Aglon ‘The Narrow Pass’, between Dorthonion and the heights to the west of Himring.
Ainulindalë ‘The Music of the Ainur’, also called The (Great) Music, The (Great) Song. Also the name of the account of Creation said to have been composed by Rúmil of Tirion in the Elder Days.
Ainur ‘The Holy Ones’ (singular Ainu); the first beings created by Ilúvatar, the ‘order’ of the Valar and Maiar, made before Eä.
Akallabêth ‘The Downfallen’, Adûnaic (Númenórean) word equivalent in meaning to Quenya Atalantë. Also the title of the account of the Downfall of Númenor.
Alcarinquë ‘The Glorious’, name of a star.
Alcarondas The great ship of Ar-Pharazôn in which he sailed to Aman.
Aldaron ‘Lord of Trees’, a Quenya name of the Vala Oromë; cf. Tauron.
Aldudénië ‘Lament for the Two Trees’, made by a Vanyarin Elf named Elemmirë.
Almaren The first abode of the Valar in Arda, before the second onslaught of Melkor: an isle in a great lake in the midst of Middle-earth.
Alqualondë ‘Haven of the Swans’, the chief city and haven of the Teleri on the shores of Aman.
Aman ‘Biessed, free from evil’, the name of the land in the West, beyond the Great Sea, in which the Valar dwelt after they had left the Isle of Almaren. Often referred to as the Blessed Realm. Passim.
Amandil ‘Lover of Aman’; the last lord of Andúnië in Númenor, descendant of Elros and father of Elendil; set out on a voyage to Valinor and did not return.
Amarië Vanyarin Elf, beloved of Finrod Felagund, who remained in Valinor.
Amlach Son of Imlach son of Marach; a leader of dissension among the Men of Estolad who, repenting, took service with Maedhros.
Amon Amarth ‘Mount Doom’, the name given to Orodruin when its fires awoke again after Sauron’s return from Númenor.
Amon Ereb ‘The Lonely Hill’ (also simply Ereb), between Ramdal and the river Gelion in East Beleriand.
Amon Ethir ‘The Hill of Spies’, raised by Finrod Felagund to the east of the doors of Nargothrond.
Amon Gwareth The hill upon which Gondolin was built, in the midst of the plain of Tumladen.
Amon Obel A hill in the midst of the Forest of Brethil, on which was built Ephel Brandir.
Amon Rûdh ‘The Bald Hill’, a lonely height in the lands south of Brethil; abode of Mîm, and lair of Túrin’s outlaw band.
Amon Sûl ‘Hill of the Wind’, in the Kingdom of Arnor (‘Weathertop’ in The Lord of the Rings).
Amon Uilos Sindarin name of Oiolossë.
Amras Twin-brother of Amrod, youngest of the sons of Fëanor; slain with Amrod in the attack on Eärendil’s people at the Mouths of Sirion.
Amrod See Amras.
Anach Pass leading down from Taur-nu-Fuin (Dorthonion) at the western end of Ered Gorgoroth.
Anadûnê ‘Westernesse’: name of Númenor in the Adûnaic (Númenórean) tongue (see Númenor).
Anar Quenya name of the Sun.
Anárion Younger son of Elendil, who with his father and his brother Isildur escaped from the Drowning of Númenor and founded in Middle-earth the Númenórean realms in exile; lord of Minas Anor; slain in the siege of Barad-dûr.
Anarríma Name of a constellation.
Ancalagon Greatest of the winged dragons of Morgoth, destroyed by Eärendil.
Andor ‘The Land of Gift’: Númenor.
Andram ‘The Long Wall’, name of the dividing fall running across Beleriand.
Androth Caves in the hills of Mithrim where Tuor was fostered by the Grey-elves.
Anduin ‘The Long River’, east of the Misty Mountains; referred to also as the Great River and the River.
Andúnië City and haven on the west coast of Númenor.
Anfauglir A name of the wolf Carcharoth, translated in the text as ‘Jaws of Thirst’.
Anfauglith Name of the plain of Ard-galen after its desolation by Morgoth in the Battle of Sudden Flame; translated in the text as ‘the Gasping Dust’. Cf. Dor-nu-Fauglith.
Angainor The chain wrought by Aulë with which Melkor was twice bound.
Angband ‘Iron Prison, Hell of Iron’, the great dungeon-fortress of Morgoth in the Northwest of Middle-earth. The Siege of Angband.
Anghabar ‘Iron-delvings’, a mine in the Encircling Mountains about the plain of Gondolin.
Anglachel The sword made from meteoritic iron that Thingol received from Eöl and which he gave to Beleg; after its reforging for Túrin named Gurthang.
