The Children of Húrin

LIST OF NAMES IN THE TALE OF THE CHILDREN OF HÚRIN

Names that appear in the map of Beleriand are followed by an asterisk.

Adanedhel — ‘Elf-man’, name given to Túrin in Nargothrond.

Aerin — A kinswoman of Húrin in Dor-lómin, taken as wife by Brodda the Easterling.

Agarwaen — ‘Bloodstained’, name taken by Túrin when he came to Nargothrond.

Ainur — ‘The Holy Ones’, the first beings created by Ilúvatar, who were before the World: the Valar and the Maiar (‘spirits of the same order as the Valar but of less degree’).

Algund — Man of Dor-lómin, member of the outlaw band that Túrin joined.

Amon Darthir* — A peak in the range of Ered Wethrin south of Dor-lómin.

Amon Ethir — ‘Hill of Spies’, a great earthwork raised by Finrod Felagund a league to the east of Nargothrond.

Amon Obel* — A hill in the midst of the Forest of Brethil, on which was built Ephel Brandir.

Amon Rûdh* — ‘The Bald Hill’, a lonely height in the lands south of Brethil, abode of Mîm.

Anach* — Pass leading down from Taur-nu-Fuin at the western end of Ered Gorgoroth.

Andróg — Man of Dor-lómin, a leader of the outlaw band that Túrin joined.

Anfauglith* — ‘Gasping Dust’, the great plain north of Taur-nu-Fuin, once grassy and named Ardgalen, but transformed into a desert by Morgoth in the Battle of Sudden Flame.

Angband — The great fortress of Morgoth in the North-west of Middle-earth.

Anglachel — Beleg’s sword, the gift of Thingol; after its reforging for Túrin named Gurthang.

Angrod — Third son of Finarfin, slain in the Dagor Bragollach.

Anguirel — Eöl’s sword.

Aranrúth — ‘King’s Ire’, Thingol’s sword.

Arda — The Earth.

Aredhel — Sister of Turgon, wife of Eöl.

Arminas — Noldorin Elf who came with Gelmir to Nargothrond to warn Orodreth of its peril.

Arroch — Húrin’s horse.

Arvernien* — The coastlands of Beleriand west of Sirion’s mouths; named in Bilbo’s song in Rivendell.

Asgon — Man of Dor-lómin who aided Túrin’s escape after the slaying of Brodda.

Azaghâl — Lord of the Dwarves of Belegost.

Barad Eithel — ‘Tower of the Well’, the fortress of the Noldor at Eithel Sirion.

Baragund — Father of Morwen; cousin of Beren.

Barahir — Father of Beren; brother of Bregolas.

Bar-en-Danwedh — ‘House of Ransom’, name given by Mîm to his house.

Bar-en-Nibin-noeg — ‘House of the Petty-dwarves’ on Amon Rûdh.

Bar Erib — A stronghold of Dor-Cúarthol south of Amon Rûdh.

Battle of Unnumbered Tears — See Nirnaeth Arnoediad.

Bauglir — ‘The Constrainer’, name given to Morgoth.

Beleg — Elf of Doriath, a great archer; friend and companion of Túrin. Called Cúthalion ‘Strongbow’.

Belegost — ‘Great Fortress’, one of the two cities of the Dwarves in the Blue Mountains.

Belegund — Father of Rían; brother of Baragund.

Beleriand* — Lands west of the Blue Mountains in the Elder Days.

Belthronding — Beleg’s bow.

Bëor — Leader of the first Men to enter Beleriand; progenitor of the House of Bëor, one of the three Houses of the Edain.

Beren — Man of the House of Bëor, lover of Lúthien, who cut a Silmaril from Morgoth’s crown; called ‘One-hand’ and Camlost ‘Empty-handed’.

Black King, The — Morgoth.

Black Sword, The — Túrin’s name in Nargothrond; also the sword itself. See Mormegil.

Blue Mountains — The great mountain chain (called Ered Luin and Ered Lindon) between Beleriand and Eriador in the Elder Days.

Bragollach — See Dagor Bragollach.

Brandir — Ruler of the People of Haleth in Brethil when Túrin came; son of Handir.

Bregolas — Father of Baragund; Morwen’s grandfather.

Bregor — Father of Barahir and Bregolas.

Brethil* — Forest between the rivers Teiglin and Sirion; Men of Brethil, the People of Haleth.

Brithiach* — Ford over Sirion north of the Forest of Brethil.

Brodda — An Easterling in Hithlum after the Nirnaeth Arnoediad.

