Khîm Son of Mîm the Petty-dwarf, slam by one of Túrin's outlaw band. 249

King's Men Númenóreans hostile to the Eldar and the Elendili. 328-9, 332

Kinslaying, The The slaying of the Teleri by the Noldor at Alqualondë. 98, 100-1, 120, 130, 152, 154, 166, 169, 188

Ladros The lands to the northeast of Dorthonion that were granted by the Noldorin Kings to the Men of the House of Bëor. 177

Laer Cú Beleg 'The Song of the Great Bow', made by Túrin at Eithel Ivrin in memory of Beleg Cúthalion. 256

Laiquendi 'The Green-elves' of Ossiriand. 110

Lalaith 'Laughter', daughter of Húrin and Morwen who died in childhood. 242

Lammoth 'The Great Echo', region north of the Firth of Drengist, named from the echoes of Morgoth's cry in his struggle with Ungoliant. 89-90, 123

Land of Shadow See Mordor.

Land of the Dead that Live See Dor Firn-i-Guinar.

Land of the Star Númenor. 339, 341

Lanthir Lamath 'Waterfall of Echoing Voices', where Dior had his house in Ossiriand, and after which his daughter Elwing ('Star-spray') was named. 289

Last Alliance The league made at the end of the Second Age between Elendil and Gil-galad to defeat Sauron. 364

Laurelin 'Song of Gold', the younger of the Two Trees of Valinor. 34, 64, 82, 114-6, 151

Lay of Leithian The long poem concerning the lives of Beren and Lúthien from which the prose account in The Silmarillion was derived. Leithian is translated 'Release from Bondage'. 195, 198, 203, 206-8, 226

Legolin The third of the tributaries of Gelion in Ossiriand. 147

lembas Sindarin name of the waybread of the Eldar (from earlier lennmbass 'journey-bread'; in Quenya coimas 'life-bread'). 247, 251, 256

Lenwë The leader of the Elves from the host of the Teleri who refused to cross the Misty Mountains on the west-ward journey from Cuiviénen (the Nandor); father of Denethor. 56, 108

Lhûn River in Eriador flowing into the sea in the Gulf of Lhûn.354, 360

Linaewen 'Lake of birds', the great mere in Nevrast. 141

Lindon A name of Ossiriand in the First Age; see 147. After the tumults at the end of the First Age the name Lindon was retained for the lands west of the Blue Mountains that still remained above the Sea: 354, 355, 359, 370

Lindórië Mother of Inzilbêth. 331

Little Gelion One of the two tributary branches of the river Gelion in the north, rising in the Hill of Himring. 146

Loeg Ningloron 'Pools of the golden water-flowers'; see Gladden Fields.

lómelindi Quenya word meaning 'dusk-singers', nightingales. 57

Lómion 'Son of Twilight', the Quenya name that Aredhel gave to Maeglin. 159

Lonely Isle See Tol Eressëa.

Lord of Waters See Ulmo.

Lords of the West See Valar.

Lorellin The lake in Lórien in Valinor where the Vala Estë sleeps by day. 21

Lorgan Chief of the Easterling Men in Hithlum after the Nirnaeth Arnoediad, by whom Tuor was enslaved. 294

Lórien (1) The name of the gardens and dwelling-place of the Vala Irmo, who was himself usually called Lórien. 18, 21, 24, 57, 68, 106, 114, 289

Lórien (2) The land ruled by Celeborn and Galadriel between the rivers Celebrant and Anduin. Probably the original name of this land was altered to the form of the Quenya name Lórien of the gardens of the Vala Irmo in Valinor. In Lothlórien the Sindarin word loth 'flower' is prefixed. 370

Lórindol 'Goldenhead'; see Hador.

