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Amnor Strands of Amnor. 176, 197. (Replaced Amnos.)

Amnos The beaching-place of the ship Mornië the prophecies of Amnos. 167, 170, 172, 197. (Replaced Emnon, Morniento.)

Anfauglith 243

Angaino ‘The Oppressor’, the great chain in which Melko was bound. 101, 103–5, 114; later form Angainor 111

Angamandi ‘Hells of Iron.’ 77, 90, 92, 198, 230, 238. See Hells of Iron.

Angband 158–9, 198, 240–4; Siege of Angband 242

Angeln 24

Anglo-Saxon(s) 24. See Old English (references to the language).

Angol ‘Ironcliffs’, Gnomish name of Eriol and of his homeland. 24, 107

Araman 83, 93, 172–3

Aratar 62, 80

Arcturus 133, 200. See Morwinyon.

Arda 80, 87, 110–11, 133, 199, 202

Arien 88

Artanor Region afterwards named Doriath. 175, 196, 240–1

Arvalin Name interchangeable with Eruman, q.v. 19, 22, 32, 68, 70, 74, 76–7, 79, 82–3, 85, 87, 90–1, 93, 118, 125, 130–1, 145, 147, 155, 157–8, 167, 170, 188; Arvalien 148, 155; Bay of Arvalin 119, 122–3, 125

Aryador ‘Land of Shadow’, name of Hisilómë among Men. 119, 138–9; poem A Song of Aryador 138–9

Asgon Earlier name of Lake Mithrim. 238–9, 241

Askr The first Man, in Scandinavian mythology. 245

Astaldo Name of Tulkas. 80

Atlantic Ocean 24

Aulë 16, 48, 50, 56, 58, 60, 62, 66–71, 73–4, 76–80, 82, 90, 100–5, 111, 113–14, 117–18, 121–2, 124, 126–8, 133, 135, 137, 141–2, 145, 147–9, 152–4, 158–9, 176–7, 179–81, 183, 185–6, 189, 191–2, 195, 198, 201, 209–10, 212, 215, 217, 224. See Talkamarda.

Aulenossë ‘Kindred of Aulë’, name given to the Noldoli who remained in Valinor. 176, 197–8; Aulë’s kindred 16

Aur The Sun (Gnomish). 196

Avari 131, 234

Avathar 82, 157, 160

Balrogs 93, 161, 241

Battle of Palisor See Palisor.

Battle of Sudden Flame See Dagor Bragollach.

Battle of the Powers 111

Battle of Unnumbered Tears 230, 239–44. See Nirnaeth Arnoediad.

Bay of Faëry 68, 83, 119, 125, 129, 134, 209–11. See Faëry.

Beleriand 51, 132, 240, 242–3

Bëor 236

Beorn (1) Uncle of Ottor Wfre (Eriol). 23. (2) The shape-changer, in The Hobbit. 23

Beowulf 23

Beren 82, 90, 238, 240–1; also in references to the original Tale of (Beren and) Tinúviel, see Tinúviel.

Bitter Hills See Iron Mountains.

Blessed Realm 173; blessed realms 182, 199. See Aman.

Bráglorin A name of the Sun (Gnomish). 187

Bridge of Heaven See Ilweran.

Britain 23–4

Brithombar 134

Bronweg Gnomish form of Voronwë. 48, 52

Bruithwir Father of Fëanor. 145–6, 148–9, 155–6, 158, 243; Bruithwir go-Fëanor 155; Bruithwir go-Maidros 146, 155

Calacirya ‘Pass of Light’. 135, 157, 171, 223

Carpenter, Humphrey J. R. R. Tolkien, a Biography. 32, 204, 221

Children of Ilúvatar 57, 63, 80, 97, 115–17, 150, 179, 223, 235; Ilúvatar’s younger sons 180; Children of (the) Earth 211, 225, 227; Children of the World 44, 117, 142, 220

Children of the Gods 145, 183, 189; Children of the Valar 63

Chill Gulf See Qerkaringa.

Círdan the Shipwright 134

City of the Gods, The (poem, earlier title Kôr). 136

Cópas See Kópas Alqaluntë.

Cottage of Lost Play (not including references to the Tale itself) and other names (Cottage of the Children, of the Children of the Earth, of the Play of Sleep; House of Lost Play; House of Memory) 14, 19–20, 27–8, 31–2, 62, 140, 189, 199, 211, 225, 230; poem(s) on the subject 27–31. See Mar Vanwa Tyaliéva.

Crithosceleg A name of the Moon (Gnomish). 192

Cuiviénen 85, 131. See Koivië-néni, Waters of Awakening.

Cûm a Gumlaith, Cûm a Thegranaithos ‘Mound of the First Sorrow’, tomb of Bruithwir Fëanor’s father. 149

Cwén Wife of Ottor Wfre (Eriol). 24

Dagor Bragollach ‘The Battle of Sudden Flame’. 242

Danish peninsula 24

Danuin ‘Day’, child of Aluin ‘Time’. 217–19, 222, 227; earlier forms Danos, Dana, 222

Dark Elves 232–7, 244. See Hisildi, Humarni, Kaliondi.

Daurin A Gnome, slain by Melko in the attack on the Trees; also called Tórin. 153, 156, 160

Days of Gloaming See Lomendánar.

Deep-elves Gnomes. 43

Door of Night 215–17, 219, 221–2, 226–7. See Moritarnon, Tarn Fui.

Dor Edloth, Dor Us(g)wen Earlier Gnomish names of Tol Eressëa. 21. (Replaced by Dor Faidwen.)

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