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Hallas Son of Cirion; thirteenth Ruling Steward of Gondor; deviser of the names Rohan and Rohirrim.
*Hallatan Lord of Hyarastorni in the Mittalmar (Inlands) of Númenor; cousin of Tar-Aldarion. Called the Sheep-lord. Halmir Lord of the Haladin, father of Haldir.
Háma Captain of the household of King Théoden. Hamfast Gamgee Sam Gamgee’s father. (The name Hamfast is Anglo-Saxon hām-fæst, literally ‘home-fixed’, ‘home-firm’.) Called Gaffer Gamgee and the Gaffer.
Handir Lord of the Haladin, son of Haldir and Glóredhel. Son of Handir, Brandir the Lame.
Harad ‘The South’, used vaguely of countries far south of Gondor and Mordor. Near Harad; Far Harad.
Haradrim Men of the Harad.
Haradwaith ‘South-folk’, the Harad.
Hareth Daughter of Halmir of Brethil, wedded Galdor of Dorlómin; mother of Húrin and Huor.
Harfoots One of the three peoples into which the Hobbits were divided (see Fallohides).
Harlindon Lindon south of the Gulf of Lhûn.
Harrowdale Valley at the head of the Snowbourn, under the walls of Dunharrow.
*Hatholdir Man of Númenor, friend of Tar-Meneldur; father of Orchaldor.
Haudh-en-Elleth The mound in which Finduilas of Nargothrond was buried near the Crossings of Teiglin. (It is not clear what relation Elleth, rendered ‘Elf-maid’ and always so spelt, bears to Eledh ‘Elda’ seen in Morwen’s name Eledhwen. ) Translated Mound of the Elfmaid.
Haudh-en-Ndengin ‘Mound of the Slain’ in the desert of Anfauglith, where were piled the bodies of the Elves and Men that died in the Nirnaeth Arnoediad. The Great Mound.
Haudh-en-Nirnaeth ‘Mound of Tears’, another name for Haudh-en-Ndengin.
Havens, The (i) Brithombar and Eglarest on the coast of Beleriand: Havens of Círdan; Havens of the Shipwrights; Havens of the Falas; West Havens of Beleriand. (ii) At the Mouths of Sirion at the end of the First Age: Havens of (in) the South; Havens of Sirion, Sirion’s Haven.
Helcaraxë The strait between Araman and Middle-earth. Called the Grinding Ice.
Helm King Helm Hammerhand, ninth King of Rohan. See Helm’s Deep.
Helm of Hador See Dragon-helm of Dor-lómin.
Helm’s Deep A deep gorge near the north-western end of Ered Nimrais, at the entrance to which was built the Hornburg (see Pictures by J. R. R. Tolkien, 1979, no. 26); named after King Helm, who took refuge from his enemies there in the Long Winter of Third Age 2758 – 9.
*Henderch Man from the Westlands of Númenor, a mariner of Tar-Aldarion.
Henneth Annûn ‘Window of the Sunset’, name of a cave behind a waterfall in Ithilien. *Heren Istarion ‘Order of Wizards’.
*Herucalmo Husband of Tar-Vanimeldë, the third Ruling Queen of Númenor; after her death usurped the throne, taking the name of Tar-Anducal.
Herunúmen See Tar-Herunúmen.
Hidden City See Gondolin.
Hidden Kingdom Name given both to Gondolin and to Doriath; see these entries. Hidden King, see Turgon.
Hidden People, Hidden Realm See Gondolindrim, Gondolin.
High-elven See Quenya.
High Elves The Elves of Aman, and all Elves who ever dwelt in Aman. Called the High Folk of the West.
High Faroth See Taur-en-Faroth.
High Pass See Cirith Forn en Andrath.
High Speech See Quenya.
Hildifons Took One of Bilbo Baggins’ uncles.
*Hill of Anwar, *Hill of Awe See Amon Anwar.
*Hirilondë ‘Haven-finder’, great ship built by Tar-Aldarion. See Turuphanto.
Hírilorn The great beech-tree in Doriath with three trunks, in which Lúthien was imprisoned.
Hísimë Quenya name of the eleventh month according to the Númenórean calendar, corresponding to November. See Hithui.
Hithaeglir Sindarin name of the Misty Mountains.
Hithlum The region bounded on the east and south by Ered Wethrin and on the west by Ered Lómin.
Hithui Sindarin name of the eleventh month. See Hísimë.
Hoarwell See Mitheithel.
Hobbiton Village in the Westfarthing of the Shire, home of Bilbo Baggins.
Hobbits Called the Little People; see also Halflings, Perian, Shire-folk.
Hollin See Eregion.
Holman Greenhand Hobbit of the Shire, Bilbo Baggins’ gardener.
*Holy Mountain See Meneltarma. (In The Silmarillion