The History of the Hobbit

by John D. Rateliff

  Dain son of Nain (dwarvenking, King under the Mountain) xi, 269, 477, 501–2, 564, 572, 575, 600, 627, 644, 654, 657, 658, 662, 666–77, 680–1, 702–14, 720, 822–4, 828

  —becomes King under the Mountain 564, 600, 680, 685, 703–5

  —first appearance in text 644, 654, 674, 703, 713

  —killed Bolg’s father 705, 709, 712

  —origin of name 606, 674, 706, 867–8, 870

  —relationship to Thorin 269, 501–2, 644, 674, 703, 704, 708 (first cousins)

  Dale Town 10, 18–9. Dale 70–2, 116, 362, 436, 453, 472, 475, 486, 564, 583, 592–4, 600, 626, 645, 650, D’Ardenne, Simone 881, 885, and passim. Men of Dale passim.

  Dark Elves 59, 81, 405–7. See also Eöl.

  The Dark Forest (Germany) 19. See also Mirkwood.

  The Dead Marshes 25, 492

  de Camp, L. Sprague (Literary Swordsmen and Sorcerers) 64

  Deep-Elves (Noldor, Gnomes) 78, 315, 324, 405–7, 412, 429. See also Three Kindreds of the Elves, Noldor, Gnomes.

  Denham, Michael A. 264–5, 841–3, 846–8, 850–4

  Denham Tracts [1858] 853

  The Denham Tracts [1892 & 1895] xxxvii, 125, 263–5, 841–54

  Department of Western Manuscripts: see Bodleian Library.

  Descriptive Bibliography (= J. R. R. Tolkien: A Descriptive Bibliography): xxxiv & passim. See also Hammond, Wayne G.

  Dialectical Dictionaries: see Haigh and Wright.

  A Dictionary of Fairies: see Briggs, Katharine.

  Dinosaurs 43, 342, 540–1

  Dodgson, Rev. Charles Lutwidge: see Carroll, Lewis.

  Dol Amroth, Lords of 59. See also Imrazôr the Númenorean.

  Donnelly, Ignatius 18

  *Dori (dwarf, member of Thorin & Company) passim.

  —‘a decent fellow’ 204

  —carries Bilbo (‘not a porter’) 133–4, 204, 209, 211, 213

  —featured in Plot Notes A 295–6

  —fights with Nori 91, 99, 100

  —guards outpost at Ravenhill 626

  —origin of name 868, 870

  —plays flute 36

  —speaks 33, 133, 209, 307, 593, 732, 774

  —the strongest member of Thorin & Company 348

  Doriath (elvenwood, realm of Thingol) 21, 121, 325, 331, 341, 403, 409, 411–17, 419, 421, 431–3, 561, 710–11. See also Artanor.

  Dorkins, Fattie (Mr. Bliss) 63

  Dor Lómin 62

  Dor-na-Fauglith (later Anfauglith) 20, 53, 62, 487

  Dorthonion (Beren’s homeland) 20, 21, 418

  Dorwinion 62, 383, 417–20, 652

  ‘Doworst’ (poem by JRRT) 3

  ‘The Dragon’s Visit’ (poem by JRRT) 376, 499, 527, 529–30, 543, 565. See also Bimble Bay.

  The Dragon: see Smaug.

  The Dragon of the Far Mountains 31, 51

  Dragons 483–9, 525–534, 538–43, & passim.

  —Tolkien’s dragons: see also Ancalagon the Black, Chrysophylax Dives, the Dragon of the Far Mountains, Glorund, Pryftan, Smaug, Scatha the Worm, &c.

  —Traditional dragons: see Fafnir, Beowulf’s dragon, the Midgard Serpent, &c.

  drasils (goblin-mounts) xviii, 142

  Drayton, Michael (Elizabethan poet) 47–8, 120

  ‘The Dream of Macsen Wledig’ (Mabinogion) 147 ‘The Dream of Rhonabwy’ (Mabinogion) 57, 147

  Dundas-Grant, James (Inkling) 343–4

  Dungeons & Dragons (D&D) 192, 225, 253, 527

  Dunsany, Lord (Edward Plunkett, author) 15, 18, 26, 47, 55, 60, 64, 99, 109, 376–7, 396, 419, 422, 485, 526, 542, 838, 852

  —The Book of Wonder 47, 60, 64, 99, 376–7, 485, 526. ‘Chu-bu and Sheemish’ 60; ‘The Distressing Tale of Thangobrind the Jeweller’ 64, 99; ‘The Hoard of the Gibbelins’ 60, 376–7, 485, 526; ‘How Nuth Would Have Practised His Art Upon the Gnoles’ 99, 376–7; ‘The Injudicious Prayers of Pombo the Idolater’ 47; ‘Miss Cubbidge and the Dragon of Romance’ 526.