Losgar The place of the burning of the ships of the Teleri by Fëanor, at the mouth of the Firth of Drengist, 101, 111, 123, 127, 140, 152, 154

Lothlann 'The wide and empty', the great plain north of the March of Maedhros. 147, 184, 255

Lothlórien 'Lórien of the Blossom'; see Lórien (2). 370

Luinil Name of a star (one shining with a blue light). 48

Lumbar Name of a star. 48

Lúthien The daughter of King Thingol and Melian the Maia, who after the fulfilment of the Quest of the Silmaril and the death of Beren chose to become mortal and to share his fate. See Tinúviel. 103, 108, 147, 177, 195, 199-203, 208-30, 242, 290-2, 305, 309, 315, 322

Mablung Elf of Doriath, chief captain of Thingol, friend of Túrin; called 'of the Heavy Hand' (which is the meaning of the name Mablung); slain in Menegroth by the Dwarves. 133, 224-6, 230, 244, 267-9, 277-8, 284, 289-90

Maedhros The eldest son of Fëanor, called the Tall; rescued by Fingon from Thangorodrim; held the Hill of Himring and the lands about; formed the Union of Maedhros that ended in the Nirnaeth Arnoediad; bore one of the Silmarils with him to his death at the end of the First Age. 63, 93, 126-32, 135-6, 140, 144-8, 167, 171, 184, 189, 214, 229-35, 239, 292, 305, 310, 313-4

Maeglin 'Sharp Glance', son of Eöl and Aredhel Turgon's sister, born in Nan Elmoth; became mighty in Gondolin, and betrayed it to Morgoth; slain in the sack of the city by Tuor. See Lómion. 104, 159-66, 192, 237, 247, 297-9

Maglor The second son of Fëanor, a great singer and minstrel; held the lands called Maglor's Gap; at the end of the First Age seized with Maedhros the two Silmarils that remained in Middle-earth, and cast the one that he took into the Sea. 63, 93, 98, 133, 135, 138, 148, 167, 184, 222, 236, 305-6, 310, 313-4

Maglor's Gap The region between the northern arms of Gelion where there were no hills of defence against the North. 135,148,184

Magor Son of Malach Aradan; leader of the Men of the following of Marach who entered West Beleriand. 172, 177

Mahal The name given to Aulë by the Dwarves. 42

Máhanaxar The Ring of Doom outside the gates of Valmar, in which were set the thrones of the Valar where they sat in council. 33, 50, 52, 77, 86-8, 91, 95, 112

Mahtan A great smith of the Noldor, father of Nerdanel the wife of Fëanor. 69, 75

Maiar Ainur of lesser degree than the Valar (singular Maia). 11, 23-6, 30, 57, 61, 83, 91, 105, 108, 111, 114, 229, 289, 292, 322, 353

Malach Son of Marach; given the Elvish name Aradan. 171, 177

Malduin A tributary of the Teiglin; the name probably means 'Yellow River'. 251

Malinalda 'Tree of Gold', a name of Laurelin. 33

Mandos The place of the dwelling in Aman of the Vala properly called Námo, the Judge, though this name was seldom used, and he himself was usually referred to as Mandos. Named as Vala: 18, 21-3,47, 52, 70, 73, 77-8, 87, 98, 113, 118, 121, 129-30, 154, 227, 308, 316. Named as the place of his dwelling (including Halls of Mandos; also Halls of Awaiting, Houses of the Dead): 22, 38, 42, 52, 61, 68-9, 73, 99, 121, 125, 227, 289. With reference to the Doom of the Noldor and the Curse of Mandos: 150, 154-5, 166, 169, 201, 205, 213, 297

Manwë The chief of the Valar, called also Súlimo, the Elder King, the Ruler of Arda. Passim; see especially 11, 18-9, 35, 70, 129

Marach Leader of the third host of Men to enter Beleriand, ancestor of Hador Lórindol. 171-2, 180

March of Maedhros The open lands to the north of the headwaters of the river Gelion, held by Maedhros and his brothers against attack on East Beleriand; also called the eastern March. 131-2, 147

Mardil Called the Faithful; the first Ruling Steward of Gondor. 369

Mar-nu-Falmar 'The Land under the Waves', name of Númenor after the Downfall. 347

Melian A Maia, who left Valinor and came to Middle-earth; afterwards the Queen of King Thingol in Doriath, about which she set a girdle of enchantment, the Girdle of Melian; mother of Lúthien, and foremother of Elrond and Elros. 24-5, 57-8, 61, 103-6, 109, 110-1, 121, 130, 135, 144-5, 151-4, 158, 172, 176, 182, Chapter XIX passim, 229-30, Chapters XXI, XXII passim, 315, 322