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Tharbad River-port and town where the North-South Road crossed the river Gwathló, ruined and deserted at the time of the War of the Ring. Bridge of Tharbad.
Tharkûn ‘Staff-man’, Dwarves’ name for Gandalf.
Thengel Sixteenth King of Rohan, father of Théoden.
Théoden Seventeenth King of Rohan, slain in the Battle of the Pelennor Fields.
Théodred Son of Théoden King of Rohan; slain in the First Battle of the Fords of Isen.
Théodwyn Daughter of Thengel King of Rohan, mother of Éomer and Éowyn.
Thingol ‘Grey-cloak’ (Quenya Singollo), the name by which Elwë (Sindarin Elu), leader with his brother Olwë of the host of the Teleri from Cuiviénen and afterwards King of Doriath, was known in Beleriand. See Elu, Elwë.
Thorin Oakenshield Dwarf of the House of Durin, King in exile, leader of the expedition to Erebor; slain in the Battle of Five Armies.
Thorondor Lord of the Eagles of the Crissaegrim.
Thorongil ‘Eagle of the Star’, name of Aragorn in Gondor when he served Ecthelion II.Thrain I Dwarf of the House of Durin, first King under the Mountain.
Thrain II Dwarf of the House of Durin, King in exile, father of Thorin Oakenshield; died in the dungeons of Dol Guldur.
Thranduil Sindarin Elf, King of the Silvan Elves in northern Mirkwood; father of Legolas.
Thrór Dwarf of the House of Durin, King under the Mountain at the coming of Smaug, father of Thrain II; killed in Moria by the Orc Azog.
*Thurin Name given to Túrin in Nargothrond by Finduilas; translated the Secret.
Tinúviel See Lúthien.
Tol Eressëa See Eressëa.
Tol Falas Island in the Bay of Belfalas close to Ethir Anduin.
Tol-in-Gaurhoth ‘Isle of Werewolves’, later name of Tol Sirion, the island in the river in the Pass of Sirion on which Finrod built the tower of Minas Tirith. Sauron’s Isle.
Tol Uinen Island in the Bay of Rómenna on the east coast of Númenor.
Took Name of a family of Hobbits in the Westfarthing of the Shire. See Peregrin, Hildifons, Isengar, Old Took.
Tower Hills See Emyn Beraid. Towers of the Teeth The watchtowers east and west of the Morannon.
Treebeard See Fangorn.
Tree of Tol Eressëa See Celeborn (1). tuilë The first season (‘spring’) in the loa.
Tumhalad Valley in West Beleriand between the rivers Ginglith and Narog where the host of Nargothrond was defeated.
Tuor Son of Huor and Rían; with Voronwë came to Gondolin bearing the message of Ulmo; wedded Idril Turgon’s daughter and with her and their son Eärendil escaped from the destruction of the city. The Axe of Tuor, see Dram-borleg.
Turambar Name taken by Túrin during his days in the Forest of Brethil. Translated Master of Doom; and by Túrin himself Master of the Dark Shadow.
Turgon Second son of Fingolfin; dwelt at Vinyamar in Nevrast until he departed in secret to Gondolin, which he ruled until his death in the sack of the city; father of Idril the mother of Eärendil. Called the Hidden King.
Túrin Son of Húrin and Morwen, chief subject of the lay named Narn i Hîn Húrin. Part 1 § II passim. For his other names see Neithan, Agarwaen, Thurin, Mormegil, Wildman of the Woods, Turambar.
*Turuphanto Translated the Wooden Whale, name given to Aldarion’s ship Hirilondë while it was building.
Tyrn Gorthad Sindarin name of the Barrow-downs.
Twilit Meres See Aelin-uial. Two Kingdoms Arnor and Gondor. Two Trees of Valinor See Laurelin, Telperion.
*Udalraph See Borondir.
*uilos A small white flower, also called alfirin and simbelmynë (Evermind).
Uinen Maia, the Lady of the Seas, spouse of Ossë.
*Uinendili ‘Lovers of Uinen’, name given to the Númenórean Guild of Venturers.