Cabed-en-Aras — ‘The Deer’s Leap’, a deep gorge of the river Teiglin where Túrin slew Glaurung.

Cabed Naeramarth — ‘The Leap of Dreadful Doom’, name given to Cabed-en-Aras after Niënor leapt from its cliffs.

Celebros — Stream in Brethil falling down to Teiglin near the Crossings.

Children of Ilúvatar — Elves and Men.

Círdan — Called ‘the Shipwright’; lord of the Falas; at the destruction of the Havens after the Nirnaeth Arnoediad he escaped to the Isle of Balar in the south.

Crissaegrim* — The mountain peaks south of Gondolin, where were the eyries of Thorondor.

Crossings of Teiglin* — Fords where the old South Road to Nargothrond crossed the Teiglin.

Cúthalion — ‘Strongbow’, name of Beleg.

Daeron — Minstrel of Doriath.

Dagor Bragollach (also the Bragollach) — The Battle of Sudden Flame, in which Morgoth ended the Siege of Angband.

Dark Lord, The — Morgoth.

Deer’s Leap, The — See Cabed-en-Aras.

Dimbar* — The land between the rivers Sirion and Mindeb.

Dimrost — ‘The Rainy Stair’, the falls of Celebros in the Forest of Brethil, afterwards called Nen Girith.

Dor-Cúarthol — ‘Land of Bow and Helm’, name given to the country defended by Túrin and Beleg from their lair on Amon Rûdh.

Doriath* — The kingdom of Thingol and Melian in the forests of Neldoreth and Region, ruled from Menegroth on the river Esgalduin.

Dorlas — A man of consequence among the People of Haleth in the Forest of Brethil.

Dor-lómin* — Region in the south of Hithlum given by King Fingolfin as a fief to the House of Hador; the home of Húrin and Morwen.

Dorthonion* — ‘Land of Pines’, great forested highlands on the northern borders of Beleriand, afterwards named Taurnu-Fuin.

Drengist* — Long firth of the sea piercing Ered Lómin, the Echoing Mountains.

Easterlings — Tribes of Men who followed the Edain into Beleriand.

Echad i Sedryn — (also the Echad) ‘Camp of the Faithful’, name given to Mîm’s house on Amon Rûdh.

Ecthelion — Elf-lord of Gondolin.

Edain — (singular Adan) The Men of the Three Houses of the Elf-friends.

Eithel Ivrin* — ‘Ivrin’s Well’, the source of the river Narog beneath Ered Wethrin.

Eithel Sirion* — ‘Sirion’s Well’, in the eastern face of Ered Wethrin; the fortress of the Noldor in that place, also called Barad Eithel.

Eldalië — The Elven-folk, equivalent to Eldar.

Eldar — The Elves of the Great Journey out of the East to Beleriand.

Elder Children — The Elves. See Children of Ilúvatar.

Eledhwen — Name of Morwen, ‘Elfsheen’.

Encircling Mountains — The mountains encircling Tumladen, the plain of Gondolin.

Enemy, The — Morgoth.

Eöl — Called ‘the Dark Elf’, a great smith who dwelt in Nan Elmoth; maker of the sword Anglachel; father of Maeglin.

Ephel Brandir — ‘The Fence of Brandir’, the enclosed dwellings of the Men of Brethil upon Amon Obel; also the Ephel.

Ered Gorgoroth* — ‘Mountains of Terror’, the vast precipices in which Taur-nu-Fuin fell southward; also the Gorgoroth.

Ered Wethrin — ‘Shadowy Mountains’, ‘Mountains of Shadow’, the great range forming the boundary of Hithlum on the east and south.

Esgalduin* — The river of Doriath, dividing the forests of Neldoreth and Region and flowing into Sirion.

Exiles, The — The Noldor who rebelled against the Valar and returned to Middle-earth.

Faelivrin — Name given to Finduilas by Gwindor.

Fair Folk — The Eldar.

Falas* — The coastlands of Beleriand in the West.

Fëanor — Eldest son of Finwë, the first leader of the Noldor; half-brother of Fingolfin; maker of the Silmarils; leader of the Noldor in their rebellion against the Valar, but slain in battle soon after his return to Middle-earth. See Sons of Fëanor.

Felagund — ‘Hewer of caves’, name given to King Finrod after the establishment of Nargothrond and often used alone.

Finarfin — Third son of Finwë, brother of Fingolfin and half-brother of Fëanor; father of Finrod Felagund and Galadriel. Finarfin did not return to Middle-earth.

Finduilas — Daughter of Orodreth, second King of Nargothrond.

