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Alqualonde, the Haven of the Swans or Swanhaven, is also called simply The Haven: 97, 101 Helcar The Inland Sea in the northeast of Middle-earth, where once stood the mountain of the lamp of Illuin; the mere of Cuivienen where the first Elves awoke is described as a bay in this sea. 48, 54 Helcaraxe The strait between Araman and Middle-earth; also referred to as the Grinding Ice. 51-2, 60, 88, 1001,

Helevorn 'Black Glass', a lake in the north of Thargelion, below Mount Rerir, where Caranthir dwelt. 132, 148, Helluin The star Sirius. 48, 69 Herumor A renegade Numenorean who became mighty among the Haradrim at the end of the Second Age. 363 - 147 - Herunumen 'Lord of the West', Quenya name of Ar-Adunakhor. 330 Hidden Kingdom Name given both to Doriath, 135, 198, 200,277, and to Gondolin, 156,298 High-elven See Quenya.

High Elves See Eldar. 370

High Faroth See Taur-en-Faroth.

Hildor 'The Followers', 'The Aftercomers', Elvish name for Men, as the Younger Children of Iluvatar. 114, 119

Hildorien The land in the east of Middle-earth where the first Men (Hildor) awoke. 120, 169 Himlad 'Cool Plain', the region where Celegorm and Curufin dwelt south of the Pass of Aglon. 147, 158, 161 Himring The great hill west of Maglor's Gap on which was the stronghold of Maedhros; translated in the text as 'Evercold'.

Hirilorn The great beech-tree in Doriath with three trunks, in which Luthien was imprisoned. The name means 'Tree of the Lady'. 208, 226 Hisilome 'Land of Mist', Quenya name of Hithlum. 140 Hithaeglir 'Line of Misty Peaks': the Misty Mountains, or Mountains of Mist. (The form Hithaeglin on the map to The Lord of the Rings is an error.) 55, 104, 107, 360, 364, 366 Hither Lands Middle-earth (also called the Outer Lands). 57, 59-61, 296, 304, 311, 315, 323, 371 Hithlum 'Land of Mist' (see 140), the region bounded on the east and south by Ered Wethrin and on the west by Ered Lomin; see Hisilome. 52, 90, 123, 126-8, 130, 137, 140-1, 144, 146, 157, 171, 181-9, 193, 221, 231-4, 2389,

Hollin See Eregion. 354 Hollowbold Translation of Nogrod: 'hollow dwelling' (early English bold, noun related to the verb build). 104 Huan The great wolfhound of Valinor that Orome gave to Celegorm; friend and helper of Beren and Luthien; slew and slain by Carcharoth. The name means 'great dog, hound'. 209-18, 222, 225-6 Hunthor A Man of the Haladin in Brethil who accompanied Turin in his attack on Glaurung at Cabed-en-Aras and was killed there by a falling stone. 273 Huor Son of Galdor of Dor-lomin, husband of Rian and father of Tuor; went to Gondolin with Hurin his brother; slain in the Nirnaeth Arnoediad. 150, 177, 190, 232, 236, 237, 242, 294, 296, 298, 301, 311 Hurin Called Thalion 'the Steadfast', 'the Strong'; son of Galdor of Dor-lomin, husband of Morwen and father of Turin and Nienor; lord of Dor-lomin, vassal of Fingon. Went with Huor his brother to Gondolin; captured by Morgoth in the Nirnaeth Arnoediad and set upon Thangorodrim for many years; after his release slew Mim in Nargothrond and brought the Nauglamir to King Thingol. 150, 177, 191-4, 232-46, 252, 255-9, 261-7, 271, 274-6,

Hyarmentir The highest mountain in the regions south of Valinor. 81 Iant Iaur 'The Old Bridge' over the Esgalduin on the northern borders of Doriath; also called the Bridge of Esgalduin, 144-5, 157 Ibun One of the sons of Mim the Petty-dwarf. 249, 251-2 Idril Called Celebrindal 'Silverfoot'; the daughter (and only child) of Turgon and Elenwe; wife of Tuor, mother of Earendil, with whom she escaped from Gondolin to the Mouths of Sirion; departed thence with Tuor into the West 151, 160, 163, 165-6, 296-300, 303-4, 308, 315,322 Illuin One of the Lamps of the Valar made by Aule. Illuin stood in the northern part of Middle-earth, and after the overthrow of the mountain by Melkor the Inland Sea of Helcar was formed there. 30-1, 48, 59 Ilmare A Maia, the handmaid of Varda, 24 Ilmen The region above the air where the stars are. 116-9, 349 Iluvatar 'Father of All, Eru. 3-11, 17-8, 23, 25, 34-42, 46-50, 58, 70, 73, 74, 86, 93, 102, 121, 227, 313, 322-3,

Imlach Father of Amlach. 173 Imladris 'Rivendell' (literally, 'Deep Dale of the Cleft'), Elrond's dwelling in a valley of the Misty Mountains. 282, 364,

Indis Vanyarin Elf, close kin of Ingwe; second wife of Finwe, mother of Fingolfin and Finarfin. 63, 69-70,

Ingwe Leader of the Vanyar, the first of the three hosts of the Eldar on the westward journey from Cuivienen. In Aman he dwelt upon Taniquetil, and was held High King of all the Elves. 53-4, 60, 62, 65, 69, 117,

Inziladun Elder son of Ar-Gimilzor and Inzilbeth; afterwards named Tar-Palantir. 332 Inzilbeth Queen of Ar-Gimilzor; of the house of the lords of Andunie. 331 Irmo The Vala usually named Lorien, the place of his dwelling. Irmo means 'Desirer' or 'Master of Desire'.