*Uinéniel ‘Daughter of Uinen’, name given to Erendis by Valandil Lord of Andúnië.
*Ulbar Númenórean, a shepherd in the service of Hallatan of Hyarastorni who became a mariner of Tar-Aldarion.
Ulbar’s wife . Uldor Called the Accursed; a leader of the Easterlings who was slain in the Nirnaeth Arnoediad.
Ulmo One of the great Valar, the Lord of Waters. Called Dweller in (of) the Deep; Lord of Waters.
*Ulrad A member of the outlaw-band (Gaurwaith) that Túrin joined.
Umbar Great natural haven and fortress of the Númenóreans south of the Bay of Belfalas; held for most of the Third Age by men of diverse origin hostile to Gondor, known as the Corsairs of Umbar.
Umbardacil See Telumehtar.
*Undeeps The two great westward bends of Anduin, called the North and South Undeeps, between the Brown Lands and the Wold of Rohan.
Underking (in Rohan). Undying Lands Aman and Eressëa.
Undying Realm . *Úner ‘Noman’.
Ungoliant The great Spider, destroyer with Melkor of the Trees of Valinor.
Úrimë Quenya name of the eighth month according to the Númenórean calendar, corresponding to August.
Uruks Anglicized form of Uruk-hai of the Black Speech; a race of Orcs of great size and strength.
*Urwen The given name of Lalaith, daughter of Húrin and Morwen who died in childhood.
Valacar Twentieth King of Gondor, whose marriage to Vidumavi of the Northmen led to the civil war of the Kin-strife.
Valandil (1) Son of Silmarien; first Lord of Andúnië. Wife of Valandil.
Valandil (2) Youngest son of Isildur; third King of Arnor.
Valar (Singular Vala). The ruling powers of Arda.Lords of the West; the Powers.
Valinor The land of the Valar in Aman. Valinórean. The Darkening of Valinor.
*Valley of the Tombs See Noirinan.
Valmar City of the Valar in Valinor.
Vanyar The first of the Three Kindreds of the Eldar on the Great Journey from Cuiviénen, all of whom left Middle-earth and remained in Aman.
Varda Greatest of the Valier (‘Queens of the Valar’), maker of the Stars, spouse of Manwë.
Vardamir Called Nólimon for his love of ancient learning; son of Elros Tar-Minyatur; accounted the second Ruler of Númenor although he did not ascend the throne.
*vardarianna Fragrant evergreen tree brought to Númenor by the Eldar of Eressëa.
*Vëantur Captain of the King’s Ships under Tar-Elendil; grandfather of Tar-Aldarion; commander of the first Númenórean ship to return to Middle-earth.
*Venturers, Guild of The brotherhood of mariners formed by Tar-Aldarion. See Uinendili.
Vidugavia ‘Wood-dweller’, Northman, called King of Rhovanion.
Vidumavi ‘Wood-maiden’, daughter of Vidugavia; wedded Valacar King of Gondor.
Vilya One of the Three Rings of the Elves, borne by Gil-galad and afterwards by Elrond. Called the Ring of Air, the Blue Ring.
*Vinyalondë ‘New Haven’, Númenórean harbour established by Tar-Aldarion at the mouth of the river Gwathló; afterwards called Lond Daer.
Vinyamar ‘New Dwelling’, the house of Turgon in Nevrast.
Víressë Quenya name of the fourth month according to the Númenórean calendar, corresponding to April.
Voronwë (1) Elf of Gondolin, the only mariner to survive from the seven ships sent into the West after the Nirnaeth Arnoediad; met with Tuor at Vinyamar and guided him to Gondolin.
Voronwë (2) Name of Mardil Steward of Gondor.
Wainriders An Easterling people who invaded Gondor in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries of the Third Age.
War of the Dwarves and the Orcs .
War of the Jewels The wars of Beleriand fought by the Noldor for the recovery of the Silmarils.
War of the (Last) Alliance See Last Alliance.
War of the Ring See Rings of Power.
Watchful Peace The period lasting from Third Age 2063, when Sauron left Dol Guldur, until 2460, when he returned.