Fingolfin — Second son of Finwë, the first leader of the Noldor; High King of the Noldor, dwelling in Hithlum; father of Fingon and Turgon.

Fingon — Eldest son of King Fingolfin, and High King of the Noldor after his death.

Finrod — Son of Finarfin; founder and king of Nargothrond, brother of Orodreth and Galadriel; often called Felagund.

Forweg — Man of Dor-lómin, captain of the outlaw band that Túrin joined.

Galdor the Tall — Son of Hador Goldenhead; father of Húrin and Huor; slain at Eithel Sirion.

Gamil Zirak — Dwarf smith, teacher of Telchar of Nogrod.

Gaurwaith — ‘Wolf-men’, the outlaw band that Túrin joined in the woodlands beyond the western borders of Doriath.

Gelmir (1) — Elf of Nargothrond, brother of Gwindor.

Gelmir (2) — Noldorin Elf who came with Arminas to Nargothrond to warn Orodreth of its peril.

Gethron — One of Túrin’s companions on the journey to Doriath.

Ginglith* — River flowing into the Narog above Nargothrond.

Girdle of Melian — See Melian.

Glaurung — ‘Father of Dragons’, the first of the Dragons of Morgoth.

Glithui* — River flowing down from Ered Wethrin and joining Teiglin north of the inflow of Malduin.

Glóredhel — Daughter of Hador, sister of Galdor Húrin’s father; wife of Haldir of Brethil.

Glorfindel — Elf-lord of Gondolin.

Gondolin* — The hidden city of King Turgon.

Gorgoroth — See Ered Gorgoroth.

Gorthol — ‘Dread Helm’, name taken by Túrin in the land of Dor-Cúarthol.

Gothmog — Lord of Balrogs; slayer of King Fingon.

Great Mound, The — See Haudh-en-Nirnaeth.

Great Song, The — The Music of the Ainur, in which the World was begun.

Grey-elves — The Sindar, name given to the Eldar who remained in Beleriand and did not cross the Great Sea into the West.

Grithnir — One of Túrin’s companions on the journey to Doriath, where he died.

Guarded Plain, The* — See Talath Dirnen.

Guarded Realm, The — Doriath.

Guilin — Elf of Nargothrond, father of Gwindor and Gelmir.

Gurthang — ‘Iron of Death’, Túrin’s name for the sword Anglachel after it was reforged in Nargothrond.

Gwaeron — The ‘windy month’, March.

Gwindor — Elf of Nargothrond, lover of Finduilas, companion of Túrin.

Hador Goldenhead — Elf-friend, lord of Dor-lómin, vassal of King Fingolfin; father of Galdor father of Húrin and Huor; slain at Eithel Sirion in the Dagor Bragollach. House of Hador, one of the Houses of the Edain.

Haldir — Son of Halmir of Brethil; wedded Glóredhel daughter of Hador of Dor-lómin.

Haleth — The Lady Haleth, who early became the leader of the Second House of the Edain, the Halethrim or People of Haleth, who dwelt in the Forest of Brethil.

Halmir — Lord of the Men of Brethil.

Handir of Brethil — Son of Haldir and Glóredhel; father of Brandir.

Hareth — Daughter of Halmir of Brethil, wife of Galdor of Dor-lómin; mother of Húrin.

Haudh-en-Elleth — ‘The Mound of the Elf-maid’ near the Crossings of Teiglin, in which Finduilas was buried.

Haudh-en-Nirnaeth — ‘The Mound of Tears’ in the desert of Anfauglith.

Hidden Kingdom, The — Doriath.

Hidden Realm, The — Gondolin.

High Faroth, The* — Highlands to the west of the river Narog above Nargothrond; also the Faroth.

Hírilorn — A great beech-tree in the Forest of Neldoreth with three trunks.

Hithlum* — ‘Land of Mist’, northern region bounded by the Mountains of Shadow.

Hunthor — Man of Brethil, companion of Túrin in the attack on Glaurung.

Huor — Húrin’s brother; father of Tuor father of Eärendil; slain in the Battle of Unnumbered Tears.

Húrin — Lord of Dor-lómin, husband of Morwen and father of Túrin and Niënor; called Thalion ‘the Steadfast’.

Ibun — One of the sons of Mîm the Petty-dwarf.

Ilúvatar — ‘The Father of All’.

Indor — Man of Dor-lómin, father of Aerin.

Ivrin* — Lake and falls beneath Ered Wethrin where the river Narog rose.

Khîm — One of the sons of Mîm the Petty-dwarf, slain by Andróg’s arrow.

