These are small matters in themselves, but they clarify what are perhaps the most sharply visualised scenes in the legends of the Elder Days, and one of the greatest events.
LIST OF NAMES IN THE TALE OF THE CHILDREN OF HÚRIN
Names that appear in the map of Beleriand are followed by an asterisk.
Adanedhel — ‘Elf-man’, name given to Túrin in Nargothrond.
Aerin — A kinswoman of Húrin in Dor-lómin, taken as wife by Brodda the Easterling.
Agarwaen — ‘Bloodstained’, name taken by Túrin when he came to Nargothrond.
Ainur — ‘The Holy Ones’, the first beings created by Ilúvatar, who were before the World: the Valar and the Maiar (‘spirits of the same order as the Valar but of less degree’).
Algund — Man of Dor-lómin, member of the outlaw band that Túrin joined.
Amon Darthir* — A peak in the range of Ered Wethrin south of Dor-lómin.
Amon Ethir — ‘Hill of Spies’, a great earthwork raised by Finrod Felagund a league to the east of Nargothrond.
Amon Obel* — A hill in the midst of the Forest of Brethil, on which was built Ephel Brandir.
Amon Rûdh* — ‘The Bald Hill’, a lonely height in the lands south of Brethil, abode of Mîm.
Anach* — Pass leading down from Taur-nu-Fuin at the western end of Ered Gorgoroth.
Andróg — Man of Dor-lómin, a leader of the outlaw band that Túrin joined.
Anfauglith* — ‘Gasping Dust’, the great plain north of Taur-nu-Fuin, once grassy and named Ardgalen, but transformed into a desert by Morgoth in the Battle of Sudden Flame.
Angband — The great fortress of Morgoth in the North-west of Middle-earth.
Anglachel — Beleg’s sword, the gift of Thingol; after its reforging for Túrin named Gurthang.
Angrod — Third son of Finarfin, slain in the Dagor Bragollach.
Anguirel — Eöl’s sword.
Aranrúth — ‘King’s Ire’, Thingol’s sword.
Arda — The Earth.
Aredhel — Sister of Turgon, wife of Eöl.
Arminas — Noldorin Elf who came with Gelmir to Nargothrond to warn Orodreth of its peril.
Arroch — Húrin’s horse.
Arvernien* — The coastlands of Beleriand west of Sirion’s mouths; named in Bilbo’s song in Rivendell.
Asgon — Man of Dor-lómin who aided Túrin’s escape after the slaying of Brodda.
Azaghâl — Lord of the Dwarves of Belegost.
Barad Eithel — ‘Tower of the Well’, the fortress of the Noldor at Eithel Sirion.
Baragund — Father of Morwen; cousin of Beren.
Barahir — Father of Beren; brother of Bregolas.
Bar-en-Danwedh — ‘House of Ransom’, name given by Mîm to his house.
Bar-en-Nibin-noeg — ‘House of the Petty-dwarves’ on Amon Rûdh.
Bar Erib — A stronghold of Dor-Cúarthol south of Amon Rûdh.
Battle of Unnumbered Tears — See Nirnaeth Arnoediad.
Bauglir — ‘The Constrainer’, name given to Morgoth.
Beleg — Elf of Doriath, a great archer; friend and companion of Túrin. Called Cúthalion ‘Strongbow’.
Belegost — ‘Great Fortress’, one of the two cities of the Dwarves in the Blue Mountains.
Belegund — Father of Rían; brother of Baragund.
Beleriand* — Lands west of the Blue Mountains in the Elder Days.
Belthronding — Beleg’s bow.
Bëor — Leader of the first Men to enter Beleriand; progenitor of the House of Bëor, one of the three Houses of the Edain.
Beren — Man of the House of Bëor, lover of Lúthien, who cut a Silmaril from Morgoth’s crown; called ‘One-hand’ and Camlost ‘Empty-handed’.
Black King, The — Morgoth.
Black Sword, The — Túrin’s name in Nargothrond; also the sword itself. See Mormegil.
Blue Mountains — The great mountain chain (called Ered Luin and Ered Lindon) between Beleriand and Eriador in the Elder Days.
Bragollach — See Dagor Bragollach.
Brandir — Ruler of the People of Haleth in Brethil when Túrin came; son of Handir.
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.