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Memorial stone of T?rin and Nienor by Cabed Naeramarth in the river Teiglin. 283-4

 

Straight Road, Straight Way The path over the Sea into the Ancient or True West, on which the ships of the Elves might still sail after the Downfall of N?menor and the Changing of the World. 348-9

 

Strongbow Translation of C?thalion, name of Beleg.

 

S?limo Name of Manw?, rendered in the Valaquenta as 'Lord of the Breath of Arda' (literally 'the Breather'). 18, 35, 95

 

Swanhaven See Alqualond?.

 

Swarthy Men See Easterlings. 189

 

Talath Dirnen The Guarded Plain, north of Nargothrond. 176, 203, 208, 252, 258, 261

 

Talath Rhunen 'The East Vale', earlier name of Thargelion. 148

 

Taniquetil 'High White Peak', highest of the mountains of the Pel?ri and the highest mountain of Arda, upon whose summit are Ilmarin, the mansions of Manw? and Varda; also called the White Mountain, the Holy Mountain, and the Mountain of Manw?. See Oioloss?, 19, 32, 35, 47, 51, 65, 81-4, 88, 93, 96, 129, 307, 344, 348

 

Tar-Ancalimon Fourteenth King of N?menor, in whose time the N?men?reans became divided into opposed parties. 328

 

Taras Mountain on a promontory of Nevrast; beneath it was Vinyamar, the dwelling of Turgon before he went to Gondolin. 140, 295

 

Tar-Atanamir Thirteenth King of N?menor, to whom the Messengers of the Valar came. 327-8

 

Tar-Calion Quenya name of Ar-Pharaz?n. 333, 359

 

Tar-Ciryatan Twelfth King of N?menor 'the Shipbuilder'. 327

 

Tar-Elendil Fourth King of N?menor, father of Silmarien, from whom Elendil was descended. 331

 

Tar-Minastir Eleventh King of N?menor, who aided Gil-galad against Sauron. 329-30, 332

 

Tar-Minyatur Name of Elros Half-elven as first King of N?menor. 336

 

Tar-M?riel See M?riel (2).

 

Tarn Aeluin The lake on Dorthonion where Barahir and his companions made their lair, and where they were slain. 195-6

 

Tar-Palantir Twenty-third King of N?menor, who repented of the ways of the Kings, and took his name in Quenya: 'He who looks afar'. See Inzilad?n. 332, 337

 

Taur-en-Faroth The wooded highlands to the west of the river Narog above Nargothrond; also called the High Faroth. 134, 145, 203

 

Taur-im-Duinath 'The Forest between Rivers', name of the wild country south of the Andram between Sirion and Gelion. 147, 184

 

Taur-nu-Fuin Later name of Dorthonion: 'the Forest under Night'. Cf. Deld?wath. 186, 206, 212, 215-6, 221, 223, 245, 253-6

 

Tauron 'The Forester' (translated in the Valaquenta 'Lord of Forests'), a name of Orom? among the Sindar. Cf. Aldaron. 22

 

Teiglin A tributary of Sirion, rising in Ered Wethrin and bounding the Forest of Brethil on the south; see also Crossings of Teiglin. 142, 145, 176, 190, 245, 251, 261, 265, 271, 273,279, 284

 

Telchar The most renowned of the smiths of Nogrod, the maker of Angrist and (according to Aragorn in The Two Towers III 6) of Narsil. 107, 215

 

Telemnar Twenty-sixth King of Gondor. 368

 

Teleri The third and greatest of the three hosts of the Eldar on the westward journey from Cuivi?nen, led by Elw? (Thingol) and Olw?. Their own name for themselves was Lindar the Singers; the name Teleri the Last-comers, the Hindmost, was given to them by those before them on the march. Many of the Teleri did not leave Middle-earth; the Sindar and the Nandor were Telerin Elves in origin. 36, 54-7, 60-4, 71, 79-80, 83, 96-8, 101, 107, 111,117, 159-60, 164, 306-9, 310, 315, 354

 

Telperion The elder of the Two Trees of Valinor. 34, 47, 62, 82, 114-5, 247, 324, 361-2. Called the White Tree 62

 

Telumendil Name of a constellation. 48

 

Thalion 'Steadfast, Strong'; see H?rin.

 

Thalos The second of the tributaries of Gelion in Ossiriand. 147, 167

 

Thangorodrim 'Mountains of Tyranny', reared by Morgoth above Angband; broken down in the Great Battle at the end of the First Age. 90, 109, 125-8, 136,139-40, 180-3, 215, 221, 232, 234, 240, 254, 312, 320, 353-4, 364

 

Thargelion 'The Land beyond Gelion', between Mount Rerir and the river Ascar, where Caranthir dwelt; called also Dor Caranthir and Talath Rhunen. 148, 158, 171, 174, 184

 

Thingol 'Grey-cloak', 'Grey-mantle' (in Quenya Sindacollo, Singollo), the name by which Elw?, leader with his brother Olw? of the host of the Teleri from Cuivi?nen and afterwards King of Doriath, was known in Beleriand; also called the Hidden King. See Elw?. 58, 103-10, 125, 130-1, 134, 145, 151-5, 157, 172, 176-7, 182, 190, 199-204, 208-9, 217, 222-7, 229-30, 243-7, 260, 267,269,280, 285-92, 297, 315

 

Thorondor 'King of Eagles'. Cf. The Return of the King VI 4: 'Old Thorondor, who built his eyries in the inaccessible peaks of the Encircling Mountains when Middle-earth was young'. See Crissaegrim. 129, 149, 186, 191, 221, 281, 297, 301, 312

 

Thousand Caves See Menegroth.