Labadal — Túrin’s name for Sador.

Ladros* — Lands to the north-east of Dorthonion that were granted by the Noldorin kings to the Men of the House of Bëor.

Lady of Dor-lómin — Morwen.

Lalaith — ‘Laughter’, name given to Urwen.

Larnach — One of the Woodmen in the lands south of Teiglin.

Lord of Waters — The Vala Ulmo.

Lords of the West — The Valar.

Lothlann — A great plain to the east of Dorthonion (Taur-nu-Fuin).

Lothron — The fifth month.

Lúthien — Daughter of Thingol and Melian, who after the death of Beren chose to become mortal and to share his fate. Called Tinúviel ‘daughter of twilight’, nightingale.

Mablung — Elf of Doriath, chief captain of Thingol, friend of Túrin; called ‘the Hunter’.

Maedhros — Eldest son of Fëanor, with lands in the east beyond Dorthonion.

Maeglin — Son of Eöl ‘the Dark Elf’ and Aredhel Turgon’s sister; betrayer of Gondolin.

Malduin* — A tributary of the Teiglin.

Mandos — A Vala: the Judge, and Keeper of the Houses of the Dead in Valinor.

Manwë — The chief of the Valar; called the Elder King.

Melian — A Maia (see entry Ainur); the queen of King Thingol in Doriath, about which she set an invisible barrier of protection, the Girdle of Melian; mother of Lúthien.

Melkor — The Quenya name of Morgoth.

Menegroth* — ‘The Thousand Caves’, the halls of Thingol and Melian on the river Esgalduin in Doriath.

Menel — The heavens, region of the stars.

Methed-en-glad — ‘End of the wood’, a stronghold of Dor-Cúarthol at the edge of the forest south of Teiglin.

Mîm — The Petty-dwarf, dwelling on Amon Rûdh.

Minas Tirith — ‘Tower of Watch’, built by Finrod Felagund on Tol Sirion.

Mindeb* — A tributary of Sirion, between Dimbar and the Forest of Neldoreth.

Mithrim* — The south-eastern region of Hithlum, separated from Dor-lómin by the Mountains of Mithrim.

Morgoth — The great rebellious Vala, in his origin the mightiest of the Powers; called the Enemy, the Dark Lord, the Black King, Bauglir.

Mormegil — ‘Black Sword’, name given to Túrin in Nargothrond.

Morwen — Daughter of Baragund of the House of Bëor; wife of Húrin and mother of Túrin and Niënor; called Eledhwen ‘Elfsheen’ and Lady of Dor-lómin.

Mountains of Shadow* — See Ered Wethrin.

Nan Elmoth* — A forest in East Beleriand; dwelling-place of Eöl.

Nargothrond* — ‘The great underground fortress on the river Narog’, founded by Finrod Felagund, destroyed by Glaurung; also the realm of Nargothrond extending east and west of the river.

Narog* — The chief river of West Beleriand, rising at Ivrin and flowing into Sirion near its mouths. People of Narog, the Elves of Nargothrond.

Neithan — ‘The Wronged’, name given to himself by Túrin among the outlaws.

Nellas — Elf of Doriath, friend of Túrin in his boyhood.

Nen Girith — ‘Shuddering Water’, name given to Dimrost, the falls of Celebros in Brethil.

Nen Lalaith — Stream rising under Amon Darthir, a peak in Ered Wethrin, and flowing past Húrin’s house in Dor-lómin.

Nenning* — River in West Beleriand, reaching the Sea at the Haven of Eglarest.

Nevrast* — Region west of Dor-lómin, beyond the Echoing Mountains* (Ered Lómin).

Nibin-noeg, Nibin-nogrim — Petty-dwarves.

Niënor — ‘Mourning’, daughter of Húrin and Morwen, and sister of Túrin; see Níniel.

Nimbrethil* — Birchwoods in Arvernien; named in Bilbo’s song in Rivendell.

Níniel — ‘Maid of Tears’, name that Túrin gave to Niënor in Brethil.

Nirnaeth Arnoediad — The Battle of ‘Unnumbered Tears’, also the Nirnaeth.

Nogrod — One of the two cities of the Dwarves in the Blue Mountains.

Noldor — The second host of the Eldar on the Great Journey out of the East to Beleriand; the ‘Deep Elves’, ‘the Loremasters’.

Núath, Woods of* — Woods extending westward from the upper waters of the Narog.

Orleg — A man of Túrin’s outlaw band.

Orodreth — King of Nargothrond after the death of his brother Finrod Felagund; father of Finduilas.

