Maeglin — Son of Eöl ‘the Dark Elf’ and Aredhel Turgon’s sister; betrayer of Gondolin.
Malduin* — A tributary of the Teiglin.
Mandos — A Vala: the Judge, and Keeper of the Houses of the Dead in Valinor.
Manwë — The chief of the Valar; called the Elder King.
Melian — A Maia (see entry Ainur); the queen of King Thingol in Doriath, about which she set an invisible barrier of protection, the Girdle of Melian; mother of Lúthien.
Melkor — The Quenya name of Morgoth.
Menegroth* — ‘The Thousand Caves’, the halls of Thingol and Melian on the river Esgalduin in Doriath.
Menel — The heavens, region of the stars.
Methed-en-glad — ‘End of the wood’, a stronghold of Dor-Cúarthol at the edge of the forest south of Teiglin.
Mîm — The Petty-dwarf, dwelling on Amon Rûdh.
Minas Tirith — ‘Tower of Watch’, built by Finrod Felagund on Tol Sirion.
Mindeb* — A tributary of Sirion, between Dimbar and the Forest of Neldoreth.
Mithrim* — The south-eastern region of Hithlum, separated from Dor-lómin by the Mountains of Mithrim.
Morgoth — The great rebellious Vala, in his origin the mightiest of the Powers; called the Enemy, the Dark Lord, the Black King, Bauglir.
Mormegil — ‘Black Sword’, name given to Túrin in Nargothrond.
Morwen — Daughter of Baragund of the House of Bëor; wife of Húrin and mother of Túrin and Niënor; called Eledhwen ‘Elfsheen’ and Lady of Dor-lómin.
Mountains of Shadow* — See Ered Wethrin.
Nan Elmoth* — A forest in East Beleriand; dwelling-place of Eöl.
Nargothrond* — ‘The great underground fortress on the river Narog’, founded by Finrod Felagund, destroyed by Glaurung; also the realm of Nargothrond extending east and west of the river.
Narog* — The chief river of West Beleriand, rising at Ivrin and flowing into Sirion near its mouths. People of Narog, the Elves of Nargothrond.
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.