  —A Dreamer’s Tales 55. ‘Bethmora’ 55.

  —‘The Fortress Unvanquishable, Save for Sacnoth’ (The Sword of Welleran) 526

  —The Gods of Pegana 64, 422; its influence on the creation of the Valar 64, 422.

  —The King of Elfland’s Daughter 396

  —The Last Book of Wonder 18, 55, 99, 109, 419. ‘The Bird of the Difficult Eye’ 18, 99, 109; ‘The Long Porter’s Tale’ 18; ‘The Probable Adventure of the Three Literary Men’ 99; ‘The Secret of the Sea’ 419; ‘A Story of Land and Sea’ 55.

  —The Man Who Ate the Phoenix 419. ‘The Opal Arrow-Head’ 419.

  —A Night at an Inn 99

  —Beyond the Fields We Know: The Short Stories of Lord Dunsany (Rateliff) 64, 422

  Durin (dwarvenking, ancester of the Longbeards)

  —ancestor of Longbeards 77, 81, 116, 676

  —origin of name 42, 77, 85, 673, 706–7, 867, 869; partnered with Dvalin 42, 77, 85, 706–7

  Durin’s Day 22–3, 116, 123–4, 127, 135, 371, 478–81, 581, 622, 652, 664, 813, 824–6, 828, 829–30

  —occurs on the first new moon of autumn 116, 123–4, 127, 371, 480–1, 826, 828, 829–31

  —occurs on the last new moon of autumn 123–4, 480–1, 592, 652, 664, 824

  Durin’s Folk: see Indrafangs, Longbeards 22, [76,] 77, [80,] 81, 116, [338.] 436, 438, 528, 533, 619, 644, 647, 654, 680, 704, 705, 756.

  Dvalin (dwarf) 42, 77, 706–7, 866–9; partnered with Durin 42, 77, 706–7.

  Dvergatal (dwarf name-list) 15, 23–4, 444, 455, 464–5, 674, 706, 757, 759, 857, 866–71; see also Elder Edda, Prose Edda.

  *Dwalin (dwarf, member of Thorin & Company), passim.

  —acts as lookout 91, 98, 100, 319

  —brother of Balin 33, 98, 319, 322, 477–8, 674, 685, 773

  —doubts Bilbo’s competence 8, 39, 54, 518; has exaggerated opinion of Bilbo’s burglaring abilities 475

  —first to arrive 32, 772

  —first to notice Gandalf/Thorin is missing 314

  —loans Bilbo a green cloak 89

  —origin of name 42, 79, 85, 706, 866; see also Dvalin.

  —plays viola 36

  —survivor of Thrain’s expedition 338–9, 477, 787

  Dwarves 76–80 & passim.

  —as an evil people (Children of Melko?) 76–78, 85, and passim.

  —‘old quarrel’ with the Elves 54–5, 63, 315, 411–5, and passim.

  —‘Dwarfs’, ‘Dwarves’, & Dwarrows (alternate plurals) 80, 85–6, 186, 208, 215, 384, 392, 441, 447, 857

  —the Two Races of the Dwarves: see Indrafangs (Longbeards) and Nauglath.

  —origin myth & fate in afterlife 79–80, 721–2

  Dwarves, Petty: see Petty Dwarves.

  Dyson, Hugo (Inkling) 636

  ‘Éadig Béo Þu (Old English poem by JRRT) 57, 188. see also Songs for the Philologists.

  Earendel (Halfelven, father of Elrond) 121–2, 125, 278–9, 327–30, 392, 427, 433–4, 528, 565, 596, 605, 608, 617; later spelled ‘Eärendil’.

  —the Eârendel poems xl, 327, 330, 332, 427, 538

  Eddison, E. R. (The Worm Ouroboros) 17, 25, 226, 702, 872, 878

  Egyptian Mythology 103, 193, 223, 329, 589–90

  Elbereth (Vala) 18, 274

  Eldamar: see Elvenhome.

  The Elder Edda 12–3, 15, 23–24, 42, 79, 86, 103, 168, 256, 298, 424, 428, 444, 455, 464–5, 484, 521, 528, 605, 615, 673–4, 685, 706, 721, 757–8, 857, 866–71. See also Alvissmál, Dvergatal, Fáfnismál, Hávamál, Helgaqviða, Hjorvarðzsonar, Reginsmál, Þrymsqviða, Vafthrúthnismál, Völuspá.