Weather Hills Hills in Eriador, of which Amon Sûl (Weather-top) was the southernmost.
Weathertop See Amon Sûl.
Westernesse Translation
of Númenor; Isle of Westernesse.
Westfold Region of Rohan, the slopes and fields between Thrihyrne (the peaks above the Hornburg) and Edoras. Muster of Westfold.
Westlands (i) Of Númenor, see Andustar. (ii) Of Middle-earth, a very general expression, referring broadly to the lands west of Anduin.
*West-mark The western half of Rohan in the military organisation of the Rohirrim (see East-mark). Muster of the West-mark; Marshal of the West-mark.
West Road See Roads.
Westron The common tongue of the North-west of Middle-earth, described in Appendix F to The Lord of the Rings, and represented by modern English. Common Speech.
*Whispering Wood See Firien Wood.
White Council The deliberations of the Wise, meeting at intervals from Third Age 2463 to 2953; usually referred to as the Council. For a much earlier Council of the Wise also called the White Council.
White Lady (i) See Galadriel. (ii) White Lady of Emerië, see Erendis.
*White Messenger Saruman.
White Mountains See Ered Nimrais. White Ring See Nenya.
White Tree (i) Of Valinor, see Telperion. (ii) Of Tol Eressëa, see Celeborn (1). (iii) Of Númenor, see Nimloth (1).
*Wild Elves Mîm’s term for Dark Elves (Avari).
*Wild Lands Term used in Rohan for the lands west of the Gap.Wildman of the Woods Name adopted by Túrin when he first came among the Men of Brethil.
Wild Men (i) The Drúedain, (ii) General term for Easter-ling Men from beyond Anduin.
Wise, The The Istari and the greatest Eldar of Middle-earth. See White Council.
Witch-king See Lord of the Nazgûl, Angmar.
*Witnesses of Manwë The eagles of the Meneltarma.
Wizards See Istari, Heren Istarion, Order of Wizards.
Wold A region of Rohan, the northern part of the Eastemnet (Anglo-Saxon emnet ‘plain’).
Wolf, The Carcharoth, the Wolf of Angband.
*Wolf-folk Name given to the Easterlings of Dor-lómin.
*Wolf-men See Gaurwaith.
Wolfriders Orcs or Orclike beings mounted on wolves.
Woodhall A village in the Shire, at the foot of the Woody End slopes.
*Wood of Anwar See Firien Wood, Amon Anwar.
Woodmen (i) Dwellers in the woods south of Teiglin, harried by the Gaurwaith. (ii) The Men of Brethil. (iii) In Green-wood the Great.
Wormtongue See Gríma.
Woses See Drúedain.
Yavanna One of the Valier (‘Queens of the Valar’), spouse of Aulë.
*yavannamírë ‘Jewel of Yavanna’, a fragrant evergreen tree with scarlet fruit, brought to Númenor by the Eldar of Eressëa.
Yavannië Quenya name of the ninth month according to the Númenórean calendar, corresponding to September. See Ivanneth.
Year of Lamentation The year of the Nirnaeth Arnoediad.
yestarë The first day of the Elvish solar year (loa).
*Yôzâyan Adûnaic name for Númenor, ‘Land of Gift’.
*Zamîn Old woman in the service of Erendis.
WORKS BY J. R. R. TOLKIEN
The Hobbit
Leaf by Niggle
On Fairy Stories
Farmer Giles of Ham
The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth
The Lord of the Rings
The Adventures of Tom Bombadil
The Road Goes Ever On (with Donald Swann)
Smith of Wootton Major
WORKS PUBLISHED POSTHUMOUSLY
Sir Gawain, Pearl and Sir Orfeo
The Father Christmas Letters
The Silmarillion
Pictures by JRR Tolkien
Unfinished Tales
The Letters of JRR Tolkien
Mr Bliss
Finn and Hengest
The Monsters and the Critics and Other Essays
Roverandom
The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrún
THE HISTORY OF MIDDLE-EARTH BY CHRISTOPHER TOLKIEN
I The Book of Lost Tales Part 1
II The Book of Lost Tales Part 2
III The Lays of Beleriand
IV The Shaping of Middle-earth
V The Lost Road and Other Writings
VI The Return of the Shadow
VII The Treason of Isengard
VIII The War of the Ring
IX Sauron Defeated
X Morgoth’s Ring
XI The War of the Jewels
XII The Peoples of Middle-earth
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* I have little doubt now that the water marked on my original map as ‘The Ice bay of Forochel’ was in fact only a small part of the Bay(referred to in The Lord of the Rings, Appendix A, I, iii, as ‘immense’), which extended much further to the north-east: its northern and western shores being formed by the great Cape of Forochel, of which the tip, unnamed, appears on my original map. In one of my father’s map-sketches the northern coast of Middle-earth is shown stretching in a great curve east-north-east from the Cape, the most northerly point being some 700 miles north of Carn Dûm.