Angrenost ‘Iron Fortress’, Númenórean fortress on the west borders of Gondor, afterwards inhabited by the wizard Curunír (Saruman); see Isengard.
Angrim Father of Gorlim the Unhappy.
Angrist ‘Iron-cleaver’, the knife made by Telchar of Nogrod, taken from Curufin by Beren and used by him to cut the Silmaril from Morgoth’s crown.
Angrod The third son of Finarfin, who with his brother Aegnor held the northern slopes of Dorthonion; slain in the Dagor Bragollach.
Anguirel Eöl’s sword, made of the same metal as Anglachel.
Annael Grey-elf of Mithrim, fosterfather of Tuor.
Annatar ‘Lord of Gifts’, name given to himself by Sauron in the Second Age, in that time when he appeared in a fair form among the Eldar who remained in Middle-earth.
Annon-in-Gelydh ‘Gate of the Noldor’, entrance to a subterranean water-course in the western hills of Dor-lómin, leading to Cirith Ninniach.
Annúminas ‘Tower of the West’ (i.e. of Westernesse, Númenor); city of the Kings of Arnor beside Lake Nenuial.
Anor See Minas Anor.
Apanónar ‘The Afterborn’, an Elvish name for Men.
Aradan Sindarin name of Malach, son of Marach.
Aragorn The thirty-ninth Heir of Isildur in the direct line; King of the reunited realms of Arnor and Gondor after the War of the Ring; wedded Arwen, daughter of Elrond. Called the Heir of Isildur.
Araman Barren wasteland on the coast of Aman, between the Pelóri and the Sea, extending northward to the Helcaraxë.
Aranel Name of Dior Thingol’s Heir.
Aranrúth ‘King’s Ire’, the name of Thingol’s sword. Aranrúth survived the ruin of Doriath and was possessed by the Kings of Númenor.
Aranwë Elf of Gondolin, father of Voronwë.
Aratan Second son of Isildur, slain with him at the Gladden Fields.
Aratar ‘The Exalted’, the eight Valar of greatest power.
Arathorn Father of Aragorn.
Arda ‘The Realm’, name of the Earth as the Kingdom of Manwë.
Ard-galen The great grassy plain north of Dorthonion, called after its desolation Anfauglith and Dor-nu-Fauglith. The name means ‘the Green Region’; cf. Calen-ardhon (Rohan).
Aredhel ‘Noble Elf’, the sister of Turgon of Gondolin, who was ensnared by Eöl in Nan Elmoth and bore to him Maeglin; called also Ar-Feiniel, the White Lady of the Noldor, the White Lady of Gondolin.
Ar-Feiniel See Aredhel.
Ar-Gimilzôr Twenty-third King of Númenor, persecutor of the Elendili.
Argonath ‘King-stones’, the Pillars of the Kings, great carvings of Isildur and Anárion on the Anduin at the entrance to the northern bounds of Gondor (see The Fellowship of the Ring II 9).
Arien A Maia, chosen by the Valar to guide the vessel of the Sun.
Armenelos City of the Kings in Númenor.
Arminas See Gelmir (2).
Arnor ‘Land of the King’, the northern realm of the Númenóreans in Middle-earth, established by Elendil after his escape from the Drowning of Númenor.
Aros The southern river of Doriath.
Arossiach The Fords of Aros, near the north-eastern edge of Doriath.
Ar-Pharazôn ‘The Golden’, twenty-fifth and last King of Númenor; named in Quenya Tar-Calion; captor of Sauron, by whom he was seduced; commander of the great fleet that went against Aman.
Ar-Sakalthôr Father of Ar-Gimilzôr.
Arthad One of the twelve companions of Barahir on Dorthonion.
Ar-Zimraphel See Míriel (2).
Ascar The most northerly of the tributaries of Gelion in Ossiriand (afterwards called Rathlóriel). The name means ‘rushing, impetuous’.
Astaldo ‘The Valiant’, name of the Vala Tulkas.
Atalantë ‘The Downfallen’, Quenya word equivalent in meaning to Akallabêth.
Atanamir See Tar-Atanamir.
Atanatári ‘Fathers of Men’; see Atani.
Atani ‘The Second People’, Men (singular Atan). Since in Beleriand for a long time the only Men known to the Noldor and Sindar were those of the Three Houses of the Elf-friends, this name (in the Sindarin form Adan, plural Edain) became specially associated with them, so that it was seldom applied to other Men who came later to Beleriand, or who were reported to be dwelling beyond the Mountains. But in the speech of Ilúvatar (35) the meaning is ‘Men (in general)’.
Aulë A Vala, one of the Aratar, the smith and master of crafts, spouse of Yavanna; and for his making of the Dwarves.
