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Melinir Name given to Vëannë by Eriol. 5–6
Melinon Name given to Eriol by Vëannë. 5–6, 41
Melko Selected references: his curse on Urin and his kin 71–2, 83, 86, 102; in relation to the origin of Orcs 14, 159, 219; hawks and snakes as creatures of Melko 166, 210; no power of flight 193; in relation to Men 165, 218, 282; Mines of Melko 65, 78, 174; Spell of Bottomless Dread 65, 77, 159, 169, 206; the Iron Crown 13, 33, 53, 56, 58, 239, 246; his throne 32, 169; myth of his defeat 281–2; attack on the Sun 281, 286. Called Ainu Melko, the Evil Prince, the Prince of Evil Heart, Vala of Iron, Lord of Iron, the Evil One, the Foe.
Melkor 216, 219
Men Selected references: confinement of Men in Hisilómë 10, 70–1, 74, 120, 161, 215, 218; Tuor the first Man to reach the Sea 151, 204; Ulmo’s choice of a Man 165, 218; tongues of Men 70; tales told by 70; fate of 59–60; stature of, see Elves; knowledge of Ilúvatar 163, 209; union of Men and Elves 101, 130, 164, 199, 215, 219, 265; in relation to Melko 165, 218, 282; in Tol Eressëa 283–4
Menegroth The Thousand Caves in Doriath. 63, 129, 245. See Thousand Caves.
Men of the North (1) Tuor’s people. 160. (2) Forodwaith, Vikings. 313, 318. See Forodwaith, Gwasgonin.
Men of the Sea Forodwaith, Vikings. 304, 312
Men of the South Romans. 315, 330. See Romans, Rúmhoth.
Meoita See Tevildo.
Meres of Twilight See Aelin-uial.
Meril-i-Turinqi The Lady of Tol Eressëa; also Meril, Turinqi. 144–5, 197, 258, 280, 283–4, 290, 294; Lady of the Isle 144, 283–4
Mermaids 259–60, 263; seamaids 260. See Fiord of the Mermaid, Oarni.
Miaugion See Tiberth, Tifil.
Miaulë Tevildo’s cook. 28, 54
Micelgeard, Mickleyard (Old English, ‘the great town’) Rome, ‘the Heartless Town’. 330. See Rûm.
Middle-earth 64, 266, 327, 333
Mikligarðr (Old Norse) Constantinople. 330
Mîm the Dwarf Called ‘the fatherless’. 103, 113–14, 118, 122, 134, 137, 222–3, 230, 246; curse of, spell of, Mîm 223, 228, 231, 233, 235, 238–41, 246, 264
Minas Morgul 216
Minas Tirith Fortress on Tol Sirion 55, 123
Mindon Gwar Gnomish name of Kortirion. 291–2, 313–14, 321, 324. See Gwar.
Mithrim Lake and (149, 153) the river flowing from it. 149, 151–3, 202, 204; Grey-elves of Mithrim 205. (Replaced Asgon.)
Mole, The Name of one of the kindreds of the Gondothlim (House of the Mole, Mole-kin, Mole-folk, warriors of the Mole). 175, 177–8, 220; sign of the Mole 165, 171, 220; Meglin’s folk bore no emblem 172. See Meglin.
Moon, The Selected references: the Moon mariner or shipman chases Eärendel 255, 259, 262, 264, 269, 271; ship of 268–9; haven of 269; gateway of 272–3; recall of 285–6; imprisonment of 286; Melko seeks to hurt the Moon 281; beyond the Moon 162, behind the Moon 274–5, East of the Moon 271–2; an emblem of the King’s House in Gondolin 172
Morgoth 44, 58, 62, 67–8, 120, 124, 134, 138, 143, 204, 206, 210–11, 213, 328; see especially 67, and see Belcha, Melko(r).
Moria 329
Moriquendi ‘Elves of the Darkness’. 64
Mormagli ‘Black Sword’, Túrin (Gnomish). 84, 125. See Mormakil, Mormegil.
Mormakil ‘Black Sword’, Túrin, said (84) to be one of the forms of the name among the Gnomes, though makil is an ‘Eldar’ form (I. 259). 84, 86, 94, 112, 116, 118, 125, 128. See Mormagli, Mormegil.
Mormegil ‘Black Sword’, Túrin (later form of the name). 125, 128
Morning Star 266
Móru The ‘Primeval Night’ personified in the Great Spider. 286
Morwen 120–1, 126–8, 135, 139. (Replaced Mavwin.)
Mound of Avarice See Cûm an-Idrisaith.
Mountain of the World See Taniquetil.
Mountains of Darkness = Mountains of Iron. 162
Mountains of Iron See Iron Mountains.
Mountains of Night The mountains on which grew Taurfuin, the Forest of Night. 20, 46, 62
Mountains of Shadow 61–2, 122, 205, 217. See Ered Wethrin.
Mountains of Terror See Ered Gorgoroth.
Mountains of the East 6, 295, 300, 311
Mountains of Valinor 161, 171, 285, 320, 325
Music of the Ainur (not including references to the Tale) 146, 163, 209. See Ainulindalë.
Naimi Ælfwine’s wife, Elf of Tol Eressëa. 290–1, 323, 330. See Éadgifu (1).
Nan A Giant. 19, 46, 67–8
Nandorin