Lórinand See Lórien.
Lossarnach 389–90. Arnach 388–90
Lothlórien 160, 351. See Lórien.
Loudwater River in Eriador. 366
Lúthien 21, 78, 186, 188, 218, 261, 289, 308, 322
Mablung 184
Madlener, Josef The Berggeist 192–3, 197
Maedhros 184; earlier form Maidros 184
Maeglin 24, 70–2, 74–7, 80–1, 119–20, 310; Of Maeglin (title) 310; older Meglin, Glindûr 74
Maelor Variant name of Maglor. 308–9
Maggot, Farmer 374
Maglor See Maelor.
Maiar (also Máyar and singular Maia, Máya) 21, 50, 56, 89, 95, 172, 209, 235, 243–4, 384; fallen or corrupted 172, 212, 242; thought-communication 206–7, 217, 236; incarnation and visibility 21, 209–10, 237–8, 242, 245; as Guardians or Istari 50, 95; as Eagles 308
Maidros See Maedhros.
Major Patterns See Pattern.
mallorn (also plural mellyrn) 333, 351, 362; Q. malinorni 333
Man in the Moon came down too soon, The (poem) 387
Mandos (1) Doomsman of the Valar. 260, 262; Námo Mandos 273. See Doom of Mandos.
Mandos (2) Abode of the Vala Mandos. 164, 204, 215, 259, 261–2, 267–8, 308; Halls of Mandos 204. See Halls of Waiting.
Mannish See Men.
Manwë 34, 37, 39, 78, 94–5, 99, 102, 164, 172, 201, 206–8, 211, 213–16, 218, 227, 232, 236–7, 239–40, 243, 246–7, 257, 261–2, 267, 293, 295–6, 301, 316, 330, 337, 343–4; name 173; Lord of Arda 369; Manwë’s ban against return of the Exiled Noldor 306–9, 369. See Elder King, Súlimo.
Maps of The Lord of the Rings 47, 377–9, 382, 386, 391, 396; redrawn by Pauline Baynes as Map of Middle-earth 191–2, 380, 396; in Unfinished Tales 380; of Beleriand 311; of Númenor 331–2.
March, The (1) (of the Eldar to the Sea). See Great March.
March, The (2) (of the Noldor back to Middle-earth) 80, 148; other references 24, 77, 85. See Grinding Ice.
Marchers The Eldar of the Great March. 48–9, 107
Mardil Voronwë Steward of Gondor. 188
Marring of Arda 88, 92, 218, 270. Arda Marred 36, 64, 173, 257, 270–1; Arda Úvana 173. Arda Unmarred 173, 207, 233, 269–71; Arda Vanya 173. Arda Healed 233; Arda Remade 344
Máyar (and singular Máya). See Maiar.
McIlwaine, Catherine Tolkien: Maker of Middle-earth 192
Meduseld 397
Meglin See Maeglin.
Melcor See Melkor.
Melian 21, 25, 93–5, 99, 101, 164, 186, 210, 243, 303; Q. Melyanna 21, 25. See Girdle of Melian, Guardians.
Melkor (also Melcor) 34–9, 41–2, 44, 46, 50, 76, 88–9, 93–5, 98–9, 103, 107, 144, 158, 164–5, 180, 206, 234, 239–40, 244–5, 261, 281, 283, 307–9; spelt Melcor 247, 265, 269–70, 291, 293; captivity 35, 38–9, 42, 164, 215–16; form 210, 242; motives and powers 35, 201, 206–7, 210–16, 218, 223, 230, 233–4, 239, 271, 274, 293–4, 308, 344; ambition to be Lord of the Incarnate 210. See Morgoth, (The) Shadow.
mellyrn See mallorn.
Melyanna See Melian.
Men awakening or awaking 8, 9, 38–9, 42–3, 158; discovery by Melkor 39, 144; fëar 119, 155, 290–1; seeking elsewhither, weariness 317; fate, ultimate 261, 273, 287, 308; arts and sciences 16; beards 187–8; hand-gestures 179–80; and indemmar (‘mind-pictures’) 199; language 35–36, 41,185, 203, 323, 334; love 16, 19–20, 319; memory 203; perception of time 23, 90, 159–60, 161, 220; thought and traditions 22, 41, 155, 222–3, 232, 263, 358, 365; thought-communication 206; varieties of 22, 35, 195; Mannish 41, 179–80, 185, 222, 225, 263, 358, 365; Dead Men 385; Eastern Men 35, 370; Faithful Men 194, 389, 392–3; Men of Darkness 393–5; Men of Good Will 370; Men of the West or Western Men (Númenóreans) 340, 369–70; Middle Men (non-Númenórean descendants of the Three Houses) 393; Three Houses of Men 321, 370, 393. See Atani, Big Folk, Bree, Children of Eru, Dominion of Men, Edain, Gift of Ilúvatar, Númenóreans.
