Ann?minas 'Tower of the West' (i.e. of Westernesse, N?menor); city of the Kings of Arnor beside Lake Nenuial. 360, 362, 367
Anor See Minas Anor.
Apan?nar 'The Afterborn', an Elvish name for Men. 119
Aradan Sindarin name of Malach, son of Marach. 172, 177
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. 377. Called the Heir of Isildur 377
Araman Barren wasteland on the coast of Aman, between the Pel?ri and the Sea, extending northward to the Helcarax?. 79, 88, 97,101, 116-7,123, 129, 297
Aranel Name of Dior Thingol's Heir. 229
Aranr?th 'King's Ire', the name of Thingol's sword. Aranr?th survived the ruin of Doriath and was possessed by the Kings of N?menor. 247
Aranw? Elf of Gondolin, father of Voronw?. 295
Aratan Second son of Isildur, slain with him at the Gladden Fields. 366
Aratar 'The Exalted', the eight Valar of greatest power. 23
Arathorn Father of Aragorn. 377
Arda 'The Realm', name of the Earth as the Kingdom of Manw?. Passim; see especially 8, 12
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. Calenardhon (Rohan). 124, 135-6, 144, 181
Aredhel 'Noble Elf', the sister of Turgon of Gondolin, who was ensnared by E?l in Nan Elmoth and bore to him Maeglin; called also Ar-Feiniel, the White Lady of the Noldor, the White Lady of Gondolin. 64, 156-65, 247
Ar-Feiniel See Aredhel.
Ar-Gimilz?r Twenty-second King of N?menor, persecutor of the Elendili. 331-2
Argonath 'King-stones', the Pillars of the Kings, great carvings of Isildur and An?rion on the Anduin at the entrance to the northern bounds of Gondor (see The Fellowship of the Ring II 9). 361, 369
Arien A Maia, chosen by the Valar to guide the vessel of the Sun. 114-7
Armenelos City of the Kings in N?menor. 322, 324, 333-7, 361
Arminas See Gelmir (2).
Arnor 'Land of the King', the northern realm of the N?men?reans in Middle-earth, established by Elendil after his escape from the Drowning of N?menor. 361-2, 377
Aros The southern river of Doriath. 109, 131, 145, 147-8, 157, 158, 176, 287-9
Arossiach The Fords of Aros, near the north-eastern edge of Doriath. 145, 158, 162
Ar-Pharaz?n 'The Golden', twenty-fourth and last King of N?menor; named in Quenya Tar-Calion; captor of Sauron, by whom he was seduced; commander of the great fleet that went against Aman. 333-47
Ar-Sakalth?r Father of Ar-Gimilz?r. 331
Arthad One of the twelve companions of Barahir on Dorthonion. 187
Arvernien The coastlands of Middle-earth west of Sirion's mouths. Cf. Bilbo's song at Rivendell: 'E?rendil was a mariner that tarried in Arvernien...' (The Fellowship of the Ring II 1). 302
Ar-Zimraphel See M?riel (2).
Ascar The most northerly of the tributaries of Gelion in Ossiriand (afterwards called Rathl?riel). The name means 'rushing, impetuous'. 104, 146-8, 167, 174, 291
Astaldo 'The Valiant', name of the Vala Tulkas. 22
Atalant? 'The Downfallen'. Quenya word equivalent in meaning to Akallab?th, 347
Atanamir See Tar-Atanamir.
