Arminas See Gelmir (2).

Arnor 'Land of the King', the northern realm of the Númenóreans in Middle-earth, established by Elendil after his escape from the Drowning of Númenor. 361-2, 377

Aros The southern river of Doriath. 109, 131, 145, 147-8, 157, 158, 176, 287-9

Arossiach The Fords of Aros, near the north-eastern edge of Doriath. 145, 158, 162

Ar-Pharazôn 'The Golden', twenty-fourth and last King of Númenor; named in Quenya Tar-Calion; captor of Sauron, by whom he was seduced; commander of the great fleet that went against Aman. 333-47

Ar-Sakalthôr Father of Ar-Gimilzôr. 331

Arthad One of the twelve companions of Barahir on Dorthonion. 187

Arvernien The coastlands of Middle-earth west of Sirion's mouths. Cf. Bilbo's song at Rivendell: 'Eärendil was a mariner that tarried in Arvernien…' (The Fellowship of the Ring II 1). 302

Ar-Zimraphel See Míriel (2).

Ascar The most northerly of the tributaries of Gelion in Ossiriand (afterwards called Rathlóriel). The name means 'rushing, impetuous'. 104, 146-8, 167, 174, 291

Astaldo 'The Valiant', name of the Vala Tulkas. 22

Atalantë 'The Downfallen'. Quenya word equivalent in meaning to Akallabêth, 347

Atanamir See Tar-Atanamir.

Atanatári 'Fathers of Men'; see Atani. 120, 232

Atani 'The Second People', Men (singular Atan). For the origin of the name see 171; since in Beleriand for a long time the only Men known to the Noldor and Sindar were those of the Three Houses of the Elf-friends, this name (in the Sindarin form Adan, plural Edain) became specially associated with them, so that it was seldom applied to other Men who came later to Beleriand, or who were reported to be dwelling beyond the Mountains. But in the speech of Ilúvatar (41) the meaning is 'Men (in general)'. 38, 119, 171; Edain, 171-2, 176-9, 189-90, 238, 241, 292, 319-21, 347

Aulë A Vala, one of the Aratar, the smith and master of crafts, spouse of Yavanna; see especially 20, 23, and for his making of the Dwarves 40 ff., 8-9, 18, 20, 23-4, 26, 30, 35, 37, 40-5, 51, 54, 62, 65, 69, 75, 87, 95, 104, 113, 321

Avallónë Haven and city of the Eldar on Tol Eressëa, so named, according to the Akallabêth, 'for it is of all cities the nearest to Valinor'. 320, 325, 332, 344, 348-9, 362, 368

Avari 'The Unwilling, the Refusers', the name given to all those Elves who refused to join the westward march from Cuiviénen. See Eldar and Dark Elves. 53, 107, 113,355

Avathar 'The Shadows', the forsaken land on the coast of Aman south of the Bay of Eldamar, between the Pelóri and the Sea, where Melkor met Ungoliant 80-1, 88,116

Azaghâl Lord of the Dwarves of Belegost; wounded Glaurung in the Nirnaeth Arnoediad, and was killed by him. 236

Balan The name of Bëor the Old before he took service with Finrod. 170

Balar The great bay to the south of Beleriand into which the river Sirion flowed. 52, 56, 59, 60, 142. Also the isle in the bay, said to have been the eastern horn of Tol Eressëa that broke away, where Círdan and Gil-galad dwelt after the Nirnaeth Arnoediad. 59, 105, 144, 192, 239, 302, 304-5

Balrog 'Demon of Might', Sindarin form (Quenya Valarauko) of the name of the demons of fire that served Morgoth. 26, 46, 90, 125, 144, 182, 202, 235, 300-1

Barad-dûr 'The Dark Tower' of Sauron in Mordor. 329, 334, 347, 363, 365, 375, 377

Barad Eithel 'Tower of the Well', the fortress of the Noldor at Eithel Sirion. 233

Barad Nimras 'White Horn Tower', raised by Finrod Felagund on the cape west of Eglarest, 142, 239