Menegroth 164–5, 303, 311–12, 359; name and (erroneous?) Menegrond 365.
Menel The (visible) heavens. 61, 281
Meneldil 388
Meneltarma (also Menel-tarma) The central mountain of Númenor. 324–5, 332, 393
Menn-i-Naugrim (also Menn-i-Nyrn) See Dwarf Road.
Mering Stream (dividing Rohan and Gondor) 392, 395
Merton College 3, 7, 70
Mesopotamia Region of the Ancient Near East. 43. For other use, see Minhiriath.
Middle English 204, 368; medieval English 383
Middle Men See Men.
Middle-earth 7–11, 21, 24, 26, 36–7, 39, 41–2, 57, 65–7, 69, 72, 74, 76–8, 80–2, 89, 92, 146, 148, 150, 155, 157–8, 171, 183, 192, 194–5, 210, 215, 224, 229, 232, 234, 241, 243–8, 258, 261–3, 283, 289, 296, 297, 306–8, 322–3, 325, 331, 333–40, 346, 350, 358–9, 370, 378, 380, 388, 396. See Endor, and for Years of Middle-earth see Time.
Mîm Petty-dwarf. 305
Minardil King of Gondor. 188
Minas Anor 228, 364
Minas Ithil 228, 364
Minas Morgul 191
Minas Tirith (1) Tower of Finrod on Tol Sirion. 303
Minas Tirith (2) In Gondor. 191, 363–4, 367, 388–90, 395; Citadel 367; Tombs of the Kings 364, 367
Minastir See Tar-Minastir.
Mind (faculty) 171–3, 175, 198–9, 200–1, 204, 207–9, 210–14, 218, 230, 234, 238, 271–2, 294; of Eru 208, 250, 293; of the Valar 209, 211, 214, 221, 224, 253, 288–9, 293; of Melkor 210, 213–14, 294; of Melian 21; of Incarnates 159–60, 221–2, 224, 230, 233, 244, 248–9, 252–4, 292; of Elves 4, 5, 15–16, 19, 35, 61, 71, 86, 98, 102, 162–3, 171–2, 173, 175–6, 220–3, 230, 234, 243, 257, 262–3, 268, 281, 292–4; of Men 5, 161, 220, 317–19, 329; of Gollum 196; of Orcs 176
Mind-pictures (Q. indemmar) 198–9, 244–5. See Thought-communication.
Mindolluin, Mount 364, 389
Mindor Uilas Original name for the first beacon of Gondor (Halifirien). 394
Minhiriath In Eriador; translated Mesopotamia (‘between the rivers’) 378
Mírdain Gwaith-i-Mírdain ‘People of the Jewel-smiths’ in Eregion. 365; the Smiths 347
Míriel First wife of Finwë; mother of Fëanor. 21, 57, 76, 89, 96, 98, 127, 142, 152, 155, 186, 247, 261, 266. See Statute of Finwë and Míriel.
Mirkwood 49, 347, 358, 362. See Greenwood the Great.
Mirröanwi Incarnate beings, Children of Eru. 206–7
Mirrormere 350. See also 353 and index entry Angal-limpë.
Misty Mountains 51, 56–7, 65, 74, 149, 346–7, 357, 360–2, 362, 365–7, 370, 372, 384. See Hithaeglir.
Mitheithel River in Eriador. 385; Hoarwell 366, 378
Mithlond The Grey Havens. 325
Mithrandir 384; the Grey Pilgrim 192. See Gandalf.
mithril 178
Mithrim 298
Mittalmar Central ‘Inlands’ of Númenor. 332, 336
Moon, The 3, 7–10, 41, 74, 252, 277, 280–1, 301, 384; Ithil 280; Man in the Moon 387
Mordor 56, 184, 191, 359, 361, 369–70; the Watch on Mordor 364
Morgoth 3, 24, 37–8, 41, 71, 166–8, 172–3, 239, 242–3, 261, 272, 304–5, 342, 357, 360, 370, 387, 393, 395; return to Thangorodrim 303, 355; overthrow (end of the First Age) 65–6, 72, 149, 216. See (The) Enemy, Melkor.
