n-Nirnaeth 'The Mound of Tears', another name of n-Ndengin. 241
Havens, The Brithombar and Eglarest on the coast of Beleriand: 124, 133, 144, 186, 239. The Havens of Sirion at the end of the First Age: 294, 305, 313. The Grey Havens (Mithlond) in the Gulf of Lh?n: 359, 370-1, 378. Alqualond?, the Haven of the Swans or Swanhaven, is also called simply The Haven: 97, 101
Helcar The Inland Sea in the northeast of Middle-earth, where once stood the mountain of the lamp of Illuin; the mere of Cuivi?nen where the first Elves awoke is described as a bay in this sea. 48, 54
Helcarax? The strait between Araman and Middle-earth; also referred to as the Grinding Ice. 51-2, 60, 88, 100-1, 126, 136, 154, 160
Helevorn 'Black Glass', a lake in the north of Thargelion, below Mount Rerir, where Caranthir dwelt. 132, 148, 184
Helluin The star Sirius. 48, 69
Herumor A renegade N?men?rean who became mighty among the Haradrim at the end of the Second Age. 363
Herun?men 'Lord of the West', Quenya name of Ar-Adunakh?r. 330
Hidden Kingdom Name given both to Doriath, 135, 198, 200,277, and to Gondolin, 156,298
High-elven See Quenya.
High Elves See Eldar. 370
High Faroth See Taur-en-Faroth.
Hildor 'The Followers', 'The Aftercomers', Elvish name for Men, as the Younger Children of Il?vatar. 114, 119
Hild?rien The land in the east of Middle-earth where the first Men (Hildor) awoke. 120, 169
Himlad 'Cool Plain', the region where Celegorm and Curufin dwelt south of the Pass of Aglon. 147, 158, 161
Himring The great hill west of Maglor's Gap on which was the stronghold of Maedhros; translated in the text as 'Ever-cold'. 131,147-8,157, 183-4, 214, 223, 231
H?rilorn The great beech-tree in Doriath with three trunks, in which L?thien was imprisoned. The name means 'Tree of the Lady'. 208, 226
H?sil?m? 'Land of Mist', Quenya name of Hithlum. 140
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.) 55, 104, 107, 360, 364, 366
Hither Lands Middle-earth (also called the Outer Lands). 57, 59-61, 296, 304, 311, 315, 323, 371
Hithlum 'Land of Mist' (see 140), the region bounded on the east and south by Ered Wethrin and on the west by Ered L?min; see H?sil?m?. 52, 90, 123, 126-8, 130, 137, 140-1, 144, 146, 157, 171, 181-9, 193, 221, 231-4, 238-9, 242-4,254, 280, 281, 294-5
Hollin See Eregion. 354
Hollowbold Translation of Nogrod: 'hollow dwelling' (early English bold, noun related to the verb build). 104
Huan The great wolfhound of Valinor that Orom? gave to Celegorm; friend and helper of Beren and L?thien; slew and slain by Carcharoth. The name means 'great dog, hound'. 209-18, 222, 225-6
Hunthor A Man of the Haladin in Brethil who accompanied T?rin in his attack on Glaurung at Cabed-en-Aras and was killed there by a falling stone. 273
Huor Son of Galdor of Dor-l?min, husband of R?an and father of Tuor; went to Gondolin with H?rin his brother; slain in the Nirnaeth Arnoediad. 150, 177, 190, 232, 236, 237, 242, 294, 296, 298, 301, 311
H?rin Called Thalion 'the Steadfast', 'the Strong'; son of Galdor of Dor-l?min, husband of Morwen and father of T?rin and Nienor; lord of Dor-l?min, 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 M?m in Nargothrond and brought the Nauglam?r to King Thingol. 150, 177, 191-4, 232-46, 252, 255-9, 261-7, 271, 274-6, 278-87, 294, 298, 311
Hyarmentir The highest mountain in the regions south of Valinor. 81
Iant Iaur 'The Old Bridge' over the Esgalduin on the northern borders of Doriath; also called the Bridge of Esgalduin, 144-5, 157
Ibun One of the sons of M?m the Petty-dwarf. 249, 251-2
Idril Called Celebrindal 'Silverfoot'; the daughter (and only child) of Turgon and Elenw?; wife of Tuor, mother of E?rendil, with whom she escaped from Gondolin to the Mouths of Sirion; departed thence with Tuor into the West 151, 160, 163, 165-6, 296-300, 303-4, 308, 315,322
Illuin One of the Lamps of the Valar made by Aul?. 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. 30-1, 48, 59
Ilmar? A Maia, the handmaid of Varda, 24
Ilmen The region above the air where the stars are. 116-9, 349
Il?vatar 'Father of All, Eru. 3-11, 17-8, 23, 25, 34-42, 46-50, 58, 70, 73, 74, 86, 93, 102, 121, 227, 313, 322-3, 326-7, 336, 344-5
Imlach Father of Amlach. 173
Imladris 'Rivendell' (literally, 'Deep Dale of the Cleft'), Elrond's dwelling in a valley of the Misty Mountains. 282, 364, 367-70, 377
Indis Vanyarin Elf, close kin of Ingw?; second wife of Finw?, mother of Fingolfin and Finarfin. 63, 69-70, 75
Ingw? Leader of the Vanyar, the first of the three hosts of the Eldar on the westward journey from Cuivi?nen. In Aman he dwelt upon Taniquetil, and was held High King of all the Elves. 53-4, 60, 62, 65, 69, 117, 310
Inzilad?n Elder son of Ar-Gimilz?r and Inzilb?th; afterwards named Tar-Palantir. 332
Inzilb?th Queen of Ar-Gimilz?r; of the house of the lords of And?ni?. 331
Irmo The Vala usually named L?rien, the place of his dwelling. Irmo means 'Desirer' or 'Master of Desire'. 21, 24, 68
Iron Mountains See Ered Engrin.
