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.

Eöl — 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.

Fëanor — Eldest son of Finwë, the first leader of the Noldor; half-brother of Fingolfin; maker of the Silmarils; leader of the Noldor in their rebellion against the Valar, but slain in battle soon after his return to Middle-earth. See Sons of Fëanor.

Felagund — ‘Hewer of caves’, name given to King Finrod after the establishment of Nargothrond and often used alone.

Finarfin — Third son of Finwë, brother of Fingolfin and half-brother of Fëanor; father of Finrod Felagund and Galadriel. Finarfin did not return to Middle-earth.

Finduilas — Daughter of Orodreth, second King of Nargothrond.

Fingolfin — Second son of Finwë, the first leader of the Noldor; High King of the Noldor, dwelling in Hithlum; father of Fingon and Turgon.

Fingon — Eldest son of King Fingolfin, and High King of the Noldor after his death.

Finrod — Son of Finarfin; founder and king of Nargothrond, brother of Orodreth and Galadriel; often called Felagund.

Forweg — Man of Dor-lómin, captain of the outlaw band that Túrin joined.

Galdor the Tall — Son of Hador Goldenhead; father of Húrin and Huor; slain at Eithel Sirion.

Gamil Zirak — Dwarf smith, teacher of Telchar of Nogrod.

Gaurwaith — ‘Wolf-men’, the outlaw band that Túrin joined in the woodlands beyond the western borders of Doriath.

Gelmir (1) — Elf of Nargothrond, brother of Gwindor.

Gelmir (2) — Noldorin Elf who came with Arminas to Nargothrond to warn Orodreth of its peril.

Gethron — One of Túrin’s companions on the journey to Doriath.

Ginglith* — River flowing into the Narog above Nargothrond.

Girdle of Melian — See Melian.

Glaurung — ‘Father of Dragons’, the first of the Dragons of Morgoth.

Glithui* — River flowing down from Ered Wethrin and joining Teiglin north of the inflow of Malduin.

Glóredhel — Daughter of Hador, sister of Galdor Húrin’s father; wife of Haldir of Brethil.

Glorfindel — Elf-lord of Gondolin.

Gondolin* — The hidden city of King Turgon.

Gorgoroth — See Ered Gorgoroth.

Gorthol — ‘Dread Helm’, name taken by Túrin in the land of Dor-Cúarthol.

Gothmog — Lord of Balrogs; slayer of King Fingon.

Great Mound, The — See Haudh-en-Nirnaeth.

Great Song, The — The Music of the Ainur, in which the World was begun.

Grey-elves — The Sindar, name given to the Eldar who remained in Beleriand and did not cross the Great Sea into the West.

Grithnir — One of Túrin’s companions on the journey to Doriath, where he died.

Guarded Plain, The* — See Talath Dirnen.

Guarded Realm, The — Doriath.

Guilin — Elf of Nargothrond, father of Gwindor and Gelmir.

Gurthang — ‘Iron of Death’, Túrin’s name for the sword Anglachel after it was reforged in Nargothrond.

Gwaeron — The ‘windy month’, March.

Gwindor — Elf of Nargothrond, lover of Finduilas, companion of Túrin.

Hador Goldenhead — Elf-friend, lord of Dor-lómin, vassal of King Fingolfin; father of Galdor father of Húrin and Huor; slain at Eithel Sirion in the Dagor Bragollach. House of Hador, one of the Houses of the Edain.

Haldir — Son of Halmir of Brethil; wedded Glóredhel daughter of Hador of Dor-lómin.

Haleth — The Lady Haleth, who early became the leader of the Second House of the Edain, the Halethrim or People of Haleth, who dwelt in the Forest of Brethil.

Halmir — Lord of the Men of Brethil.

Handir of Brethil — Son of Haldir and Glóredhel; father of Brandir.

Hareth — Daughter of Halmir of Brethil, wife of Galdor of Dor-lómin; mother of Húrin.

Haudh-en-Elleth — ‘The Mound of the Elf-maid’ near the Crossings of Teiglin, in which Finduilas was buried.

Haudh-en-Nirnaeth — ‘The Mound of Tears’ in the desert of Anfauglith.

Hidden Kingdom, The — Doriath.

Hidden Realm, The — Gondolin.

High Faroth, The* — Highlands to the west of the river Narog above Nargothrond; also the Faroth.

Hírilorn — A great beech-tree in the Forest of Neldoreth with three trunks.

Hithlum* — ‘Land of Mist’, northern region bounded by the Mountains of Shadow.

Hunthor — Man of Brethil, companion of Túrin in the attack on Glaurung.

Huor — Húrin’s brother; father of Tuor father of Eärendil; slain in the Battle of Unnumbered Tears.

Húrin — Lord of Dor-lómin, husband of Morwen and father of Túrin and Niënor; called Thalion ‘the Steadfast’.

Ibun — One of the sons of Mîm the Petty-dwarf.

Ilúvatar — ‘The Father of All’.

Indor — Man of Dor-lómin, father of Aerin.

Ivrin* — Lake and falls beneath Ered Wethrin where the river Narog rose.

Khîm — One of the sons of Mîm the Petty-dwarf, slain by Andróg’s arrow.

Labadal — Túrin’s name for Sador.

Ladros* — Lands to the north-east of Dorthonion that were granted by the Noldorin kings to the Men of the House of Bëor.

Lady of Dor-lómin — Morwen.

Lalaith — ‘Laughter’, name given to Urwen.

Larnach — One of the Woodmen in the lands south of Teiglin.

Lord of Waters — The Vala Ulmo.

Lords of the West — The Valar.

Lothlann — A great plain to the east of Dorthonion (Taur-nu-Fuin).

Lothron — The fifth month.

Lúthien — Daughter of Thingol and Melian, who after the death of Beren chose to become mortal and to share his fate. Called Tinúviel ‘daughter of twilight’, nightingale.

Mablung — Elf of Doriath, chief captain of Thingol, friend of Túrin; called ‘the Hunter’.

Maedhros — Eldest son of Fëanor, with lands in the east beyond Dorthonion.