Moria 149, 178, 346–7, 358–60, 362, 372–3, 383–4; mines of Moria 357
Moria-silver mithril. 178
Mornan Valley of the source of the Morthond. 385
Morse code 354
Morthond River in Gondor. 385–6, 388
Mount Doom 308
Mountains of Lune 47, 66. See Ered Luin.
Mushrooms 343
Music of the Ainur (including references to the Music) 17, 34, 40, 231, 233, 260, 288–9, 307, 344; the Song 208. See Ainulindalë, Themes.
Nahar Horse of Oromë. 50, 243
Namárië See Galadriel.
Námo True name of Mandos. 373; Námo Mandos 373. See Mandos (1).
Nan Elmoth Forest in Beleri
and. Elmoth 311–12
Nandor Telerin Elves who left the Great March. 44, 47, 51–2, 53, 56, 64, 164–5, 346–7, 387
Nandorin (language) 183
Nardol Beacon-hill of Gondor. 391
Nargothrond 72, 74, 79, 304–5
Narog River in Beleriand. 304–5
Naugrim The Dwarves 164. See Menn-i-Naugrim.
Nazgûl 193, 374–5
Nelwë Younger brother of Olwë and Elwë. 349
Nenuial 375. See Evendim.
Nerdanel Wife of Fëanor. 154, 189
Nerwen ‘Man-maiden’, name of Galadriel. 353
Nether Arda Under-portion of the Earth. 281–3
Nevrast 53, 57
Nimrodel Elf of Lórien. 149, 189, 362–3, 383–4.
Nimrodel River in Lórien. 363
Nîn-in-Eilph See Swanfleet.
Nindalf Wetwang. 389
Nindamos Village of Númenor. 333
Nirnaeth, The The fifth battle of Beleriand. 72
Nísinen Lake in Númenor. 336–7
Nogrod Dwarf-city in the Blue Mountains. 304, 310–11, 371
Noldor (also Ñoldor and singular Noldo) 21, 24, 26, 34, 38, 40–2, 44, 47–8, 50, 52–3, 56–7, 61–2, 65–6, 74, 76, 81, 85, 102, 107, 123–4, 128, 141, 164–5, 178, 186, 216, 234, 243, 245, 260, 296, 303, 305–9, 346–7, 349–50, 352–3, 355, 357, 371, 373, 387–8; hair 186; Noldorin (excluding references to language) 188, 222, 347, 357–9, 362, 364; Noldorin dialect of Quenya 183, 279. See (The) Exile, Exiles, Tatalië.
Noldorin (also abbreviated N.) Language reconfigured c.1950 as Sindarin. 236–7, 365.
Norlands See Forostar.
Norlindon Lindarin name of Lórien; changed from Lindoriand. 352
Norse (culture and language) 358, 367
North Cape Of Númenor. 332, 334
North Downs Of Eriador. 366
North Kingdom See Arnor.
North Wood Older name for the Firien Wood. 389, 392. See Eryn Fuir.
North, The (with various reference) 42, 180, 194, 282, 303–4, 359–60, 395; the Northlands 168
Notion Club Papers (title) 17
Númenor fauna 334–8 (bears 335; hedgehogs 336; rabbits 335–6); flora 338; population 339; royal house 188, 322–4; Sceptre 320–1; Scroll and Annals of the Kings 324; called the Gift 338; Downfall of Númenor 301, 331–2, 339–40, 386, 393; Númenórean Catastrophe 343–4. See (The) Downfallen.
Númenóreans lifespan and longevity 66, 151, 188–9, 195, 224, 287, 317–18, 319–21, 323; grace (regarding longer lifespan) 66, 78–9, 317, 321 (grace of Eärendil 78); grace of the Valar (regarding health, aptitude and situation) 321–2, 336; grace as ritual before meals 392; love 319; stature 194; Men of the West 340; Western Men 369–70
Numerals See Eldarin.
Nunduinë River of Númenor. 336
Oath of Cirion 377, 387, 392–5, 397; called in Rohan the Oath of Eorl 392.