 

Thranduil Sindarin Elf, King of the Silvan Elves in the north of Greenwood the Great (Mirkwood); father of Legolas, who was of the Fellowship of the Ring. 371

 

ThurIngw?thil 'Woman of Secret Shadow', the messenger of Sauron from Tol-in-Gaurhoth who took the form of a great bat, and in whose shape L?thien entered Angband. 216

 

Tilion A Maia, steersman of the Moon. 114-7

 

Tintall? 'The Kindler', a name of Varda as maker of the Stars. She is called thus in Galadriel's lament in L?rien, The Fellowship of the Ring II 8. Cf. Elbereth, Elent?ri. 48

 

Tin?viel The name that Beren gave to L?thien: a poetic word for the nightingale, 'Daughter of Twilight'. See L?thien.

 

Tirion 'Great Watch-tower', the city of the Elves on the hill of T?na in Aman. 62, 65-7, 74-5, 77-8, 83, 91, 94-6, 117, 134-5, 149-52, 205, 297, 307, 361

 

Tol Eress?a 'The Lonely Isle' (also simply Eress?a), on which the Vanyar and the Noldor and afterwards the Teleri were drawn across the ocean by Ulmo, and which was at last rooted in the Bay of Eldamar near to the coasts of Aman. On Eress?a the Teleri long remained before they went to Alqualond?; and there dwelt many of the Noldor and the Sindar after the ending of the First Age. 50, 60-2, 64, 118, 306, 310, 315, 321, 324, 331, 345, 349, 355, 362

 

Tol Galen 'The Green Isle' in the river Adurant in Ossiriand, where Beren and L?thien dwelt after their return. 147, 229, 290

 

Tol-in-Gaurhoth 'Isle of Werewolves', name of Tol Sirion after its capture by Sauron. 188, 208, 210

 

Tol Morwen Island in the sea after the drowning of Beleriand on which stood the memorial stone of T?rin, Nienor, and Morwen. 284

 

Tol Sirion Island in the river in the Pass of Sirion on which Finrod built the tower of Minas Tirith; after its capture by Sauron named Tol-in-Gaurhoth. 133, 142, 188

 

Tulkas A Vala, the 'greatest in strength and deeds of prowess', who came last to Arda; also called Astaldo. 18, 22, 29-31, 47, 51, 52, 70-1, 77-80, 85-7

 

Tumhalad Valley in the land between the rivers Ginglith and Narog, where the host of Nargothrond was defeated. 261

 

Tumladen 'The Wide Valley', the hidden vale in the Encircling Mountains in the midst of which stood the city of Gondolin. (Tumladen was afterwards the name of a valley in Gondor: The Return of the King V 1). 135, 149, 160, 191, 221, 296, 301

 

Tumunzahar See Nogrod. 104

 

T?na The green hill in the Calacirya on which Tirion, the city of the Elves, was built. 62, 65-7, 75, 79, 91, 96, 100,117, 135, 149, 307, 324, 344

 

Tuor Son of Huor and R?an, fostered by the Grey-elves of Mithrim; entered Gondolin bearing the message of Ulmo; wedded Idril Turgon's daughter, and with her and their son E?rendil escaped from the destruction of the City; in his ship E?rr?m? set sail into the West. 177, 242, 294-304, 308

 

Turambar 'Master of Doom', the last name taken by T?rin, during his days in the Forest of Brethil. 266, 270-80, 284

 

Turgon Called the Wise; the second son of Fingolfin; dwelt at Vinyamar in Nevrast before he departed in secret to Gondolin, which he ruled until his death in the sack of the city; father of Idril the mother of E?rendil 64, 93, 100-2, 133, 135, 140-1, 149-51,155-7, 160, 163-5, 186, 191-3, 221, 231-2, 234-7, 240, 247, 281-2, 294-300, 302, 308, 315

 

T?r Haretha The burial-mound of the Lady Haleth in the Forest of Brethil (see Haudh-en-Arwen). 176

 

T?rin Son of H?rin and Morwen; chief subject of the lay named Narn i H?n H?rin from which Chapter XXI was derived. For his other names see Neithan, Gorthol, Agarwaen, Mormegil, Wildman of the Woods, Turambar. 177, 178, 205, 242-66, 271, 274-80, 284

 

Twilight Meres See Aelin-uial.

 

Two Kindreds Elves and Men. 307-8, 319, 366

 

Two Trees of Valinor 33-4, 45-6, 53-4, 58, 61-2, 65, 71-2, 78, 83-4, 86, 109, 111-6, 119, 151, 288, 296, 302, 336-7

 

Uinen A Maia, the Lady of the Seas, spouse of Oss?. 24, 36, 60, 98

 

?lairi See Ring-wraiths.

 

Uldor Called the Accursed; son of Ulfang the Black; slain by Maglor in the Nirnaeth Arnoediad. 189, 232, 235-7, 311

 

Ulfang Called the Black; a chieftain of the Easterlings, who with his three sons followed Caranthir, and proved faithless in the Nirnaeth Arnoediad. 189, 231, 235

 

Ulfast Son of Ulfang the Black, slain by the sons of Bor in the Nirnaeth Arnoediad. 189, 235

 

Ulmo A Vala, one of the Aratar, called Lord of Waters and King of the Sea, The name was interpreted by the Eldar to mean 'The Pourer' or 'The Rainer'. See

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