Atanat?ri 'Fathers of Men'; see Atani. 120, 232
Atani 'The Second People', Men (singular Atan). For the origin of the name see 171; 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 Il?vatar (41) the meaning is 'Men (in general)'. 38, 119, 171; Edain, 171-2, 176-9, 189-90, 238, 241, 292, 319-21, 347
Aul? A Vala, one of the Aratar, the smith and master of crafts, spouse of Yavanna; see especially 20, 23, and for his making of the Dwarves 40 ff., 8-9, 18, 20, 23-4, 26, 30, 35, 37, 40-5, 51, 54, 62, 65, 69, 75, 87, 95, 104, 113, 321
Avall?n? Haven and city of the Eldar on Tol Eress?a, so named, according to the Akallab?th, 'for it is of all cities the nearest to Valinor'. 320, 325, 332, 344, 348-9, 362, 368
Avari 'The Unwilling, the Refusers', the name given to all those Elves who refused to join the westward march from Cuivi?nen. See Eldar and Dark Elves. 53, 107, 113,355
Avathar 'The Shadows', the forsaken land on the coast of Aman south of the Bay of Eldamar, between the Pel?ri and the Sea, where Melkor met Ungoliant 80-1, 88,116
Azagh?l Lord of the Dwarves of Belegost; wounded Glaurung in the Nirnaeth Arnoediad, and was killed by him. 236
Balan The name of B?or the Old before he took service with Finrod. 170
Balar The great bay to the south of Beleriand into which the river Sirion flowed. 52, 56, 59, 60, 142. Also the isle in the bay, said to have been the eastern horn of Tol Eress?a that broke away, where C?rdan and Gil-galad dwelt after the Nirnaeth Arnoediad. 59, 105, 144, 192, 239, 302, 304-5
Balrog 'Demon of Might', Sindarin form (Quenya Valarauko) of the name of the demons of fire that served Morgoth. 26, 46, 90, 125, 144, 182, 202, 235, 300-1
Barad-d?r 'The Dark Tower' of Sauron in Mordor. 329, 334, 347, 363, 365, 375, 377
Barad Eithel 'Tower of the Well', the fortress of the Noldor at Eithel Sirion. 233
Barad Nimras 'White Horn Tower', raised by Finrod Felagund on the cape west of Eglarest, 142, 239
Baragund Father of Morwen the wife of H?rin; nephew of Barahir and one of his twelve companions on Dorthonion. 177, 187, 194, 242, 311
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). 121, 177, 182-3, 186-7, 194-7, 201-5, 226, 229, 243. 285, 311
Baran Elder son of B?or the Old. 170-1
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. 360
Bar-en-Danwedh 'House of Ransom', the name that M?m the Dwarf gave to his dwelling on Amon R?dh when he yielded it to T?rin. 248, 252
Battles of Beleriand The first battle: 96. 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: 311-2
Bauglir A name of Morgoth: 'the Constrainer'. 120, 243, 259, 286, 315
Beleg A great archer and chief of the marchwardens of Doriath; called C?thalion 'Strongbow'; friend and companion of T?rin, by whom he was slain. 190, 225-6, 230, 243-8, 251-7, 278
Belegaer 'The Great Sea' of the West, between Middle-earth and Aman. Named Belegaer 32, 100, 295; 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. 104, 107, 132, 158, 231, 236, 250, 285, 288
Belegund Father of R?an the wife of Huor; nephew of Barahir and one of his twelve companions on Dorthonion. 177, 187, 194, 242
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. Passim; see especially 142-8, 313, 354-5
Belfalas Region on the southern coast of Gondor looking on to the great bay of the same name; Bay of Belfalas 361
Belthil 'Divine radiance', the image of Telperion made by Turgon in Gondolin. 151
Belthronding The bow of Beleg C?thalion, which was buried with him. 256
B?or Called the Old; leader of the first Men to enter Beleriand; vassal of Finrod Felagund; progenitor of the House of B?or (called also the Eldest House of Men and the First House of the Edain); see Balan. 167-72, 177-80, 204. House of, People of, B?or 172-4, 177, 183, 189-90, 194
Bereg Grandson of Baran son of B?or 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. 173-4
Beren Son of Barahir; cut a Silmaril from Morgoth's crown to be the bride-price of L?thien Thingol's daughter, and was slain by Carcharoth the wolf of Angband; but returning from the dead, alone of mortal Men, lived afterwards with L?thien on Tol Galen in Ossiriand, and fought with the Dwarves at Sarn Athrad. Great-grandfather of Elrond and Elros and ancestor of the N?men?rean Kings. Called also Camlost, Erchamion, and One-hand. 121, 147, 177, 187, 194-206, 208-30, 242, 258, 285, 290-1, 305
Black Land See Mordor.
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