Isengard Translation (to represent the language of Rohan) of the Elvish name Angrenost. 361, 373-7
Isil Quenya name of the Moon. 114-5
Isildur Elder son of Elendil, who with his father and his brother An?rion escaped from the Drowning of N?menor and founded in Middle-earth the N?men?rean 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. 337, 342, 346, 360-8, 374. Heirs of Isildur 369, 373. Heir of Isildur=Aragorn 377
Istari The Wizards. See Curun?r, Saruman; Mithrandir, Gandalf, Ol?rin; Radagast. 372
Ivrin The lake and falls beneath Ered Wethrin where the river Narog rose. 140, 257. Pools of Ivrin 132, 257, 264, 296. Falls of Ivrin 142, 206. See Eithel Ivrin.
kelvar An Elvish word retained in the speeches of Yavanna and Manw? in Chapter II: 'animals, living things that move'. 43-4
Kement?ri 'Queen of the Earth', a title of Yavanna. 21, 33-5, 44
Khaz?d The name of the Dwarves in their own language (Khuzdul). 103
Khazad-d?m The great mansions of the Dwarves of Durin's race in the Misty Mountains (Hadhodrond, Moria). See Khaz?d; d?m is probably a plural or collective, meaning 'excavations, halls, mansions'. 42, 104, 354
Kh?m Son of M?m the Petty-dwarf, slam by one of T?rin's outlaw band. 249
King's Men N?men?reans hostile to the Eldar and the Elendili. 328-9, 332
Kinslaying, The The slaying of the Teleri by the Noldor at Alqualond?. 98, 100-1, 120, 130, 152, 154, 166, 169, 188
Ladros The lands to the northeast of Dorthonion that were granted by the Noldorin Kings to the Men of the House of B?or. 177
Laer C? Beleg 'The Song of the Great Bow', made by T?rin at Eithel Ivrin in memory of Beleg C?thalion. 256
Laiquendi 'The Green-elves' of Ossiriand. 110
Lalaith 'Laughter', daughter of H?rin and Morwen who died in childhood. 242
Lammoth 'The Great Echo', region north of the Firth of Drengist, named from the echoes of Morgoth's cry in his struggle with Ungoliant. 89-90, 123
Land of Shadow See Mordor.
Land of the Dead that Live See Dor Firn-i-Guinar.
Land of the Star N?menor. 339, 341
Lanthir Lamath 'Waterfall of Echoing Voices', where Dior had his house in Ossiriand, and after which his daughter Elwing ('Star-spray') was named. 289
Last Alliance The league made at the end of the Second Age between Elendil and Gil-galad to defeat Sauron. 364
Laurelin 'Song of Gold', the younger of the Two Trees of Valinor. 34, 64, 82, 114-6, 151
Lay of Leithian The long poem concerning the lives of Beren and L?thien from which the prose account in The Silmarillion was derived. Leithian is translated 'Release from Bondage'. 195, 198, 203, 206-8, 226
Legolin The third of the tributaries of Gelion in Ossiriand. 147
lembas Sindarin name of the waybread of the Eldar (from earlier lennmbass 'journey-bread'; in Quenya coimas 'life-bread'). 247, 251, 256
Lenw? The leader of the Elves from the host of the Teleri who refused to cross the Misty Mountains on the west-ward journey from Cuivi?nen (the Nandor); father of Denethor. 56, 108
Lh?n River in Eriador flowing into the sea in the Gulf of Lh?n.354, 360
Linaewen 'Lake of birds', the great mere in Nevrast. 141
Lindon A name of Ossiriand in the First Age; see 147. After the tumults at the end of the First Age the name Lindon was retained for the lands west of the Blue Mountains that still remained above the Sea: 354, 355, 359, 370
Lind?ri? Mother of Inzilb?th. 331
Little Gelion One of the two tributary branches of the river Gelion in the north, rising in the Hill of Himring. 146
Loeg Ningloron 'Pools of the golden water-flowers'; see Gladden Fields.
l?melindi Quenya word meaning 'dusk-singers', nightingales. 57
L?mion '