Page numbers in italic type refer to illustrations and captions; page numbers in bold refer to charts and maps.
A
Aegir 17
Aeglos (“snow point” or “icicle”) 17
Aeneas 17–18
Aesir 18
Aglarond 18–19
Ainur (Holy Ones) 19 Music of 262
Alberich the Nibelung 523
Alcuin of York 21
Alfheim 22
Alfirin 21
Ali Baba 21–2
Alighieri, Dante 13
Allfather (Ilúvatar) 200
Anduin 390–1
Andúril 23–4
Andvari 24
Angels 25
Annatar 29
Arawn the Huntsman 30
Arien 30–1
Armageddon 31
Artemis 33
Arthur 34
Asgard 35
Asmodeus 35
Asteria 35
Athens 37
Aulë the Smith 40–1, 41, 43, 411
Avallónë 41
Avalon 41–2
Avari 42
B
Bag End 45
Baggins 45–7
Bilbo 63–4
Balor of the Evil Eye 47–50
Balrogs of Angband 50–2
Barad-dûr 330
Bard the Bowman 53
Barrow-downs 53–4
Battle of Azanulbizar 415, 468–9
Battle of Pelennor Fields 296, 306–7, 462–3, 465
Battle of the Black Gate 466, 467
Battle of the Five Armies 362–3, 456, 457
Battle Plain (Dagorlad) 91–2, 356
battles 56, 56, 167, 414, 453–69 (see also wars)
Belegaer 57
Beleriand 57
berserkers 62
Bifröst 63
Bilbo Baggins 63–4
Black Sails 67
Black Tower 204–5
Boromir 70
Brambles of Mordor 263
“The Brave Little Tailor” 70–1
Bridge of Nargothrond 270
Brísingamen 71–2
Brocéliande 72–3
Brownies 73
Brynhild (Brunhild) 73–4
burglars 74–5
Byzantine Empire 75
C
Camlann 77
Carthage 78–9
Castor and Polydeuces 79–80
Catalaunian Fields 80–1
“Cauldron of Story” (Tolkien) 13
Caves of Glory (Aglarond) 18–19
Celtic mythology 82
Cerberus 83
Ceres 83
Charlemagne 84
Cheddar Gorge 85
Clotho 85
Cooper, James Fenimore (1789–1851) 85
Corsairs 390–1
Cracks of Doom 88
Crows 89
D
Dagda 91
Dagor Dagorath 91
Dark Elves 92
“Dark Man” (Dullahan) 102–3
Déagol 92–3
Delphi 94–6
Demeter 93
Demons 96
Destruction of Mordor 256–7
Diana 96
Dietrich von Bern 93–4
Dioscuri 96
Divine Comedy (Dante) 13
Doriath 97
Downfall of Númenóreans 144
Dragons 98–100, 98–9, 349–52, 350–1
Draugluin, Father of Werewolves 100, 101
Draupnir 102
Drúadan Forest 420–1
Drúedain 102
Dullahan (“Dark Man”) 102–3
Dúnedain 103–4
Dunharrow 284
Dunlending 184
Durin the Deathless (Durin I) 2, 90, 104–5, 445
Dvergatal (Dwarf’s Roll) 105–8, 109
Dwarf Kingdom 106–7
dwarfs 110
Dwarf’s Roll (Dvergatal) 105–8
Dwarrowdelf (Khazaddûm) 212, 213
Dwarves 104, 108, 110–11, 415, 445, 468–9, 503
Seven Fathers of 335–7
E
Eärendil the Mariner 114–17, 114–15, 400
Edain 118–20
Egypt 121
Eir the Merciful 121
Eldar (Elda) 122
Elendil the Tall 122–3
Elessar 123
Elrond Half-elven 123
Elros 124
Elves 76, 124–6, 125, 126, 157, 178–9, 274, 291, 447
Elwë 127
Elwing the White 127
English mythology 128
Ents 128–9, 130–1, 204–5, 460, 461
Éomer 133
Eönwë, the Herald of Valar 128–9
Esgaroth 350–1
Estë the Gentle 135
Eurydice 135
evil eye 135–6
Eye of Sauron 136
Fáfnir 139–40
“On Fairy-Stories” (Tolkien) 13, 290
The Fall of Arthur 140–1
Fall of Gondolin 142–3
Fallohide 140
Falls of Rauros 153
Faramir 141–4
Fenrir 145
Field of Celebrant 145–6
Fifth Battle 167
Finnish language and
literature 146–7
Finwë 147
Flies of Mordor 148
Flying Dutchman 148
Four-Farthing Stone 149
Freya/Freja 149
Freyr 149
Frigg 150
Froda 150
Furies 152
G
Galadhrim 157
Gamgee 155–6
Gandalf the Grey 156–9
Gandalf the Wizard 412
Garm 160
genealogy:
of Elves 447
of Men 446
Geser Khagan 161–3
ghost witch 163
Gigantomachy 163
Gil-galad 163–4
Gimli 164–5
Gjallarhorn 165
Glaurung the Father of Dragons 165–6, 167, 270
