of Middle-earth, e.g. Beleriand
North Downs 244, 993, 1040, 1041, 1051
North-gate see Buckland
North Kingdom (Northern Kingdom) see Arnor
North Moors 44, 45
North Road see Greenway
North Stair see Stair, the, by Rauros
North-tooks of Long Cleeve 1103
Northern Fences, of Lothlórien 370
Northfarthing 9, 44, 288, 649, 1016, 1024, 1088; see also Battle of Greenfields
Northmen 1045, 1046, 1072
North-way see West Road
Númenor (Westernesse), island realm 4, 15, 52, 194, 236, 242, 597, 676, 678, 679, 682, 782, 789, 825, 868, 962, 1035–7, 1042, 1043, 1047, 1082, 1083, 1084, 1128; Elenna, Isle of 1035; Land of the Star 1048; calendar of see Kings’ Reckoning; Downfall of (Akallabêth) 242, 1035, 1108, 1129; Kings and Queens of 194, 1035, 1037, 1049, 1063; King’s Court 1110; languages of 1128–9, see also Adûnaic; men of see Númenóreans; name 1128; Seeing Stones of see Palantír
Númenóreans, of the island realm (Men of the Sea) 8, 476, 485, 679, 1048, 1117, 1128; the Faithful (Exiles) 1036, 1037, 1084; Black Númenóreans (King’s Men) 888, 1044–5; Númenóreans who became Nazgûl 692; in Middle-earth after the Downfall (Kings of Men, Men of race or blood of Númenor, Westernesse, etc.) 4, 52, 233, 242, 244, 245, 259, 268, 343, 399, 400, 496, 628, 641, 659, 670, 672, 677–8, 759, 810, 824, 832, 900, 965, 1048, 10
49, 1052, 1131, see also Dúnedain; Fathers of see Edain; Rulers (Kings, Chieftains) of the Realms in Exile 149, 221, 967, 1033, 1037–9, 1046, 1061; works of Númenóreans, of Westernesse specifically mentioned see Minas Tirith; Orthanc; Seat of Seeing; Swords, from barrow
Núrnen, Lake (inland sea) 636, 923, 968
Oath of Eorl see Eorl the Young: Oath of
Oathbreakers see Dead, the
Ohtar 243, 1085
Óin, son of Glóin 1079
Óin, son of Gróin 229, 241, 322, 1079
Oiolossë (Mount Everwhite) 377, 378
Old Forest 22, 98, 99, 103, 107, 108, 109–21 passim, 128, 129, 130, 135, 136, 147, 151, 177, 219, 265, 442, 468, 472, 996, 998, 1040, 1091; see also Bonfire Glade
Old Grange 1016
Old Guesthouse 768
Old man at Door of the Dead 798
Old Man Willow see Willow, Old Man
Old Road see East-West Road
Old Toby 8
Old Winyards 38, 68
Old Words and Names in the Shire 15
Old World, North-west of 2
Oldbuck family 9, 98, 1043, 1087, 1104, 1138; see also Brandybuck family
Oldbuck, Gorhendad 98, 1104
Oliphaunt (mûmak) 661, 662, 675, 811, 828, 843, 845, 846, 848, 858, 937, 957, 646, 647, 662, 987
Olog-hai see Trolls
Olórin see Gandalf
Ondoher 1038, 1039, 1049, 1050, 1086
One, the (= Eru, Ilúvatar) 1037, 1063
One Ring see Ring, the
Onodrim see Ents
Orcrist 280
Orcs (gorgûn, yrch) 5, 54, 55, 57, 255–6, 298, 309, 310, 317, 327, 342, 344, 395, 396, 397, 413, 414, 415, 418–28 passim, 431–41 passim, 444–61 passim, 464, 466, 481, 489–90, 586, 646, 657, 729, 755, 766, 779, 924–6, 955, 979, 1040, 1057, 1088, 1092; goblins 181, 337, 389, 444; of Cirith Ungol, Minas Morgul 735–6, 742, 897–905 passim, 910–16 passim, 1093; from Durthang 930–2, 1094; of Moria, Misty Mountains 11, 13, 44, 52, 227, 296, 322, 324–5, 329, 330, 331, 334–7 passim, 345–6, 349, 383, 400, 415, 422, 446, 447, 449, 451, 452, 454, 677, 955, 1043, 1054, 1064, 1068–9, 1070, 1073–9 passim, 1085, 1087, 1131; of Mordor (Sauron, Orcs of the Eye, Enemy) 222, 386–7, 390, 437, 446, 451–4 passim, 498, 604, 616, 619, 620, 621, 625, 628, 636, 637, 642, 651, 659, 665, 702, 713, 717, 724, 725, 742, 800, 820, 821, 822, 828–35 passim, 837, 839, 848, 883, 884, 885, 892, 921, 923, 924–6, 928–31 passim, 942, 949, 1054, 1131; Uruks of Mordor 324, 325, 738, 932, 1053, 1131; Orcs of Saruman 260, 261, 472–5 passim, 483, 486, 498, 521, 527, 529–47 passim, 551, 553, 560–74 passim, 588; Uruk-hai (Isengarders, with device of White Hand) 415–16, 422, 425, 437, 440, 445–57 passim, 539–40, 984, 1131; alphabets of 1118; half-orcs 566; languages of 445, 1114, 1117, 1131, 1134; made in mockery of Elves 486; poisoned blades of 336; and sunlight 329, 334, 425; see also names of individual orcs, e.g. Grishnákh
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