Of the Rings of Power and the Third Age (title) 396
Oiolossë (S. Uilos) 243
Old English 17, 285, 368, 377, 394; dialects 358; Tolkien’s translations into Old English 269
Old French 163, 204
Old High German 179
Old Púkel-land Drúwaith Iaur. 385–6
Olmendi Elven ‘growth-years’. See Time.
Olórin 95, 102. See Gandalf.
olvar Plants. 270–1
Olwë Brother of Elwë (Thingol); Lord of Alqualondë. 52–4, 142, 186, 349, 357, 368
Ondolinde Q. name of Gondolin. 355
Ondonórë Nómesseron Minaþurië ‘Enquiry into the Place-names of Gondor’. 388
Ondosto Place in Númenor. 325
Orcs (also Orks) 68, 164–5, 176, 217, 357, 359–61, 370; Eastern Orcs 370; adjectival Orkish 176
Orodreth (of Nargothrond) 189; as name used by a Steward of Gondor 189
Oromë 33, 36, 39–40, 44, 46, 49–52, 56–7, 76, 94–7, 99, 101–3, 106–8, 110–12, 117, 128, 131, 166, 243–4, 295–6, 298
Oropher King of the Silvan Elves in Greenwood the Great, Thranduil’s father; older name Rogner. 359–60, 365–6
Orrostar The ‘Eastlands’ of Númenor. 333
Ósanwe-kenta ‘Enquiry into the Communication of Thought’ 205–18
Osgiliath 228
Ossë 53
Ossiriand 164–5, 357
Oswine (as translation of Valandil) Old English ‘God-friend’. 16–17
Outside See Ambar, Eä, Time, umbar.
Overbourn In the Shire. 374
Oxford 396; Oxford University 236, 346, 377
Palacendo One of the five Guardians. 95, 102
Paradise 234
Parma Eldalamberon Journal of Tolkienian languages. 173, 198, 235, 241, 300
Pattern The form given to prime matter. 172, 249–51, 265; of living things 248–51, 253, 255–6, 261, 266, 270, 274, 286–9, 291; Great Pattern (Q. Erkantië or earlier Arkantië) 256, 287, 290; Major Patterns (Q. Arkantiër) 256, 288
Pelendur Steward of Gondor. 189
Pengolodh (also Pengoloð) Elvish loremaster. 183, 203, 205–11, 213, 217; name in Q. Quendingoldo 183. See Dangweth Pengoloð.
Petty-dwarves 305
Pillar of the Heavens Meneltarma. 332, 393
Poles, West and East (of the Earth) 282
Poros River of Gondor. 389
Primal Impulse 255, 265, 286–7. See Pattern.
Prime matter (also Prime substance) See Erma.
Problem of Ros, The (title) 356
Prologue (to The Lord of the Rings) 189, 194
Púkel-men 380
Qenya Lexicon (in Parma Eldalamberon 12) 184
Quendi (including references to Elvish origins) 8, 13–16, 18–23, 26–37, 39–41, 43–4, 47, 50, 54–5, 58–65, 67, 76, 81, 83–92, 94–145 passim, 157–8, 194, 206, 280, 295, 302, 317; singular quendë 95; Primitive Quendian imagination 279–1; Quendian language(s) 36, 41; Primitive Quendian language 35. For origins, see also Awakening (of the Elves), Cuivenyarna; for discovery by the Valar and Melkor/Sauron, see Elves; for nature and population, see Elves; for later beliefs, see Eldarin.
Quendi and Eldar (title) 205, 217
Quendingoldo See Pengolodh.
Quenta Silmarillion (1930s version) 217; (1950s version) 6, 218. See (The) Silmarillion.