  Elrond Halfeven (son of Eärendel) 52, 61, [62], 104, 115–17, 119–25, 127, 136, 200, 258, 362, 366, 392, 410, 415, 431, 434, 482, 502, 530, 576, 589, 617, 687–90, 697, 750, 793, 800, 802–3, 810–12, 814, 829–30, 838

  Elston, Charles B. (archivist) iv, xxxv

  Elvenhome 52, 324, 405–6, 419, 427, 429, 433, 783; Eldamar 324, 409. See also Faerie and Fairyland.

  Elves 395–408 & passim.

  —Elves of Rivendell 46
, 113–121, 124–5

  —in The Father Christmas Letters xviii, 120, 125

  —Wood-elves 306–8, 315–16, 324–5, 352–4, 361–2, 366, 379–95, 408–11, 552, 640–2, 672, 681–2, & passim.

  Elvish (language): see Gnomish, Noldorin, Qenya, Quenya, Sindarin.

  English and Medieval Studies: Presented to J. R. R. Tolkien (festschrift) 65

  Eöl (dark elf) 59

  Éowyn 42, 179

  Eriol the Wanderer

  —as compiler of ‘Book of Lost Tales’ 52, 62, 119, 427

  —as dreamer 148

  —ties to real-world history 100, 414, 447

  see also Ælfwine of England, ‘The History of Eriol’.

  Errol, Alboin (The Lost Road) 77, 148, 279, 686, 699

  Errol, Audoin 77, 148

  Eruman 143, 150, 328, 330

  Esgaroth (Elvish name for Lake Town) 418, 554, 561–62, 566–7, 571, 610

  —originally named Esgaron 554, 566, 569–71

  Essays Presented to Charles Williams (memorial festschrift) xxxiv, xl, 59, 281, 421

  Faerie 26, 324, 405, 427–8; Fairyland 315, 324, 405, 411, 428.

  Faerie Brides & Fairy Wives 59, 864–5. See also Aredhel, Arwen, Ides Ælfscýne, Idril, Lúthien, Melian, Mithrellas, Tooks.

  —Took ancestor’s marriage with 29, 46, 59, 769

  Fafnir (dragon) 75, 86, 484–5, 491, 493, 500–3, 521, 531–2, 534, 540, 543, 560, 570–1, 596, 599, 611–12, 623, 685

  Fáfnismál 42, 484, 521, 523, 612, 624, 685. See also The Elder Edda.

  Fairy: see Elf.

  ‘The Fall of Gondolin’ (BLT II) 123, 125, 137–8, 221, 223, 230, 415, 421, 542, 675

  Fang 22: see Indrafang (Longbeards).

  Fangli (fay) 82–3, 85; also known as Fankil and Fúkil.

  Fangorn (Treebeard) 22, 77, 108, 143–5, 148, 267, 272, 546

  Fangorn Forest 343

  Farmer Giles of Ham (FGH) xxxiv, xxxix, 4–5, 16, 18, 46, 55, 63, 74–75, 104, 145, 171, 186, 270, 279, 422, 454, 460, 462, 485–7, 492–3, 502, 528, 542, 546, 557, 585, 612, 654, 694, 714–15, 786

  —date of composition (immediately preceding Hobbit) 74, 492–3

  —excluded from legendarium with difficulty 16

  Father Christmas Letters (FCL) xviii, xxxiv, xxxviii, 50, 120, 138, 141–2, 150, 168, 186, 254–5, 269, 280, 300, 448, 527–8, 542, 630, 686, 697, 717

  —and dating of The Hobbit xviii, xix–xx, xxii 458, 527, 630, 686, 717

  —as documents (‘handouts’) 23

  Father Christmas as wizard xvi, xxxvi, 50, 269, 697

  Fays (= Maiar) 50, 62, 81–82, 87, 415, 717

  —Fairy (elf) vs. Fay (Maia) 59

  Fëanor (elvenking) 25, 119, 392, 617

  —the Alphabet of Fëanor 757; see tengwar

  —creates Silmarils 601, 604–5, 607, 616

  —the Jewels of Fëanor 608, 609; see Silmarils.

  Fëanorian (Elven script) 65, 857. see Tengwar.

  Felagund: see Finrod Felagund.

  Fellin: see Battle of the Green Fields of Fellin.