Gloomweaver, see Shelob; Ungoliant
Gnomes 166–8
Golden Hall 369
Gollum 169–73, 172, 443, 544 (see also Sméagol)
Goths 174–5
Gram (“Wrath”) 175
Great Battle 175–6
Great River 153
Greco-Roman mythology 176–7
Grendel 177–8
Grey Elves 178–9
Gungnir (“Swaying One”) 180
Gurthang (“Iron Death”) 179–80
Gwaith-i-Mírdain 180
Gyges’ Ring 180–1
H
Hades 183
Half-elven/Half-elf (Peredhil/Peredhel) 299–300
The Harad 183
Haradrim 182
Harfoot 183–4
Heimdall 184–5
Hell-hawks 266–7
Helm Hammerhand 187
Helm’s Dike 185–6
Hengist and Horsa 186
Heorot (Herot) the mead hall 186–8
Hephaestus the Smith 188
Heracles 188
Hercules 188
Hermes 189
Hlidskjalf 189
The Hobbit Companion (Day) 11
Hobbiton 189–90
breeds of 444
Stoor 358–9
Holy Grail 191–2
Holy Ones (Ainur ) 19
Holy Roman Empire 192, 322–3, 451
Homer 12
Horn of Gondor 194
Horsa and Hengist 186
horse princes 196
Horsemen of the Apocalypse 194
Horses 194–7
Húrin the Steadfast 197
Hygieia 197
I
Icicle (Aeglos) 17
Iliad (Homer) 12
Illuin 224–5
Ilmarë (“Starlight”) 199
Ilmarin 199
Ilmarinen the Smith 199–200
Ilúvatar (“Allfather”) 200
Imladris 200
Ingwë 200–1
Irish mythology 201
Iron Death (Gurthang) 179–80
Iron Home (Angmar) 25–9
Iron Prison (Angband) 24–5, 26–7
Isildur 198
Istari 202–3
J
Janibas the Necromancer 203
Jekyll and Hyde 203–6
Jordanes 206
Jötnar (Jötuun) 208
Jötunheim 208
Judeo-Christian mythology 208–9
Jupiter 209
K
Kalevala 211
Kali 211
Kelvar 440
Khand 406
Khazad-dûm (“Dwarrowdelf”) 212, 213
Khuzdul 212–14
Kine of Araw 215
Kraken 214
Kullervo the Hapless 215–16
Kurkar, King of Hor 216
L
Lake Men 220
Lake-Town 219
Langobards 219
Last Alliance of Elves and Men 219–21
Laurelin 402
Lindon 222–3
Loki 223
Long Lake 220
Longshanks 226
The Lord of the Rings (Tolkien) 12, 524–31
Lords of the Elves 291
Lórien 226–8
Lothlórien 228
Lucifer 228–31
Lúthien (“Maiden of Twilight”) 230, 231, 227, 234
lycanthropy 232
M
Macbeth 235–6
Magician-smiths 162
Maiden of Twilight (Lúthien) 230, 231, 234
Manwë 112
March of the Ents on Isengard 460, 461
Master of Esgaroth 220
Master of Non-Being 236
mead hall 186–8
Mearas 196
Melkor 238–9
Men of the West (Dúnedain) 103–4
Mercia 239–42
Mercury 242
Meriadoc (“Merry”) Brandybuck 243, 243
Michael, Archangel 247
Middle-earth 248–9
dark forces of 442
entering 10
Midgard 249
Migration of the Hobbits 250, 251
Misty Mountains 254–5
Mordred 258
Morgoth Bauglir 227, 259, 260, 339, 382, 393
Temple of 366
Moria 260
Mortal Lands 439
Le Morte d’Arthur (Malory) 261
Mount Doom 544
Mûmakil (Mûmak) 261
Music of the Ainur 262
N
Nan Elmoth 240–1
Narsil (“Red and White Flame”) 265
Nauglamír 265
Neptune 271
Nessa the Swift 271
Nibelungenlied 271–2, 471, 488–502
Nienna the Weeper 273
Njord 273–5
Noldor 275
Noldor Elves 274
Norse mythology 275–6, 450, 471, 472–87
Norsemen 276
Northmen of Rhovanion 220, 276–9
Númenóreans 65–6, 65, 144, 277
O
Oathbreakers 283–5
Odin 285–8
Odyssey (Homer) 12
Olvar 441
Olwë 289
Olwyn 289–90
Olympus 290
“On Fairy Stories” 290
One, The 134
One Ring 290
Orc 95, 282, 286–7, 290–3, 292, 395, 415
Ormal 224–5
Orpheus 294–5
Orthanc 204–5
Ossë 295
Oxford 295
P
Paradise Lost (Milton) 297
Paths of the Dead 297–8
Pelennor Fields 296, 298–9, 306–7, 462–3, 465
Peredhil (Peredhel) (“Half-elven”) (“Half-elf”) 299
Peregrin (“Pippin”) Took 243, 299–300
Persephone 301
Plains of Rohan 336
Plato (428/427–348/347 BC) 302