* Forodwaith only occurs once in The Lord of the Rings (Appendix A, I, iii) and there refers to ancient in habitants of the Northlands, of whom the Snowmen of Forochel were a remnant; but the Sindarin word (g) waith was used both of regions and of the peoples inhabiting them (cf. Enedwaith). In one of my father’s sketch-maps Forodwaith seems to be explicitly equated with ‘The Northern Waste’, and in another is translated ‘Northerland’.
* The Glanduin (‘border-river’) flowed down from the Misty Mountains south of Moria to join the Mitheithel above Tharbad. On the original map to The Lord of the Rings the name was not marked (it only occurs once in the book, in Appendix A (I, iii)). It seems that in 1969 my father communicated to Miss Pauline Baynes certain additional names for inclusion in her decorated map of Middle-earth: ‘Edhellond’ (referred to above, p. 330, note 18), ‘Andrast’, ‘D
rúwaith Iaur (Old Púkel-land)’, ‘Lond Daer (ruins)’, ‘Eryn Vorn’, ‘R.Adorn’, ‘Swanfleet’, and ‘R.Glanduin’. The last three of these names were then written into the original map that accompanies the book, but why this was done I have been unable to discover; and while ‘R.Adorn’ is correctly placed, ‘Swanfleet’ and ‘River Glandin’ [sic ] are blunderingly placed against the upper course of the Isen. For the correct interpretation of the relation between the names Glanduin and Swanfleet see pp. 342 – 4.
* In the early days of the kingdoms the most expeditious route from one to the other (except for great armaments) was found to be by sea to the ancient port at the head of the estuary of the Gwathló and so to the river-port of Tharbad, and thence by the Road. The ancient sea-port and its great quays were ruinous, but with long labour a port capable of receiving seagoing vessels had been made at Tharbad, and a fort raised there on great earthworks on both sides of the river, to guard the once famed Bridge of Tharbad. The ancient port was one of the earliest ports of the Númenóreans, begun by the renowned mariner-king Tar-Aldarion, and later enlarged and fortiӿed. It was called Lond Daer Enedh, the Great Middle Haven (as being between Lindon in the North and Pelargir on the Anduin). [Author’s note.]
* Sindarin alph, a swan, plural eilph; Quenya alqua,as in Alqualondë. The Telerin branch of Eldarin shifted original kw to p (but original p remained unshifted). The much-changed Sindarin of Middle-earth turned the stops to spirants after l and r. Thus original alkwa became alpa in Telerin, and alf (transcribed alph) in Sindarin.
* Gimli must at least have passed through the Shire on journeys from his original home in the Blue Mountains (see p. 435).
* There is an account of the Long Winter of 2758 – 9 as it affected Rohan in Appendix A (II) to The Lord of the Rings; and the entry in the Tale of Years mentions that ‘Gandalf came to the aid of the Shirefolk’.
* At this point a sentence in the manuscript, A, was perhaps unintentionally omitted in the typescript, in view of Gandalf’ s subsequent remark about Smaug’s never having smelt a Hobbit: ‘Also a scent that cannot be placed, at least not by Smaug, the enemy of Dwarves.’
* These were terms only used with reference to military organisation. Their boundary was the Snowbourn River to its junction with the Entwash, and thence north along the Entwash. [Author’s note.]