Avallónë Haven and city of the Eldar on Tol Eressëa, so named, according to the Akallabêth, ‘for it is of all cities the nearest to Valinor’.
Avari ‘The Unwilling, the Refusers’, the name given to all those Elves who refused to join the westward march from Cuiviénen. See Eldar and Dark Elves.
Avathar ‘The Shadows’, the forsaken land on the coast of Aman south of the Bay of Eldamar, between the Pelóri and the Sea, where Melkor met Ungoliant.
Azaghâl Lord of the Dwarves of Belegost; wounded Glaurung in the Nirnaeth Arnoediad, and was killed by him.
Balanz The name of Bëor the Old before he took service with Finrod.
Balar The great bay to the south of Beleriand into which the river Sirion flowed. Also the isle in the bay, said to have been the eastern horn of Tol Eressëa that broke away, where Círdan and Gil-galad dwelt after the Nirnaeth Arnoediad.
Balrog ‘Demon of Might’, Sindarin form (Quenya Valarauko) of the name of the demons of fire that served Morgoth.
Barad-dûr ‘The Dark Tower’ of Sauron in Mordor.
Barad Eithel ‘Tower of the Well’, the fortress of the Noldor at Eithel Sirion.
Barad Nimras ‘White Horn Tower’, raised by Finrod Felagund on the cape west of Eglarest.
Baragund Father of Morwen the wife of Húrin; nephew of Barahir and one of his twelve companions on Dorthonion.
Barahir Father of Beren; rescued Finrod Felagund in the Dagor Bragollach, and received from him his ring; slain on Dorthonion. For the later history of the ring of Barahir, which became an heirloom of the House of Isildur, see The Lord of the Rings Appendix A (I, iii).
Baran Elder son of Bëor the Old.
Baranduin ‘The Brown River’ in Eriador, flowing into the Sea south of the Blue Mountains; the Brandywine of the Shire in The Lord of the Rings.
Bar-en-Danwedh ‘House of Ransom’, the name that Mîm the Dwarf gave to his dwelling on Amon Rûdh when he yielded it to Túrin.
Battles of Beleriand The first battle: The second battle (the Battle-under-Stars): see Dagor-nuin-Giliath. The third battle (the Glorious Battle): see Dagor Aglareb. The fourth battle (the Battle of Sudden Flame): see Dagor Bragollach. The fifth battle (Unnumbered Tears): see Nirnaeth Arnoediad. The Great Battle.
Bauglir A name of Morgoth: ‘the Constrainer’.
Beleg A great archer and chief of the marchwardens of Doriath; called Cúthalion ‘Strongbow’; friend and companion of Túrin, by whom he was slain.
Belegaer ‘The Great Sea’ of the West, between Middle-earth and Aman. Named Belegaer; but very frequently called the (Great) Sea, also the Western Sea and the Great Water.
Belegost ‘Great Fortress’, one of the two cities of the Dwarves in the Blue Mountains; translation into Sindarin of Dwarvish Gabilgathol. See Mickleburg.
Belegund Father of Rían the wife of Huor; nephew of Barahir and one of his twelve companions on Dorthonion.
Beleriand The name was said to have signified ‘the country of Balar’, and to have been given at first to the lands about the mouths of Sirion that faced the Isle of Balar. Later the name spread to include all the ancient coast of the Northwest of Middle-earth south of the Firth of Drengist, and all the inner lands south of Hithlum and eastwards to the feet of the Blue Mountains, divided by the river Sirion into East and West Beleriand. Beleriand was broken in the turmoils at the end of the First Age, and invaded by the sea, so that only Ossiriand (Lindon) remained.
Belfalas Region on the southern coast of Gondor looking on to the great bay of the same name; Bay of Belfalas
Belthil ‘Divine radiance’, the image of Telperion made by Turgon in Gondolin.
Belthronding The bow of Beleg Cúthalion, which was buried with him.
Bëor Called the Old; leader of the first Men to enter Beleriand; vassal of Finrod Felagund; progenitor of the House of Bëor (called also the Eldest House of Men and The First House of the Edain); see Balan. House of, People of, Bëor
Bereg Grandson of Baran son of Bëor the Old (this is not stated in the text); a leader of dissension among the Men of Estolad; went back over the mountains into Eriador.
Beren Son of Barahir; cut a Silmaril from Morgoth’s crown to be the bride-price of Lúthien Thingol’s daughter, and was slain by Carcharoth the wolf of Angband; but returning from the dead, alone of mortal Men, lived afterwards with Lúthien on Tol Galen in Ossiriand, and fought with the Dwarves at Sarn Athrad. Great-grandfather of Elrond and Elros and ancestor of the Númenórean Kings. Called also Camlost, Erchamion, and One-hand.
