Maeglin — Son of Eöl ‘the Dark Elf’ and Aredhel Turgon’s sister; betrayer of Gondolin.

Malduin* — A tributary of the Teiglin.

Mandos — A Vala: the Judge, and Keeper of the Houses of the Dead in Valinor.

Manwë — The chief of the Valar; called the Elder King.

Melian — A Maia (see entry Ainur); the queen of King Thingol in Doriath, about which she set an invisible barrier of protection, the Girdle of Melian; mother of Lúthien.

Melkor — The Quenya name of Morgoth.

Menegroth* — ‘The Thousand Caves’, the halls of Thingol and Melian on the river Esgalduin in Doriath.

Menel — The heavens, region of the stars.

Methed-en-glad — ‘End of the wood’, a stronghold of Dor-Cúarthol at the edge of the forest south of Teiglin.

Mîm — The Petty-dwarf, dwelling on Amon Rûdh.

Minas Tirith — ‘Tower of Watch’, built by Finrod Felagund on Tol Sirion.

Mindeb* — A tributary of Sirion, between Dimbar and the Forest of Neldoreth.

Mithrim* — The south-eastern region of Hithlum, separated from Dor-lómin by the Mountains of Mithrim.

Morgoth — The great rebellious Vala, in his origin the mightiest of the Powers; called the Enemy, the Dark Lord, the Black King, Bauglir.

Mormegil — ‘Black Sword’, name given to Túrin in Nargothrond.

Morwen — Daughter of Baragund of the House of Bëor; wife of Húrin and mother of Túrin and Niënor; called Eledhwen ‘Elfsheen’ and Lady of Dor-lómin.

Mountains of Shadow* — See Ered Wethrin.

Nan Elmoth* — A forest in East Beleriand; dwelling-place of Eöl.

Nargothrond* — ‘The great underground fortress on the river Narog’, founded by Finrod Felagund, destroyed by Glaurung; also the realm of Nargothrond extending east and west of the river.

Narog* — The chief river of West Beleriand, rising at Ivrin and flowing into Sirion near its mouths. People of Narog, the Elves of Nargothrond.

Neithan — ‘The Wronged’, name given to himself by Túrin among the outlaws.

Nellas — Elf of Doriath, friend of Túrin in his boyhood.

Nen Girith — ‘Shuddering Water’, name given to Dimrost, the falls of Celebros in Brethil.

Nen Lalaith — Stream rising under Amon Darthir, a peak in Ered Wethrin, and flowing past Húrin’s house in Dor-lómin.

Nenning* — River in West Beleriand, reaching the Sea at the Haven of Eglarest.

Nevrast* — Region west of Dor-lómin, beyond the Echoing Mountains* (Ered Lómin).

Nibin-noeg, Nibin-nogrim — Petty-dwarves.

Niënor — ‘Mourning’, daughter of Húrin and Morwen, and sister of Túrin; see Níniel.

Nimbrethil* — Birchwoods in Arvernien; named in Bilbo’s song in Rivendell.

Níniel — ‘Maid of Tears’, name that Túrin gave to Niënor in Brethil.

Nirnaeth Arnoediad — The Battle of ‘Unnumbered Tears’, also the Nirnaeth.

Nogrod — One of the two cities of the Dwarves in the Blue Mountains.

Noldor — The second host of the Eldar on the Great Journey out of the East to Beleriand; the ‘Deep Elves’, ‘the Loremasters’.

Núath, Woods of* — Woods extending westward from the upper waters of the Narog.

Orleg — A man of Túrin’s outlaw band.

Orodreth — King of Nargothrond after the death of his brother Finrod Felagund; father of Finduilas.

Ossë — A Maia (see entry Ainur); vassal of Ulmo Lord of Waters.

Petty-dwarves — A race of Dwarves in Middle-earth of whom Mîm and his two sons were the last survivors.

Powers, The — The Valar.

Ragnir — A blind servant in Húrin’s house in Dor-lómin.

Region* — The southern forest of Doriath.

Rían — Cousin of Morwen; wife of Huor Húrin’s brother; mother of Tuor.

Rivil* — Stream falling from Dorthonion to join Sirion in the Fen of Serech.

Sador — Woodwright, serving-man of Húrin’s in Dor-lómin and friend of Túrin in his childhood, by whom he was called Labadal.

Saeros — Elf of Doriath, a counsellor of Thingol, hostile to Túrin.

Sauron’s Isle — Tol Sirion.

Serech* — The great fen north of the Pass of Sirion, where the river Rivil flowed in from Dorthonion.

Shadowy Mountains — See Ered Wethrin.

Sharbhund — Dwarvish name of Amon Rûdh.

Sindarin — Grey-elven, the Elvish tongue of Beleriand. See Grey-elves.

Sirion* — The great river of Beleriand, rising at Eithel Sirion.

Sons of Fëanor — See Fëanor. The seven sons held lands in East Beleriand.

South Road* — The ancient road from Tol Sirion to Nargothrond by the Crossings of Teiglin.

Spyhill, The — See Amon Ethir.

Strawheads — Name given to the People of Hador by the Easterlings in Hithlum.

Strongbow — Name of Beleg; see Cúthalion.

Talath Dirnen* — ‘The Guarded Plain’, north of Nargothrond.

Taur-nu-Fuin* — ‘Forest under Night’, later name of Dorthonion.

Teiglin* — A tributary of Sirion rising in the Shadowy Mountains and flowing through the Forest of Brethil. See Crossings of Teiglin.

Telchar — Renowned smith of Nogrod.

Telperion — The White Tree, elder of the Two Trees that gave light to Valinor.

Thangorodrim — ‘Mountains of Tyranny’, reared by Morgoth over Angband.

Thingol — ‘Greycloak’, King of Doriath, overlord of the Grey-elves (Sindar); wedded to Melian the Maia; father of Lúthien.

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’).

Three Houses (of the Edain) — The Houses of Bëor, Haleth, and Hador.

Thurin — ‘The Secret’, name given to Túrin by Finduilas.

Tol Sirion* — Island in the river in the Pass of Sirion on which Finrod built the tower of Minas Tirith; afterwards taken by Sauron.

Tumhalad* — Valley in West Beleriand between the rivers Ginglith and Narog where the host of Nargothrond was defeated.

Tumladen — The hidden vale in the Encircling Mountains where the city of Gondolin stood.

Tuor — Son of Huor and Rían; cousin of Túrin and father of Eärendil.

Turambar — ‘Master of Doom’, name taken by Túrin among the Men of Brethil.

Turgon — Second son of King Fingolfin and brother of Fingon; founder and king of Gondolin.

Túrin — Son of Húrin and Morwen, chief subject of the lay named Narn i Chîn Húrin. For his other names see Neithan, Gorthol, Agarwaen, Thurin, Adanedhel, Mormegil (Black Sword), Wild Man of the Woods, Turambar.

Twilit Meres* — Region of marshes and pools where the Aros flowed into Sirion.

Uldor the Accursed — A leader of the Easterlings who was slain in the Battle of Unnumbered Tears.