  Fénelon, François (‘The Enchanted Ring’) 180–2

  FGH: see Farmer Giles of Ham.

  Fili (dwarf): see Fili & Kili.

  *Fili & Kili (dwarves, members of Thorin & Company) passim.

  —as scouts 128–9, 472, 473, 482

  —deaths of xi, 501, 684, 704, 707

  —‘fighting fiercely’ against trolls 796, 798, 808

  —Fili younger than Kili: 348; Kili younger than Fili: 355.

  —help acquire boat 348

  —kinship with Thorin (great-uncle) xi, 438, 444, 612, 684, 704; and each other (brothers) 136, 322, 355, 438, 674, 704.

  —mental reservations to Thorin’s course 649, 657

  —nearly drowned 91, 794

  —not identical in appearance 312, 322

  —origin of name 869

  —play fiddles 36; play harps 589, 602

  —retrieve supplies during Siege 645; pursued by elves (Fili wounded and captured) 556, 626.

  —survive Battle of Five Armies ix, 681, 684–5

  —youngest and most active dwarves in the Company 7, 14, 38, 54, 128, 135, 437, 474, 477, 794, 806

  Fimbulfambi xii, 9, 12, 15, 24, 456, 464, 758; see also Gandalf’s Grandfather, Thror.

  —origin of name 12, 15, 24, 606, 674, 708

  Fimbulfambi’s Map xiv, 9, 17–23, 77, 105, 118, 297, 458, 476, 479, 488, 591, 602, 676. See Frontispiece, plate one.

  Fingolfin the elven-king (high king of the Noldor) 12, 15, 24–25, 221–2, 410, 803. See also Golfin.

  Fingolfin the goblin-king xii, 8, 12, 15–16, 25, 28, 39, 43, 45, 279, 407, 712

  —name changed to Golfimbul 43, 712

  Finnish Mythology: see Kalevala.

  Finrod Felagund (elvenking) 12, 20, 410, 432, 530, 532, 597

  —House of Finrod: descendents of Finarfin (earlier Finrod), Fingolfin’s brother 407.

  Finwë (elvenking, father of Fëanor, Fingolfin, & Finarfin/Finrod) 24–25, 604; earlier Finn 25, Gelmir 24–5; Gnomish name Golfinweg 24.

  First Outline 229–30 & passim.

  First Typescript xxv, passim.

  First Whisper of ‘The Wind in the Willows’: see Grahame, Kenneth.

  Fisher, Matt xxxv

  Flieger, Verlyn xxxv, xxxviii, 26, 64, 74, 149, 183, 193–4, 404, 423–4, 426, 545

  Forest of Broceliand: see Broceliand.

  Forest of Doriath: see Doriath.

  The Forest of Night 20, 331: see Taur-na-Fuin.

  The Forest River 19, 298, 366–7, 382, 388–9, 394–5, 435–6

  ‘For W. H. A.’ (Old English/Modern English double poem by JRRT) 65

  Fossils 43, 321, 341, 527, 537, 540

  Fox, Adam (Inkling) 193

  ‘The Fox Went Out’ (folksong) 58, 107, 188. See also ‘The Root of the Boot’.

  Frodo (hobbit): see Baggins, Frodo.

  Fúkil: see Fangli.

  Furth, Charles (editor at Allen & Unwin) xxiv, xxxiv, xxxviii, 613–14, 694, 882, 883, 887, 889, 890

  The Futhark (Old English runes) 22, 277, 757; see also Runes.

  Gamgee, Sam (hobbit) 51, 102, 247, 327, 463, 565

  *Gandalf the Dwarf (dwarvenking, leader of Gandalf & Company). passim. Original name (Chapters I–IX) of Thorin Oakenshield. See also Thorin Oakenshield.

  —eldest among the dwarves 380, 390, 477–8, 720

  —fights spiders 294–5, 301

  —fights trolls 94–6, 864

  —name change to Thorin (Oakenshield) xii, 11, 15, 293, 298, 323–4, 347, 354, 392, 444, 455–7, 476–7

  —origin of name 15, 24, 79, 277, 289, 444–5 (‘wand-elf’), 867, 869

  —plays harp 36

  Gandalf’s Father 20, 72–3, 83, 455–7, 464; death of (Necromancer) 73, 83, 253, 326, 338–9; see also Thrain.

  Gandalf’s Grandfather 40, 44, 71–73, 455–7, 464; death of (Moria) 73, 338; see also Fimbulfambi.

