The Silmarillion

by J. R. R. Tolkien

  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’). 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 The Elder Children of Ilúvatar, the Elves.

  Followers, The 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, one 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 (1) 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 Inzilbêth 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. Annonin-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.
<
br />   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 of Tumhalad.

  Hadhodrond The Sindarin name of Khazad-dûm (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 Glóredhel, 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 Halmir of Brethil; wedded Galdor of Dorlómin; 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 Lhûn. 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-Adûnakhôr.

  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-Dómin, 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.

  Inziladûn Elder son of Ar-Gimilzôr and Inzilbêth; afterwards named Tar-Palantir.

  Inzilbêth 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 IvrinSee Eithel Ivr
in.

  kelvar An Elvish word retained in the speeches of Yavanna and Manwë in Chapter 2: ‘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-dûm The great mansions of the Dwarves of Durin’s race in the Misty Mountains (Hadhodrond, Moria). See Khazâd; dûm is probably a plural or collective, meaning ‘excavations, halls, mansions’.

  Khîm Son of Mîm the Petty-dwarf, slain by one of Túrin’s outlaw band.

  King’s Men Númenóreans hostile to the Eldar and the Elendili.

  Kinslaying, The 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 lenn-mbass ‘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 westward journey from Cuiviénen (the Nandor); father of Denethor.