In the final version (?) Túrin and Hunthor were only part way up the further side when Túrin said that they were wasting their strength in climbing up now, before they knew where Glaurung would cross; ‘they halted therefore and waited’. It is not said that they descended from where they were when they ceased to climb, and the passage concerning Túrin’s dream ‘in which all his will was given to clinging’ reappears from the draft text. But in the revised story there was no need for them to cling: they could and surely would have descended to the bottom and waited there. In fact, this is what they did: it is said in the final text (Unfinished Tales, p. 134) that they were not standing in Glaurung’s path and that Túrin ‘clambered along the water-edge to come beneath him’. It seems then that the final story carries an unneeded trait from the previous draft. To give it coherence I have emended (?) ‘since they were not standing right in Glaurung’s path’ to ‘since they were not right in Glaurung’s path’, and ‘clambered along the water-edge’ to ‘clambered along the cliff’.
These are small matters in themselves, but they clarify what are perhaps the most sharply visualised scenes in the legends of the Elder Days, and one of the greatest events.
LIST OF NAMES IN
THE TALE OF THE CHILDREN
OF HúRIN
Names that appear in the map of Beleriand are followed by an asterisk.
Adanedhel ‘Elf-man’, name given to Túrin in Nargothrond.
Aerin A kinswoman of Húrin in Dor-lómin, taken as wife by Brodda the Easterling.
Agarwaen ‘Bloodstained’, name taken by Túrin when he came to Nargothrond.
Ainur ‘The Holy Ones’, the first beings created by Ilúvatar, who were before the World: the Valar and the Maiar (‘spirits of the same order as the Valar but of less degree’).
Algund Man of Dor-lómin, member of the outlaw band that Túrin joined.
Amon Darthir* A peak in the range of Ered Wethrin south of Dor-lómin.
Amon Ethir ‘Hill of Spies’, a great earthwork raised by Finrod Felagund a league to the east of Nargothrond.
Amon Obel* A hill in the midst of the Forest of Brethil, on which was built Ephel Brandir.
Amon R?dh* ‘The Bald Hill’, a lonely height in the lands south of Brethil, abode of M?m.
Anach* Pass leading down from Taur-nu-Fuin at the western end of Ered Gorgoroth.
Andróg Man of Dor-lómin, a leader of the outlaw band that Túrin joined.
Anfauglith* ‘Gasping Dust’, the great plain north of Taur-nu-Fuin, once grassy and named Ardgalen, but transformed into a desert by Morgoth in the Battle of Sudden Flame.
Angband The great fortress of Morgoth in the North-west of Middle-earth.
Anglachel Beleg’s sword, the gift of Thingol; after its reforging for Túrin named Gurthang.
Angrod Third son of Finarfin, slain in the Dagor Bragollach.
Anguirel E?l’s sword.
Aranrúth ‘King’s Ire’, Thingol’s sword.
Arda The Earth.
Aredhel Sister of Turgon, wife of E?l.
Arminas Noldorin Elf who came with Gelmir to Nargothrond to warn Orodreth of its peril.
Arroch Húrin’s horse.
Arvernien* The coastlands of Beleriand west of Sirion’s mouths; named in Bilbo’s song in Rivendell.
Asgon Man of Dor-lómin who aided Túrin’s escape after the slaying of Brodda.
Azaghal Lord of the Dwarves of Belegost.
Barad Eithel ‘Tower of the Well’, the fortress of the Noldor at Eithel Sirion.
Baragund Father of Morwen; cousin of Beren.
Barahir Father of Beren; brother of Bregolas.
Bar-en-Danwedh ‘House of Ransom’, name given by M?m to his house.
Bar-en-Nibin-noeg ‘House of the Petty-dwarves’ on Amon R?dh.
Bar Erib A stronghold of Dor-Cúarthol south of Amon R?dh.
Battle of Unnumbered Tears See Nirnaeth Arnoediad.
Bauglir ‘The Constrainer’, name given to Morgoth.
Beleg Elf of Doriath, a great archer; friend and companion of Túrin. Called Cúthalion ‘Strongbow’.
Belegost ‘Great Fortress’, one of the two cities of the Dwarves in the Blue Mountains.
Belegund Father of Rían; brother of Baragund.
Beleriand* Lands west of the Blue Mountains in the Elder Days.
Belthronding Beleg’s bow.
B?or Leader of the first Men to enter Beleriand; progenitor of the House of B?or, one of the three Houses of the Edain.
Beren Man of the House of B?or, lover of Lúthien, who cut a Silmaril from Morgoth’s crown; called ‘One-hand’ and Camlost ‘Empty-handed’.