Baragund Father of Morwen the wife of Húrin; nephew of Barahir and one of his twelve companions on Dorthonion. 177, 187, 194, 242, 311

Barahir Father of Beren; rescued Finrod Felagund in the Dagor Bragollach, and received from him his ring; slain on Dorthonion. For the later history of the ring of Barahir, which became an heirloom of the House of Isildur, see The Lord of the Rings Appendix A (I, iii). 121, 177, 182-3, 186-7, 194-7, 201-5, 226, 229, 243. 285, 311

Baran Elder son of Bëor the Old. 170-1

Baranduin 'The Brown River' in Eriador, flowing into the Sea south of the Blue Mountains; the Brandywine of the Shire in The Lord of the Rings. 360

Bar-en-Danwedh 'House of Ransom', the name that Mîm the Dwarf gave to his dwelling on Amon Rûdh when he yielded it to Túrin. 248, 252

Battles of Beleriand The first battle: 96. The second battle (the Battle-under-Stars): see Dagor-nuin-Giliath. The third battle (the Glorious Battle): see Dagor Aglareb. The fourth battle (the Battle of Sudden Flame): see Dagor Bragollach. The fifth battle (Unnumbered Tears): see Nirnaeth Arnoediad. The Great Battle: 311-2

Bauglir A name of Morgoth: 'the Constrainer'. 120, 243, 259, 286, 315

Beleg A great archer and chief of the marchwardens of Doriath; called Cúthalion 'Strongbow'; friend and companion of Túrin, by whom he was slain. 190, 225-6, 230, 243-8, 251-7, 278

Belegaer 'The Great Sea' of the West, between Middle-earth and Aman. Named Belegaer 32, 100, 295; but very frequently called the (Great) Sea, also the Western Sea and the Great Water.

Belegost 'Great Fortress', one of the two cities of the Dwarves in the Blue Mountains; translation into Sindarin of Dwarvish Gabilgathol. See Mickleburg. 104, 107, 132, 158, 231, 236, 250, 285, 288

Belegund Father of Rían the wife of Huor; nephew of Barahir and one of his twelve companions on Dorthonion. 177, 187, 194, 242

Beleriand The name was said to have signified 'the country of Balar', and to have been given at first to the lands about the mouths of Sirion that faced the Isle of Balar. Later the name spread to include all the ancient coast of the Northwest of Middle-earth south of the Firth of Drengist, and all the inner lands south of Hithlum and eastwards to the feet of the Blue Mountains, divided by the river Sirion into East and West Beleriand. Beleriand was broken in the turmoils at the end of the First Age, and invaded by the sea, so that only Ossiriand (Lindon) remained. Passim; see especially 142-8, 313, 354-5

Belfalas Region on the southern coast of Gondor looking on to the great bay of the same name; Bay of Belfalas 361

Belthil 'Divine radiance', the image of Telperion made by Turgon in Gondolin. 151

Belthronding The bow of Beleg Cúthalion, which was buried with him. 256

Bëor Called the Old; leader of the first Men to enter Beleriand; vassal of Finrod Felagund; progenitor of the House of Bëor (called also the Eldest House of Men and the First House of the Edain); see Balan. 167-72, 177-80, 204. House of, People of, Bëor 172-4, 177, 183, 189-90, 194

Bereg Grandson of Baran son of Bëor the Old (this is not stated in the text); a leader of dissension among the Men of Estolad; went back over the mountains into Eriador. 173-4

Beren Son of Barahir; cut a Silmaril from Morgoth's crown to be the bride-price of Lúthien Thingol's daughter, and was slain by Carcharoth the wolf of Angband; but returning from the dead, alone of mortal Men, lived afterwards with Lúthien on Tol Galen in Ossiriand, and fought with the Dwarves at Sarn Athrad. Great-grandfather of Elrond and Elros and ancestor of the Númenórean Kings. Called also Camlost, Erchamion, and One-hand. 121, 147, 177, 187, 194-206, 208-30, 242, 258, 285, 290-1, 305

Black Land See Mordor.