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Serech The great fen north of the Pass of Sirion, where the river Rivil flowed in from Dorthonion. 124, 182,

seregon 'Blood of Stone', a plant with deep red flowers that grew on Amon Rudh. 248, 252 Serinde 'The Broideress'; see Miriel (I).

Seven Fathers of the Dwarves See Dwarves.

Seven Stones See Palantiri.

Shadowy Mountains See Ered Wethrin.

Shepherds of the Trees Ents. 45, 290

Sickle of the Valor See Valacirca.

Silmarien Daughter of Tar-Elendil, the fourth King of Numenor; mother of the first lord of Andunie and ancestress of Elendil and his sons Isildur and Anarion. 331 Silmarils The three jewels made by Feanor before the destruction of the Two Trees of Valinor, and filled with their light; see especially 72-3. 35, 72-5, 78, 83, 86-93, 116. 121-2, 126, 130, 136, 152, 202-5, 209, 219-21, 224-6,

Silpion A name of Telperion. 33 Silvan Elves Also called Woodland Elves. They appear to have been in origin those Nandorin Elves who never passed west of the Misty Mountains, but remained in the Vale of Anduin and in Greenwood the Great; see Nandor

Sindar The Grey-elves. The name was applied to all the Elves of Telerin origin whom the returning Noldor found in Beleriand, save for the Green-elves of Ossiriand. The Noldor may have devised this name because the first Elves of this origin whom they met with were in the north, under the grey skies and mists about Lake Mithrim (see Mithrim); or perhaps because the Grey-elves were not of the Light (of Valinor) nor yet of the Dark (Avari), but were Elves of the Twilight (58). But it was held to refer to Elwe's name Thingol (Quenya Sindacollo, Singollo 'Greycloak'), since he was acknowledged high king of all the land and its peoples. The Sindar called themselves Edhil, plural Edhel. 22, 32, 58, 103, 108, 120, 125, 133, 137-42, 148, 150, 153-5, 164, 171, 182,188-90, 242, 277, 289,

Sindarin The Elvish tongue of Beleriand, derived from the common Elvish speech but greatly changed through long ages from Quenya of Valinor; acquired by the Noldorin exiles in Beleriand (see 133, 155). Called also the Greyelven tongue, the tongue of the Elves of Beleriand, etc. 36, 62-3, 133, 140, 149, 155, 177, 187, 199, 250, 319, 322 Singollo 'Grey-cloak', 'Grey-mantle'; see Sindar, Thingol, Sirion 'The Great River' flowing from north to south and dividing West from East Beleriand. Passim; see especially 52, 141-2, 145. Falls of Sirion 203, 285. Fens of Sirion 203. Gates of Sirion 146. Havens of Sirion 294, 304-5, 313. Mouths of Sirion 60, 142, 190, 192, 239, 293, 302, 304. Pass of Sirion 135, 141, 182, 193, 215, 234, 237, 260, 265. Vale of Sirion 56, 124, 135, 140, 149, 248, 265, 301 Sons of Feanor See Maedhros, Maglor, Celegorm, Caranthir, Curufin, Amrod, Amras, Often referred to as a group, especially after the death of their father: 69, 74-5, 77, 93, 126-7, 131-3, 144, 147-8, 152-4, 157, 159-61, 180, 183-4,

Soronume Name of a constellation. 48 Stone of the Hapless Memorial stone of Turin and Nienor by Cabed Naeramarth in the river Teiglin. 283-4 - 155 - Straight Road, Straight Way The path over the Sea into the Ancient or True West, on which the ships of the Elves might still sail after the Downfall of Numenor and the Changing of the World. 348-9 Strongbow Translation of Cuthalion, name of Beleg.

Sulimo Name of Manwe, rendered in the Valaquenta as 'Lord of the Breath of Arda' (literally 'the Breather').

Swanhaven See Alqualonde.