Polydeuces (Pollux) 79–80
Poseidon 302–3
Pot of Soup 13
Princess and Goblin, The (MacDonald) 303
Prometheus 303–4
Proserpine 304
Pterosaurs 304–5
Puck 305
Puck of Pook’s Hill (Kipling) 305
Q
Quendi (“Speakers”) 308
Quenya 308
Quetzalcoatlus 308–9
Quickbeam 309
R
Radagast the Brown 311
Ragnarök 311–14
Rainbow Bridge (Bifröst) 63
Rauros 153
Ravenhill 312–13
Ravens 312–13
Red and White Flame (Narsil) 265
Red Book of Hergest 314
Red Book of Westmarch 314
Red Maw (Carcharoth) 77–8
religion, Christianity 314–15, 409
“The Rhinegold” 506–9
Rhûn 316
Riders of Rohan 316
Riders of the Mark (March) 316
Ring Lords 162
Ring of Doom 317
The Ring of Nibelung 471, 504–23, 523
Rings of Power 317–18, 448, 449
Ringwraiths 318
Rivendell 319
Roäc 312–13
Roland 321–2
Rumpelstiltskin 323
Running River 220
S
Sampo 325
Samwise Gamgee 325–6
Sarehole 326
Satan 333
Sauron the Ring Lord 329–32, 330
Scatha the Worm 333–5
scorpion 282
Seven Fathers of the Dwarves 335–7
Shakespeare, William 337–8
Shelob the Great Spider 338–41, 339, 393
The Shire 341
Shire 251
Sidhe 343–4
Siege of Minas Tirith 464
Sigurd 344
The Silmarillion (Tolkien) 11
Silvan Elves 157
Silver-fist (Celebrimbor) 81
Sindar 346–7
Sindarin 347–8
Sleeping Beauty 348
Smaug the Dragon 349–52, 350–1
Sméagol 352–5, 353, 443 (see also Gollum)
Sméagol–Gollum (see also Gollum; Sméagol),
history of 443
Snow Point (Aeglos) 17
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs 355–6
Solomon’s Ring 356–7
The Song of the Nibelungs 271–2
Sote the Outlaw 357–8
Speakers (Quendi) 308
Star-spray 127
Starlight (Ilmarë) 199
Steward of Gondor 324
Stoor 358–9
strongholds 359–60
“Super-Orc” 395
Sutton Hoo 360–1
Swaying One (Gungnir) 180
T
Taniquetil 365
Telchar 365
Teleri 366
Telperion 402
Temple of Morgoth 366
Theodoric I (c.AD 390–451) 370
Theseus 371
Thorin 364
Thorin Oakenshield 374
Three-Farthing Stone 374
Thrush 375
Thuringwethil 374
Tilion 374–6
Tirion 372–3
Titanomachy 376
tobacco 376
A Tolkien Bestiary (Day) 11
Tolkien’s Ring (Day) 11
Tollkühn 377
Tom Bombadil 190
tree people 157
Trees of the Light 402
Trees of the Valar 402
Tuatha Dé Danann 380–3
Tulkas the Strong 382, 383–4, 386–7
Tuor 408
Túrin Turambar 217, 270, 384–5, 384
“The Twilight of the Gods” 518–22
Two Lamps 224–5
U
Uinen of the Calms 389
Ulmo, Lord of Waters 388
Undying Lands 438
Ungoliant the Great Spider 210, 338–41, 339, 393, 394
Urd (Wyrd) the Weaver 396
V
Vairë the Weaver 401
Vala 83
Valar (Vala) 401, 402, 450, 451
Valaraukar 402
Valinor 402
“The Valkyrie” 509–17
Vampires 403
Vána 403
Vandals 403–4
Vanyar 404
Varda, Queen of the Stars 404–6, 405
Variags of Khand 406
Venus 406–9
Vingilótë 400
Virgin Mary 409
Visigoths 370
Völsung, King 407
Völsunga Saga 409–50, 471, 472–87
Voronwë 408
Vulcan 410
W
Wagner’s Ring 471, 504–23, 523
Wales 413
War of Dwarves and Orcs 415
Warrior-king 162
wars 414 (see also battles)
Watch-towers 372–3
Watcher-in-the-Water 214
Wayland’s Smithy 417–18
Wayland the Smith 417
Welsh 418–19
Westernesse 422
White Horse of Berkshire 422–3
White Ladies 423
White Ship disaster 423–6
Wild Hunt 426
Wildermen 420–1
William Shakespeare 337–8
Willows 428–9
Winged Beasts of the Nazgûl 424, 426, 430
Witch-king of Angmar 269, 426–30
Wizards 430–1
Wolves (Canis lupis) 431
Wrath (Gram) 175
Wyrd (Urd) the Weaver 396
Y
Yavanna Kementári 41, 43, 83, 402, 433
Z
Zeus 434
