hort statement concerning each person and place. These statements are not epitomes of all that is said in the text, and for most of the central figures in the narrative are kept extremely brief; but such an index is inevitably bulky, and I have reduced its size in various ways.
The chief of these concerns the fact that very often the English translation of an Elvish name is also used as the name independently; thus for example the dwelling of King Thingol is called both Menegroth and 'The Thousand Caves' (and also both together). In most such cases I have combined the Elvish name and its translated meaning under one entry, with the result that the page-references are not restricted to the name that appears as the heading (e.g., those under Echoriath include those to 'Encircling Mountains'). The English renderings are given separate headings, but only with a simple direction to the main entry, and only if they occur independently. Words in inverted commas are translations; many of these occur in the text (as Tol Eress?a 'the Lonely Isle'), but I have added a great many others. Information about some names that are not translated is contained in the Appendix.
With the many titles and formal expressions in English whose Elvish originals are not given, such as 'the Elder King' and 'the Two Kindreds', I have been selective, but the great majority are registered. The references are in intention complete (and sometimes include pages where the subject of the entry occurs but is not actually mentioned by name) except in a very few cases where the name occurs very frequently indeed, as Beleriand, Valar. Here the word passim is used, but selected references are given to important passages; and in the entries for some of the Noldorin princes the many occurrences of the name that relate only to their sons or their houses have been eliminated.
References to The Lord of the Rings are by title of the volume, book, and chapter.
Adanedhel 'Elf-Man', name given to T?rin in Nargothrond. 258
Adunakh?r 'Lord of the West', name taken by the nineteenth King of N?menor, the first to do so in the Ad?naic (N?men?rean) tongue; his name in Quenya was Herun?men. 330
Adurant The sixth and most southerly of the tributaries of Gelion in Ossiriand. The name means 'double stream', referring to its divided course about the island of Tol Galen. 147, 229, 290
Aeglos 'Snow-point', the spear of Gil-galad. 364
Aegnor The fourth son of Finarfin, who with his brother Angrod held the northern slopes of Dorthonion; slain in the Dagor Bragollach. The name means 'Fell Fire', 64,94, 141, 180-82
Aelin-uial 'Meres of Twilight', where Aros flowed into Sirion. 133,145, 203, 267, 285
Aerandir 'Sea-wanderer', one of the three mariners who accompanied E?rendil on his voyages. 307
Aerin A kinswoman of H?rin in Dor-l?min; taken as wife by Brodda the Easterling; aided Morwen after the Nirnaeth Arnoediad. 243, 264
Aftercomers The Younger Children of Il?vatar, Men; translation of Hildor, 92-3, 114
Agarwaen 'Blood-stained', name given to himself by T?rin when he came to Nargothrond. 257
Aglarond 'The Glittering Cavern' of Helm's Deep in Ered Nimrais (see The Two Towers III 8). 361
Aglon 'The Narrow Pass', between Dorthonion and the heights to the west of Himring. 147, 161, 183-4
Ainulindal? 'The Music of the Ainur', also called The (Great) Music, The (Great) Song. 3-9, 18, 21, 37-8, 43-4, 50, 74, 121, 251. Also the name of the account of Creation said to have been composed by R?mil of Tirion in the Elder Days. 82
Ainur 'The Holy Ones' (singular Ainu)', the first beings created by Il?vatar, the 'order' of the Valar and Maiar, made before E?. 3-9, 18, 21, 41, 44, 58, 121, 251, 288
Akallab?th 'The Downfallen', Ad?naic (N?men?rean) word equivalent in meaning to Quenya Atalant?. 347 Also the title of the account of the Downfall of N?menor. 359,360
Alcarinqu? 'The Glorious', name of a star. 48
Alcarondas The great ship of Ar-Pharaz?n in which he sailed to Aman. 343
Aldaron 'Lord of Trees', a Quenya name of the Vala Orom?; cf. Tauron. 22
Aldud?ni? 'Lament for the Two Trees', made by a Vanyarin Elf named Elemm?r?. 84
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. 30-1, 117