Quenya (language, also abbreviated Q.) 5–6, 14, 16–17, 20, 25, 56, 70, 102, 171–3, 175–6, 178, 180–1, 183–4, 188–9, 198, 205, 213, 219–22, 224, 226–8, 231, 237–40, 242–4, 279–84, 286, 290, 295, 300–2, 324, 327, 334, 341, 346–7, 349–53, 355, 363–4, 367, 377–8, 382, 386–7, 389, 391, 396–7; Old Quenya 349; Quenyarized 353
Quest of Erebor (title) 231
Radagast 95, 187, 193; Hrávandil 95, 102
Rána Maia of the Moon. 384
Rangers 366, 382
Ratatoskr Squirrel in Norse myth. 367
Rath Dínen The Silent Street in Minas Tirith. 364, 367
Realization Making or becoming real. 250–1, 253, 288
Reason 23, 90, 159, 176, 200–1, 203, 211, 220, 233, 272
Rebirth (of Elves) 155, 202–3, 247, 257–60, 263–4, 265–6; (of Dwarves) 264–5
Red Mountain (‘probably’ Caradhras). 357
Reincarnation (of Elves) 155, 171, 247–8, 254–7, 306, 308; restoration of former bodies 65, 210, 233, 293; (of Men) 260–3
Revelation (of the Great Design) 233
Rhûn, Sea of 47, 49, 56, 370
Ring Finder Bilbo. 308
Ring, The 196, 228, 374–5; Great Ring 272
Ringbearer Frodo. 308, 374
Ringil Sword of Fingolfin. 167–8
Ringló River in Gondor. 381, 384
Ringnen Source of the Ringló. 385
Rivendell 73, 351, 355. See Imladris.
Rochallor 168
Rogner See Oropher.
Rohan 51, 193, 284, 389, 394–5; Gap of Rohan 57, 365; language (Rohanese) 284–5, 379, 392
Rohirrim 284–5, 390, 392–5
Rómenna Port of Númenor. 325
Round W
orld (version of the mythology) 7, 12, 81
Runes 164–5, 180, 371; Cirdh Daeron 164; Cirth 371
Running, River 372
Sanskrit 179
Sarn Athrad (also Athrad Daer, Harathrad) Ford over the Gelion. 311. See Little Ford.
Saruman 95, 193. See Tarindor.
Sauron 35–8, 40–1, 50–1, 65, 88, 95, 102–3, 106–7, 111, 149–50, 178, 193, 210, 218, 228–9, 245, 272, 308, 340, 347–8, 350, 359–62, 365, 369–70, 373, 379, 393, 395. Sauron: Arising and Fall of Men (title) 35
Sea, The 16, 20, 37, 47, 52–3, 56, 76, 97, 244–5, 256, 290, 301, 303, 321, 324–5, 329, 332–4, 336–7, 339, 344, 352, 378, 385, 387–8; Great Sea 53, 57, 306, 322, 325, 339, 358; Belegaer 56
Second Age (excluding references to specific SA years) 15, 19, 42, 54, 65, 67, 73, 77–8, 81, 147–9, 155, 178, 245, 333, 348, 350, 358–61, 372, 378–9, 387
Second Born Men. 289; Second Children 88, 90
Second Elves 114–15; Second Generation 79, 104, 111
Seniors Name among themselves for the Avari. 93, 96
Serni River in Gondor. 381, 386, 388
Settlement The Earth (Eldarin ambar). 300
Shadow, The (of Melkor) 35–6, 88, 97, 253, 273; (upon Men or Númenor) 220, 222, 317, 319, 321–2, 340; (of Sauron) 340, 359, 362
Shelob 191, 196
Shibboleth of Fëanor, The (title) 376
Shire, The 194; Shire Reckoning 153
Siege of Angband See Angband.
Silmariën Princess of Númenor. 188, 190
Silmarilli The Silmarils. 165. See Three Jewels, War of the
Silmarillion, The (Tolkien’s references) 24, 33, 36, 39, 43, 88, 158, 189; (references to the published work) 56–7, 144, 218. Notes on motives in the Silmarillion 40, 218. See Quenta Silmarillion.
Silvan Elves 189, 193, 350, 356–68 passim, 383, 384. See Wood-elves.
Silvan Elvish (language, dialect and nomenclature) 351, 356–68 passim, 383.
Silverlode 363, 368. See Celebrant, River.
Sindar 26, 47, 56, 65, 102, 157, 178, 243, 247, 297–8, 302–3, 308, 346, 354, 358–9, 371, 387; East Sindar 298; Grey-elves 358; Sindarin (of race) 66, 188, 193
Sindarin (language, also abbreviated S.) 25, 176, 178, 181, 183–4, 194, 204, 219–20, 226–8, 236–8, 240–1, 243, 279, 283–5, 300–2, 304, 323, 347, 349–56, 358–9, 362, 364–5, 367–8, 378–9, 381–2, 384, 386–92, 394; in Númenor 323, 334; in Gondor 364, 367, 388–9, 397; Old Sindarin 355; Sindarized 178, 346–7, 352
Sindicollo ‘Greycloak’, 239–40. See Elwë, Thingol.
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