  Gandalf the Wizard: see Bladorthin.

  —Gandalf the Grey vs. Gandalf the White 48–49.

  The Gates of Morn 21; Gates of Night 329–30.

  A Gateway to Sindarin: see Salo, David.

  Gautiska (Neo-Gothic) 278; see Gothic (language).

  Gelmir (elvenking): see Finwë.

  Gem of Girion (Arkenstone) xi, 364–6, 369, 373, 375–6, 377, 457, 466, 496, 499, 501, 514–15, 518, 525, 568–70, 573–6, 579–80, 586–8, 590, 595, 603–4, 606–7, 609, 613–14

  Genius Loci (Bombadil) 59, 267

  Geoffrey of Monmouth (author): see Arthurian legend.

  George Allen & Unwin: see Allen & Unwin.

  ‘The Gest of Beren son of Barahir and Lúthien the Fay’ 87: see ‘The Lay of Leithian’.

  Giants 24, 31, 51, 59, 61, 85, 103–4, 110, 128–9, 143–5, 150–1, 158, 168, 200, 211, 229, 231, 234, 247, 255, 261, 264, 270, 374, 460, 522–3, 528, 540, 680, 706, 714–15, 758–9, 805, 811, 842, 844, 848, 852.

  —giants as Children of Morgoth 144

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bsp; ‘Gilfanon’s Tale’ (BLT I) 50, 76, 78, 81, 85, 697

  Gilson, Christopher (Tolkien linguist) 27, 63

  Gilson, R. Q. (T.C.B.S.) 759, 891

  Gimli (dwarf) 224, 477, 489, 591, 611, 704, 705, 808, 822, 871

  —too young to accompany Thorin & Company on Quest of Erebor 477

  Glamdring (Bladorthin/Gandalf’s sword) 97, 115, 122, 133–4, 136–7, 199, 564, 799

  The Glamhoth (Orc) 25. See Goblins.

  ‘Glip’ (poem by JRRT) 167–8, 187. See also Bimble Bay.

  *Gloin (dwarf, member of Thorin & Company)

  —at Council of Elrond 339, 356, 614; Bilbo’s apology 339, 356.

  —brother of Oin 674

  —doubts Bilbo’s competence 9, 40, 54, 518, 788–9; cowed by Bladorthin 44.

  —father of Gimli Gloinson 477, 704

  —fights with Oin 99, 100, 796

  —fond of golf 40

  —group’s chief fire-maker (with Oin) 98–100, 129, 210, 568, 579–80, 586, 795–6

  —helps acquire the boat 348

  —no instrument specified 36

  —origin of name 868, 869

  Glorfindel 61, 120, 221, 415–16, 433–4, 530

  Glorund (dragon) 20, 75, 373, 486, 493, 500, 502–3, 520, 527, 529–32, 534, 540, 559–60, 565, 597–9, 611–12, 617

  Gnomes (the Noldor) xxxix, 24, 26, 78, 85–6, 115, 118, 122, 315, 324, 405–6, 411–12, 418–9, 429, 431–2, 853, 857

  —Red Gnomes (in FCL) xviii, 120, 142

  Gnomish (language; earliest form of Noldorin/Sindarin): see Gnomish Lexicon.

  —relationship to Noldorin and Sindarin 26–27, 424, 562

  ‘Gnomish Is Sindarin’ (Gilson) 27

  The Gnomish Lexicon (Parma Eldalamberon XI) 26–27, 52–53, 62–63, 76–77, 79, 136–7, 143, 261–2, 275, 328, 377, 392–3, 417–18, 562, 616–17, 675; also 22, 24, 221, 536, 564, 610.

  Gobi Desert (the Great Desert of Gobi) 9, 17, 43; see also The Last Desert.

  Goblins 130–4, 137–43, 155, 161–3, 204–9, 244, 670–2, 677, 679–80, 681, & passim.

  —‘Goblin’ vs. ‘Orc’ 137

  —goblin-kings: see Azog, Bolg, Fingolfin, Golfimbul, the Great Goblin.

  —in The Father Christmas Letters xviii, 142

  —pictures of xviii, 142

  The Golden Tree: see The Two Trees of Valinor.

  Golf Joke 8–9, 16, 39–40, 45, 279, 785

  Golfimbul (goblin-king) 43, 712, 776, 785. Replaced Fingolfin; replaced by Gulfimbul 776, 785.

  Golfin (elven prince) 24; earlier name for Fingolfin.

  Golfinweg (elven king) 24; Gnomish name for Finwë.