J. Tolkien: The Children of Húrin

Bregolas— Father of Baragund; Morwen’s grandfather.

Bregor— Father of Barahir and Bregolas.

Brethil*— Forest between the rivers Teiglin and Sirion; Men of Brethil, the People of Haleth.

Brithiach*— Ford over Sirion north of the Forest of Brethil.

Brodda— An Easterling in Hithlum after the Nirnaeth Arnoediad.

Cabed-en-Aras— ‘The Deer’s Leap’, a deep gorge of the river Teiglin where Túrin slew Glaurung.

Cabed Naeramarth— ‘The Leap of Dreadful Doom’, name given to Cabed-en-Aras after Niënor leapt from its cliffs.

Celebros— Stream in Brethil falling down to Teiglin near the Crossings.

Children of Ilúvatar— Elves and Men.

Círdan— Called ‘the Shipwright’; lord of the Falas; at the destruction of the Havens after the Nirnaeth Arnoediad he escaped to the Isle of Balar in the south.

Crissaegrim*— The mountain peaks south of Gondolin, where were the eyries of Thorondor.

Crossings of Teiglin*— Fords where the old South Road to Nargothrond crossed the Teiglin.

Cúthalion— ‘Strongbow’, name of Beleg.

Daeron— Minstrel of Doriath.

Dagor Bragollach (also the Bragollach ) — The Battle of Sudden Flame, in which Morgoth ended the Siege of Angband.

Dark Lord, The— Morgoth.

Deer’s Leap, The— See Cabed-en-Aras.

Dimbar*— The land between the rivers Sirion and Mindeb.

Dimrost— ‘ The Rainy Stair’, the falls of Celebros in the Forest of Brethil, afterwards called Nen Girith.

Dor-Cúarthol— ‘Land of Bow and Helm’, name given to the country defended by Túrin and Beleg from their lair on Amon Rûdh.

Doriath*— The kingdom of Thingol and Melian in the forests of Neldoreth and Region, ruled from Menegroth on the river Esgalduin.

Dorlas— A man of consequence among the People of Haleth in the Forest of Brethil.

Dor-lómin*— Region in the south of Hithlum given by King Fingolfin as a fief to the House of Hador; the home of Húrin and Morwen.

Dorthonion*— ‘Land of Pines’, great forested highlands on the northern borders of Beleriand, afterwards named Taurnu-Fuin.

Drengist*— Long firth of the sea piercing Ered Lómin, the Echoing Mountains.

Easterlings— Tribes of Men who followed the Edain into Beleriand.

Echad i Sedryn— (also the Echad ) ‘Camp of the Faithful’, name given to Mîm’s house on Amon Rûdh.

Ecthelion— Elf-lord of Gondolin.

Edain— (singular Adan ) The Men of the Three Houses of the Elf-friends.

Eithel Ivrin*— ‘Ivrin’s Well’, the source of the river Narog beneath Ered Wethrin.

Eithel Sirion*— ‘Sirion’s Well’, in the eastern face of Ered Wethrin; the fortress of the Noldor in that place, also called Barad Eithel.

Eldalië— The Elven-folk, equivalent to Eldar.

Eldar— The Elves of the Great Journey out of the East to Beleriand.

Elder Children— The Elves. See Children of Ilúvatar.

Eledhwen— Name of Morwen, ‘Elfsheen’.

Encircling Mountains— The mountains encircling Tumladen, the plain of Gondolin.

Enemy, The— Morgoth.

Eöl— Called ‘the Dark Elf’, a great smith who dwelt in Nan Elmoth; maker of the sword Anglachel; father of Maeglin.

Ephel Brandir— ‘The Fence of Brandir’, the enclosed dwellings of the Men of Brethil upon Amon Obel; also the Ephel.

Ered Gorgoroth*— ‘ Mountains of Terror’, the vast precipices in which Taur-nu-Fuin fell southward; also the Gorgoroth.

Ered Wethrin— ‘Shadowy Mountains’, ‘Mountains of Shadow’, the great range forming the boundary of Hithlum on the east and south.

Esgalduin*— The river of Doriath, dividing the forests of Neldoreth and Region and flowing into Sirion.

Exiles, The— The Noldor who rebelled against the Valar and returned to Middle-earth.

Faelivrin— Name given to Finduilas by Gwindor.

Fair Folk— The Eldar.

Falas*— The coastlands of Beleriand in the West.

Fëanor— Eldest son of Finwë, the first leader of the Noldor; half-brother of Fingolfin; maker of the Silmarils; leader of the Noldor in their rebellion against the Valar, but slain in battle soon after his return to Middle-earth. See Sons of Fëanor.

Felagund— ‘Hewer of caves’, name given to King Finrod after the establishment of Nargothrond and often used alone.

Finarfin— Third son of Finwë, brother of Fingolfin and half-brother of Fëanor; father of Finrod Felagund and Galadriel. Finarfin did not return to Middle-earth.

Finduilas— Daughter of Orodreth, second King of Nargothrond.

Fingolfin— Second son of Finwë, the first leader of the Noldor; High King of the Noldor, dwelling in Hithlum; father of Fingon and Turgon.

Fingon— Eldest son of King Fingolfin, and High King of the Noldor after his death.

Finrod— Son of Finarfin; founder and king of Nargothrond, brother of Orodreth and Galadriel; often called Felagund.

Forweg— Man of Dor-lómin, captain of the outlaw band that Túrin joined.

Galdor the Tall— Son of Hador Goldenhead; father of Húrin and Huor; slain at Eithel Sirion.

Gamil Zirak— Dwarf smith, teacher of Telchar of Nogrod.

Gaurwaith— ‘Wolf-men’, the outlaw band that Túrin joined in the woodlands beyond the western borders of Doriath.

Gelmir (1)— Elf of Nargothrond, brother of Gwindor.

Gelmir (2)— Noldorin Elf who came with Arminas to Nargothrond to warn Orodreth of its peril.

Gethron— One of Túrin’s companions on the journey to Doriath.

Ginglith*— River flowing into the Narog above Nargothrond.

Girdle of Melian— See Melian.

Glaurung— ‘Father of Dragons’, the first of the Dragons of Morgoth.

Glithui*— River flowing down from Ered Wethrin and joining Teiglin north of the inflow of Malduin.