Black Land See Mordor.
Black Sword See Mormegil.
Black Years
Blessed Realm See Aman.
Blue Mountains See Ered Luin and Ered Lindon.
Bór A chieftain of the Easterlings, follower with his three sons of Maedhros and Maglor. Sons of Bór.
Borlach One of the three sons of Bór; slain with his brothers in the Nirnaeth Arnoediad.
Borlad One of the three sons of Bór; see Borlach.
Boromir Great-grandson of Bëor the Old, grandfather of Barahir father of Beren; first lord of Ladros.
Boron Father of Boromir.
Borthand One of the three sons of Bór; see Borlach.
Bragollach See Dagor Bragollach.
Brandir Called the Lame; ruler of the People of Haleth after the death of Handir his father; enamoured of Nienor; slain by Túrin.
Bregolas Father of Baragund and Belegund; slain in the Dagor Bragollach.
Bregor Father of Barahir and Bregolas.
Brethil The forest between the rivers Teiglin and Sirion, dwelling-place of the Haladin (the People of Haleth).
Bridge of Esgalduin See Iant Iaur.
Brilthor ‘Glittering Torrent’, the fourth of the tributaries of Gelion in Ossiriand.
Brithiach The ford over Sirion north of the Forest of Brethil.
Brithombar The northern of the Havens of the Falas on the coast of Beleriand.
Brithon The river that flowed into the Great Sea at Brithombar.
Brodda An Easterling in Hithlum after the Nirnaeth Arnoediad who took as wife Aerin, kinswoman of Húrin; slain by Túrin.
Cabed-en-Aras Deep gorge in the river Teiglin, where Túrin slew Glaurung, and where Nienor leapt to her death; see Cabed Naeramarth.
Cabed Naeramarth ‘Leap of Dreadful Doom’, name givento Cabed-en-Aras after Nienor leapt from its cliffs.
Calacirya ‘Cleft of Light’, the pass made in the mountains of the Pelóri, in which was raised the green hill of Túna.
Calaquendi ‘Elves of the Light’, those Elves who lived or had lived in Aman (the High Elves). See Moriquendi and Dark Elves.
Calenardhon ‘The Green Province’, name of Rohan when it was the northern part of Gondor; cf. Ard-galen.
Camlost ‘Empty-handed’, name take
n by Beren after his return to King Thingol without the Silmaril.
Caragdûr The precipice on the north side of Amon Gwareth (the hill of Gondolin) from which Eöl was cast to his death.
Caranthir The fourth son of Fëanor, called the Dark; ‘the harshest of the brothers and the most quick to anger’; ruled in Thargelion; slain in the assault on Doriath.
Carcharoth The great wolf of Angband that bit off the hand of Beren bearing the Silmaril; slain by Huan in Doriath. The name is translated in the text as ‘the Red Maw’. Called also Anfauglir.
Cardolan Region in the south of Eriador, a part of the Kingdom of Arnor.
Carnil Name of a (red) star.
Celeborn (1) ‘Tree of Silver’, name of the Tree of Tol Eressëa, a scion of Galathilion.
Celeborn (2) Elf of Doriath, kinsman of Thingol; wedded Galadriel and with her remained in Middle-earth after the end of the First Age.
Celebrant ‘Silver Lode’, river running from Mirrormere through Lothórien to join the Anduin.
Celebrimbor ‘Hand of Silver’, son of Curufin, who remained in Nargothrond when his father was expelled. In the Second Age greatest of the smiths of Eregion; maker of the Three Rings of the Elves; slain by Sauron.
Celebrindal ‘Silverfoot’; see Idril.
Celebros ‘Silver Foam’ or ‘Silver Rain’, a stream in Brethil falling down to Teiglin near the Crossings.
Celegorm The third son of Fëanor, called the Fair; until the Dagor Bragollach lord of the region of Himlad with Curufin his brother; dwelt in Nargothrond and imprisoned Lúthien; master of Huan the wolfhound; slain by Dior in Menegroth.
Celon River flowing southwest from the Hill of Himring, a tributary of Aros. The name means ‘stream flowing down from heights’.
Children of Ilúvatar Also Children of Eru: translations of Híni Ilúvataro, Eruhíni; the Firstborn and the Followers, Elves and Men. Also The Children, Children of the Earth, Children of the World.
Círdan ‘The Shipwright’; Telerin Elf, lord of the Falas (coasts of West Beleriand); at the destruction of the Havens after the Nirnaeth Arnoediad escaped with Gil-galad to the Isle of Balar; during the Second and Third Ages keeper of the Grey Havens in the Gulf of Lhûn; at the coming of Mithrandir entrusted to him Narya, the Ring of Fire.
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