Iron Mountains See Ered Engrin.

IsengardTranslation (to represent the language of Rohan) of the Elvish name Angrenost. 361, 373-7 Isil Quenya name of the Moon. 114-5 Isildur Elder son of Elendil, who with his father and his brother Anarion escaped from the Drowning of Numenor and founded m Middle-earth the Numenorean realms in exile; lord of Minas Ithil; cut the Ruling Ring from Sauron's hand; slain by Orcs in the Anduin when the Ring slipped from his finger. 337, 342, 346, 360-8, 374.

Heirs of Isildur 369, 373. Heir of Isildur=Aragorn 377 Istari The Wizards. See Curunir, Saruman; Mithrandir, Gandalf, Olorin; Radagast. 372 Ivrin The lake and falls beneath Ered Wethrin where the river Narog rose. 140, 257. Pools of Ivrin 132, 257, 264, 296. Falls of Ivrin 142, 206. See Eithel Ivrin. kelvar An Elvish word retained in the speeches of Yavanna and Manwe in Chapter II: 'animals, living things that move'. 43-4 Kementari 'Queen of the Earth', a title of Yavanna. 21, 33-5, 44 Khazad The name of the Dwarves in their own language (Khuzdul). 103 Khazad-dum The great mansions of the Dwarves of Durin's race in the Misty Mountains (Hadhodrond, Moria).

See Khazad; dum is probably a plural or collective, meaning 'excavations, halls, mansions'. 42, 104, 354 Khim Son of Mim the Petty-dwarf, slam by one of Turin's outlaw band. 249 King's Men Numenoreans hostile to the Eldar and the Elendili. 328-9, 332 Kinslaying, The The slaying of the Teleri by the Noldor at Alqualonde. 98, 100-1, 120, 130, 152, 154, 166, 169, 188 Ladros The lands to the northeast of Dorthonion that were granted by the Noldorin Kings to the Men of the House of Beor. 177 Laer Cu Beleg 'The Song of the Great Bow', made by Turin at Eithel Ivrin in memory of Beleg Cuthalion. 256 Laiquendi 'The Green-elves' of Ossiriand. 110 Lalaith 'Laughter', daughter of Hurin and Morwen who died in childhood. 242 Lammoth 'The Great Echo', region north of the Firth of Drengist, named from the echoes of Morgoth's cry in his struggle with Ungoliant. 89-90, 123 Land of Shadow See Mordor.

Land of the Dead that Live See Dor Firn-i-Guinar.

Land of the Star Numenor. 339, 341 Lanthir Lamath 'Waterfall of Echoing Voices', where Dior had his house in Ossiriand, and after which his daughter Elwing ('Star-spray') was named. 289 Last Alliance The league made at the end of the Second Age between Elendil and Gil-galad to defeat Sauron. 364 Laurelin 'Song of Gold', the younger of the Two Trees of Valinor. 34, 64, 82, 114-6, 151 Lay of Leithian The long poem concerning the lives of Beren and Luthien from which the prose account in The Silmarillion was derived. Leithian is translated 'Release from Bondage'. 195, 198, 203, 206-8, 226 Legolin The third of the tributaries of Gelion in Ossiriand. 147 lembas Sindarin name of the waybread of the Eldar (from earlier lennmbass 'journey-bread'; in Quenya coimas 'life-bread'). 247, 251, 256 Lenwe The leader of the Elves from the host of the Teleri who refused to cross the Misty Mountains on the west-ward journey from Cuivienen (the Nandor); father of Denethor. 56, 108 Lhun River in Eriador flowing into the sea in the Gulf of Lhun.354, 360 Linaewen 'Lake of birds', the great mere in Nevrast. 141 Lindon A name of Ossiriand in the First Age; see 147. After the tumults at the end of the First Age the name Lindon was retained for the lands west of the Blue Mountains that still remained above the Sea: 354, 355, 359, 370 Lindorie Mother of Inzilbeth. 331 Little Gelion One of the two tributary branches of the river Gelion in the north, rising in the Hill of Himring. 146 Loeg Ningloron 'Pools of the golden water-flowers'; see Gladden Fields. lomelindi Quenya word meaning 'dusk-singers', nightingales. 57 Lomion 'Son of Twilight', the Quenya name that Aredhel gave to Maeglin. 159 Lonely Isle See Tol Eressea.