Swarthy Men See Easterlings. 189 Talath Dirnen The Guarded Plain, north of Nargothrond. 176, 203, 208, 252, 258, 261 Talath Rhunen 'The East Vale', earlier name of Thargelion. 148 Taniquetil 'High White Peak', highest of the mountains of the Pelori and the highest mountain of Arda, upon whose summit are Ilmarin, the mansions of Manwe and Varda; also called the White Mountain, the Holy Mountain, and the Mountain of Manwe. See Oiolosse, 19, 32, 35, 47, 51, 65, 81-4, 88, 93, 96, 129, 307, 344, 348 Tar-Ancalimon Fourteenth King of Numenor, in whose time the Numenoreans became divided into opposed parties.

Taras Mountain on a promontory of Nevrast; beneath it was Vinyamar, the dwelling of Turgon before he went to Gondolin. 140, 295 Tar-Atanamir Thirteenth King of Numenor, to whom the Messengers of the Valar came. 327-8 Tar-Calion Quenya name of Ar-Pharazon. 333, 359 Tar-Ciryatan Twelfth King of Numenor 'the Shipbuilder'. 327 Tar-Elendil Fourth King of Numenor, father of Silmarien, from whom Elendil was descended. 331 Tar-Minastir Eleventh King of Numenor, who aided Gil-galad against Sauron. 329-30, 332 Tar-Minyatur Name of Elros Half-elven as first King of Numenor. 336 Tar-Miriel See Miriel (2).

Tarn Aeluin The lake on Dorthonion where Barahir and his companions made their lair, and where they were slain. 195-6 Tar-Palantir Twenty-third King of Numenor, who repented of the ways of the Kings, and took his name in Quenya: 'He who looks afar'. See Inziladun. 332, 337 Taur-en-Faroth The wooded highlands to the west of the river Narog above Nargothrond; also called the High Faroth. 134, 145, 203 Taur-im-Duinath 'The Forest between Rivers', name of the wild country south of the Andram between Sirion and Gelion. 147, 184 Taur-nu-Fuin Later name of Dorthonion: 'the Forest under Night'. Cf. Delduwath. 186, 206, 212, 215-6, 221, 223,

Tauron 'The Forester' (translated in the Valaquenta 'Lord of Forests'), a name of Orome among the Sindar. Cf.

Aldaron. 22 Teiglin A tributary of Sirion, rising in Ered Wethrin and bounding the Forest of Brethil on the south; see also Crossings of Teiglin. 142, 145, 176, 190, 245, 251, 261, 265, 271, 273,279, 284 Telchar The most renowned of the smiths of Nogrod, the maker of Angrist and (according to Aragorn in The Two Towers III 6) of Narsil. 107, 215 Telemnar Twenty-sixth King of Gondor. 368 Teleri The third and greatest of the three hosts of the Eldar on the westward journey from Cuivienen, led by Elwe (Thingol) and Olwe. Their own name for themselves was Lindar the Singers; the name Teleri the Last-comers, the Hindmost, was given to them by those before them on the march. Many of the Teleri did not leave Middle-earth; the Sindar and the Nandor were Telerin Elves in origin. 36, 54-7, 60-4, 71, 79-80, 83, 96-8, 101, 107, 111,117,

Telperion The elder of the Two Trees of Valinor. 34, 47, 62, 82, 114-5, 247, 324, 361-2. Called the White Tree

Telumendil Name of a constellation. 48

Thalion 'Steadfast, Strong'; see Hurin.

Thalos The second of the tributaries of Gelion in Ossiriand. 147, 167 Thangorodrim 'Mountains of Tyranny', reared by Morgoth above Angband; broken down in the Great Battle at the end of the First Age. 90, 109, 125-8, 136,139-40, 180-3, 215, 221, 232, 234, 240, 254, 312, 320, 353-4, 364 Thargelion 'The Land beyond Gelion', between Mount Rerir and the river Ascar, where Caranthir dwelt; called also Dor Caranthir and Talath Rhunen. 148, 158, 171, 174, 184 Thingol 'Grey-cloak', 'Grey-mantle' (in Quenya Sindacollo, Singollo), the name by which Elwe, leader with his brother Olwe of the host of the Teleri from Cuivienen and afterwards King of Doriath, was known in Beleriand; also called the Hidden King. See Elwe. 58, 103-10, 125, 130-1, 134, 145, 151-5, 157, 172, 176-7, 182, 190, 199204,

– 156 - 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'. See Crissaegrim. 129, 149, 186,