Black King, The Morgoth.
Black Sword, The Túrin’s name in Nargothrond; also the sword itself. See Mormegil.
Blue Mountains The great mountain chain (called Ered Luin and Ered Lindon) between Beleriand and Eriador in the Elder Days.
Bragollach See Dagor Bragollach.
Brandir Ruler of the People of Haleth in Brethil when Túrin came; son of Handir.
Bregolas Father of Baragund; Morwen’s grandfather.
Bregor Father of Barahir and Bregolas.
Brethil* Forest between the rivers Teiglin and Sirion; Men of Brethil, the People of Haleth.
Brithiach* Ford over Sirion north of the Forest of Brethil.
Brodda An Easterling in Hithlum after the Nirnaeth Arnoediad.
Cabed-en-Aras ‘The Deer’s Leap’, a deep gorge of the river Teiglin where Túrin slew Glaurung.
Cabed Naeramarth ‘The Leap of Dreadful Doom’, name given to Cabed-en-Aras after Ni?nor leapt from its cliffs.
Celebros Stream in Brethil falling down to Teiglin near the Crossings.
Children of Ilúvatar Elves and Men.
Círdan Called ‘the Shipwright’; lord of the Falas; at the destruction of the Havens after the Nirnaeth Arnoediad he escaped to the Isle of Balar in the south.
Crissaegrim* The mountain peaks south of Gondolin, where were the eyries of Thorondor.
Crossings of Teiglin* Fords where the old South Road to Nargothrond crossed the Teiglin.
Cúthalion ‘Strongbow’, name of Beleg.
Daeron Minstrel of Doriath.
Dagor Bragollach (also the Bragollach) The Battle of Sudden Flame, in which Morgoth ended the Siege of Angband.
Dark Lord, The Morgoth.
Deer’s Leap, The See Cabed-en-Aras.
Dimbar* The land between the rivers Sirion and Mindeb.
Dimrost ‘ The Rainy Stair’, the falls of Celebros in the Forest of Brethil, afterwards called Nen Girith.
Dor-Cúarthol ‘Land of Bow and Helm’, name given to the country defended by Túrin and Beleg from their lair on Amon R?dh.
Doriath* The kingdom of Thingol and Melian in the forests of Neldoreth and Region, ruled from Menegroth on the river Esgalduin.
Dorlas A man of consequence among the People of Haleth in the Forest of Brethil.
Dor-lómin* Region in the south of Hithlum given by King Fingolfin as a fief to the House of Hador; the home of Húrin and Morwen.
Dorthonion* ‘Land of Pines’, great forested highlands on the northern borders of Beleriand, afterwards named Taurnu-Fuin.
Drengist* Long firth of the sea piercing Ered Lómin, the Echoing Mountains.
Easterlings Tribes of Men who followed the Edain into Beleriand.
Echad i Sedryn (also the Echad) ‘Camp of the Faithful’, name given to M?m’s house on Amon R?dh.
Ecthelion Elf-lord of Gondolin.
Edain (singular Adan) The Men of the Three Houses of the Elf-friends.
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; the fortress of the Noldor in that place, also called Barad Eithel.
Eldali? The Elven-folk, equivalent to Eldar.
Eldar The Elves of the Great Journey out of the East to Beleriand.
Elder Children The Elves. See Children of Ilúvatar.
Eledhwen Name of Morwen, ‘Elfsheen’.
Encircling Mountains The mountains encircling Tumladen, the plain of Gondolin.
Enemy, The Morgoth.
E?l Called ‘the Dark Elf’, a great smith who dwelt in Nan Elmoth; maker of the sword Anglachel; father of Maeglin.
Ephel Brandir ‘The Fence of Brandir’, the enclosed dwellings of the Men of Brethil upon Amon Obel; also the Ephel.
Ered Gorgoroth* ‘Mountains of Terror’, the vast precipices in which Taur-nu-Fuin fell southward; also the Gorgoroth.
Ered Wethrin ‘Shadowy Mountains’, ‘Mountains of Shadow’, the great range forming the boundary of Hithlum on the east and south.
Esgalduin* The river of Doriath, dividing the forests of Neldoreth and Region and flowing into Sirion.
Exiles, The The Noldor who rebelled against the Valar and returned to Middle-earth.
Faelivrin Name given to Finduilas by Gwindor.
Fair Folk The Eldar.
Falas* The coastlands of Beleriand in the West.
F?anor Eldest son of Finw?, the first leader of the N