J. Tolkien: The Children of Húrin

Neithan— ‘The Wronged’, name given to himself by Túrin among the outlaws.

Nellas— Elf of Doriath, friend of Túrin in his boyhood.

Nen Girith— ‘Shuddering Water’, name given to Dimrost, the falls of Celebros in Brethil.

Nen Lalaith— Stream rising under Amon Darthir, a peak in Ered Wethrin, and flowing past Húrin’s house in Dor-lómin.

Nenning*— River in West Beleriand, reaching the Sea at the Haven of Eglarest.

Nevrast*— Region west of Dor-lómin, beyond the Echoing Mountains* ( Ered Lómin ).

Nibin-noeg, Nibin-nogrim— Petty-dwarves.

Niënor— ‘Mourning’, daughter of Húrin and Morwen, and sister of Túrin; see Níniel.

Nimbrethil*— Birchwoods in Arvernien; named in Bilbo’s song in Rivendell.

Níniel— ‘Maid of Tears’, name that Túrin gave to Niënor in Brethil.

Nirnaeth Arnoediad— The Battle of ‘Unnumbered Tears’, also the Nirnaeth.

Nogrod— One of the two cities of the Dwarves in the Blue Mountains.

Noldor— The second host of the Eldar on the Great Journey out of the East to Beleriand; the ‘Deep Elves’, ‘the Loremasters’.

Núath, Woods of*— Woods extending westward from the upper waters of the Narog.

Orleg— A man of Túrin’s outlaw band.

Orodreth— King of Nargothrond after the death of his brother Finrod Felagund; father of Finduilas.

Ossë— A Maia (see entry Ainur ); vassal of Ulmo Lord of Waters.

Petty-dwarves— A race of Dwarves in Middle-earth of whom Mîm and his two sons were the last survivors.

Powers, The— The Valar.

Ragnir— A blind servant in Húrin’s house in Dor-lómin.

Region*— The southern forest of Doriath.

Rían— Cousin of Morwen; wife of Huor Húrin’s brother; mother of Tuor.

Rivil*— Stream falling from Dorthonion to join Sirion in the Fen of Serech.

Sador— Woodwright, serving-man of Húrin’s in Dor-lómin and friend of Túrin in his childhood, by whom he was called Labadal.

Saeros— Elf of Doriath, a counsellor of Thingol, hostile to Túrin.

Sauron’s Isle— Tol Sirion.

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

Shadowy Mountains— See Ered Wethrin.

Sharbhund— Dwarvish name of Amon Rûdh.

Sindarin— Grey-elven, the Elvish tongue of Beleriand. See Grey-elves.

Sirion*— The great river of Beleriand, rising at Eithel Sirion.

Sons of Fëanor— See Fëanor. The seven sons held lands in East Beleriand.

South Road*— The ancient road from Tol Sirion to Nargothrond by the Crossings of Teiglin.

Spyhill, The— See Amon Ethir.

Strawheads— Name given to the People of Hador by the Easterlings in Hithlum.

Strongbow— Name of Beleg; see Cúthalion.

Talath Dirnen*— ‘The Guarded Plain’, north of Nargothrond.

Taur-nu-Fuin*— ‘Forest under Night’, later name of Dorthonion.

Teiglin*— A tributary of Sirion rising in the Shadowy Mountains and flowing through the Forest of Brethil. See Crossings of Teiglin.

Telchar— Renowned smith of Nogrod.

Telperion— The White Tree, elder of the Two Trees that gave light to Valinor.

Thangorodrim— ‘Mountains of Tyranny’, reared by Morgoth over Angband.

Thingol— ‘Greycloak’, King of Doriath, overlord of the Grey-elves (Sindar); wedded to Melian the Maia; father of Lúthien.

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’).

Three Houses (of the Edain)— The Houses of Bëor, Haleth, and Hador.

Thurin— ‘The Secret’, name given to Túrin by Finduilas.

Tol Sirion*— Island in the river in the Pass of Sirion on which Finrod built the tower of Minas Tirith; afterwards taken by Sauron.

Tumhalad*— Valley in West Beleriand between the rivers Ginglith and Narog where the host of Nargothrond was defeated.

Tumladen— The hidden vale in the Encircling Mountains where the city of Gondolin stood.

Tuor— Son of Huor and Rían; cousin of Túrin and father of Eärendil.

Turambar— ‘Master of Doom’, name taken by Túrin among the Men of Brethil.

Turgon— Second son of King Fingolfin and brother of Fingon; founder and king of Gondolin.

Túrin— Son of Húrin and Morwen, chief subject of the lay named Narn i Chîn Húrin. For his other names see Neithan , Gorthol , Agarwaen , Thurin , Adanedhel , Mormegil (Black Sword) , Wild Man of the Woods , Turambar.

Twilit Meres*— Region of marshes and pools where the Aros flowed into Sirion.

Uldor the Accursed— A leader of the Easterlings who was slain in the Battle of Unnumbered Tears.

Ulmo— One of the great Valar, ‘Lord of Waters’.

Ulrad— A member of the outlaw band that Túrin joined.

Úmarth— ‘Ill-fate’, a fictitious name for his father given out by Túrin in Nargothrond.

Unnumbered Tears— The battle of Nirnaeth Arnoediad.

Urwen— Daughter of Húrin and Morwen who died in childhood; called Lalaith ‘Laughter’.

Valar— ‘The Powers’, those great spirits that entered the World at the beginning of time.

Valinor— The land of the Valar in the West, beyond the Great Sea.

Varda— The greatest of the Queens of the Valar, the spouse of Manwë.

Wildman of the Woods— Name taken by Túrin when he first came among the Men of Brethil.

Wolf-men— See Gaurwaith.

Woodmen— Dwellers in the woods south of Teiglin, plundered by the Gaurwaith.

Year of Lamentation— The year of the Nirnaeth Arnoediad.