Alqualond? 'Haven of the Swans', the chief city and haven of the Teleri on the shores of Aman. 63-5, 79, 97, 100, 120, 130, 154, 188, 309, 311
Aman 'Blessed, 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; see especially 32, 66, 326
Amandil 'Lover of Aman'; the last lord of And?ni? in N?menor, descendant of Elros and father of Elendil; set out on a voyage to Valinor and did not return. 335-7, 340-1, 346, 362
Amari? Vanyarin Elf, beloved of Finrod Felagund, who remained in Valinor. 155
Amlach Son of Imlach son of Marach; a leader of dissension among the Men of Estolad who, repenting, took service with Maedhros. 173-4
Amon Amarth 'Mount Doom', the name given to Orodruin when its fires awoke again after Sauron's return from N?menor. 363, 377
Amon Ereb 'The Lonely Hill' (also simply Ereb), between Ramdal and the river Gelion in East Beleriand. 110, 146, 184
Amon Ethir 'The Hill of Spies', raised by Finrod Felagund to the east of the doors of Nargothrond. 267-8
Amon Gwareth The hill upon which Gondolin was built, in the midst of the plain of Tumladen. 151, 163, 296, 299
Amon Obel A hill in the midst of the Forest of Brethil, on which was built Ephel Brandir. 249, 266, 270
Amon R?dh 'The Bald Hill', a lonely height in the lands south of Brethil; abode of M?m, and lair of T?rin's outlaw band. 246-52, 284
Amon S?l 'Hill of the Wind', in the Kingdom of Arnor ('Weathertop' in The Lord of the Rings). 362
Amon Uilos Sindarin name of Oioloss?. 32
Amras Twin-brother of Amrod, youngest of the sons of F?anor; slain with Amrod in the attack on E?rendil's people at the Mouths of Sirion. 63, 93, 148, 170, 184, 305
Amrod See Amras.
Anach Pass leading down from Taur-nu-Fuin (Dorthonion) at the western end of Ered Gorgoroth. 245-6, 251-2, 299
Anad?n? 'Westernesse': name of N?menor in the Ad?naic (N?men?rean) tongue (see N?menor). 322
Anar Quenya name of the Sun. 114-6
An?rion Younger son of Elendil, who with his father and his brother Isildur escaped from the Drowning of N?menor and founded in Middle-earth the N?men?rean realms in exile; lord of Minas Anor; slain in the siege of Barad-d?r. 336, 346, 360-8
Anarr?ma Name of a constellation. 48
Ancalagon Greatest of the winged dragons of Morgoth, destroyed by E?rendil. 312
Andor 'The Land of Gift': N?menor. 321, 345, 347
Andram 'The Long Wall', name of the dividing fall running across Beleriand. 109, 146
Androth Caves in the bills of Mithrim where Tuor was fostered by the Grey-elves. 294
Anduin 'The Long River', east of the Misty Mountains; referred to also as the Great River and the River. 55,107, 329, 360-1, 364, 366, 369, 374-5
And?ni? City and haven on the west coast of N?menor. 322, 331-2, 335. For the Lords of And?ni? see 331
Anfauglir A name of the wolf Carcharoth, translated in the text as 'Jaws of Thirst'. 218
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. 181, 194, 215, 232-4, 241, 254-5, 261, 280, 311
Angainor The chain wrought by Aul? with which Melkor was twice bound. 52, 312
Angband 'Iron Prison, Hell of Iron', the great dungeon-fortress of Morgoth in the Northwest of Middle-earth. Passim; see especially 47, 90, 109, 139, 217. The Siege of Angband 36, 139-40, 144, 148, 158, 182, 192, 202
Anghabar 'Iron-delvings', a mine in the Encircling Mountains about the plain of Gondolin. 166
Anglachel The sword made from meteoric iron that Thingol received from E?l and which he gave to Beleg; after its reforging for T?rin named Gurthang. 247, 253-57
Angrenost 'Iron Fortress', N?men?rean fortress on the west borders of Gondor, afterwards inhabited by the wizard Curun?r (Saruman); see Isengard. 361
Angrim Father of Gorlim the Unhappy. 195
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. 215, 219
Angrod The third son of Finarfin, who with his brother Aegnor held the northern slopes of Dorthonion; slain in the Dagor Bragollach. 64, 94, 130-1, 141, 154, 180-2, 260
Anguirel E?l's sword, made of the same metal as Anglachel. 247
Annael Grey-elf of Mithrim, fosterfather of Tuor. 294
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. 355
Annon-in-Gelydh 'Gate of the Noldor', entrance to a subterranean watercourse in the western hills of Dor-l?min, leading to Cirith Ninniach. 294
Ann?minas 'Tower of the West' (i.e. of Westernesse, N?menor); city