Ossë — A Maia (see entry Ainur); vassal of Ulmo Lord of Waters.

Petty-dwarves — A race of Dwarves in Middle-earth of whom Mîm and his two sons were the last survivors.

Powers, The — The Valar.

Ragnir — A blind servant in Húrin’s house in Dor-lómin.

Region* — The southern forest of Doriath.

Rían — Cousin of Morwen; wife of Huor Húrin’s brother; mother of Tuor.

Rivil* — Stream falling from Dorthonion to join Sirion in the Fen of Serech.

Sador — Woodwright, serving-man of Húrin’s in Dor-lómin and friend of Túrin in his childhood, by whom he was called Labadal.

Saeros — Elf of Doriath, a counsellor of Thingol, hostile to Túrin.

Sauron’s Isle — Tol Sirion.

Serech* — The great fen north of the Pass of Sirion, where the river Rivil flowed in from Dorthonion.

Shadowy Mountains — See Ered Wethrin.

Sharbhund — Dwarvish name of Amon Rûdh.

Sindarin — Grey-elven, the Elvish tongue of Beleriand. See Grey-elves.

Sirion* — The great river of Beleriand, rising at Eithel Sirion.

Sons of Fëanor — See Fëanor. The seven sons held lands in East Beleriand.

South Road* — The ancient road from Tol Sirion to Nargothrond by the Crossings of Teiglin.

Spyhill, The — See Amon Ethir.

Strawheads — Name given to the People of Hador by the Easterlings in Hithlum.

Strongbow — Name of Beleg; see Cúthalion.

Talath Dirnen* — ‘The Guarded Plain’, north of Nargothrond.

Taur-nu-Fuin* — ‘Forest under Night’, later name of Dorthonion.

Teiglin* — A tributary of Sirion rising in the Shadowy Mountains and flowing through the Forest of Brethil. See Crossings of Teiglin.

Telchar — Renowned smith of Nogrod.

Telperion — The White Tree, elder of the Two Trees that gave light to Valinor.

Thangorodrim — ‘Mountains of Tyranny’, reared by Morgoth over Angband.

Thingol — ‘Greycloak’, King of Doriath, overlord of the Grey-elves (Sindar); wedded to Melian the Maia; father of Lúthien.

Thorondor — ‘King of Eagles’ (cf. The Return of the King VI.4: ‘old Thorondor, who built his eyries in the inaccessible peaks of the Encircling Mountains when Middle-earth was young’).

Three Houses (of the Edain) — The Houses of Bëor, Haleth, and Hador.

Thurin — ‘The Secret’, name given to Túrin by Finduilas.

Tol Sirion* — Island in the river in the Pass of Sirion on which Finrod built the tower of Minas Tirith; afterwards taken by Sauron.

Tumhalad* — Valley in West Beleriand between the rivers Ginglith and Narog where the host of Nargothrond was defeated.

Tumladen — The hidden vale in the Encircling Mountains where the city of Gondolin stood.

Tuor — Son of Huor and Rían; cousin of Túrin and father of Eärendil.

Turambar — ‘Master of Doom’, name taken by Túrin among the Men of Brethil.

Turgon — Second son of King Fingolfin and brother of Fingon; founder and king of Gondolin.

Túrin — Son of Húrin and Morwen, chief subject of the lay named Narn i Chîn Húrin. For his other names see Neithan, Gorthol, Agarwaen, Thurin, Adanedhel, Mormegil (Black Sword), Wild Man of the Woods, Turambar.

Twilit Meres* — Region of marshes and pools where the Aros flowed into Sirion.

Uldor the Accursed — A leader of the Easterlings who was slain in the Battle of Unnumbered Tears.

Ulmo — One of the great Valar, ‘Lord of Waters’.

Ulrad — A member of the outlaw band that Túrin joined.

Úmarth — ‘Ill-fate’, a fictitious name for his father given out by Túrin in Nargothrond.

Unnumbered Tears — The battle of Nirnaeth Arnoediad.

Urwen — Daughter of Húrin and Morwen who died in childhood; called Lalaith ‘Laughter’.

Valar — ‘The Powers’, those great spirits that entered the World at the beginning of time.

Valinor — The land of the Valar in the West, beyond the Great Sea.

Varda — The greatest of the Queens of the Valar, the spouse of Manwë.

Wildman of the Woods — Name taken by Túrin when he first came among the Men of Brethil.

Wolf-men — See Gaurwaith.

Woodmen — Dwellers in the woods south of Teiglin, plundered by the Gaurwaith.

Year of Lamentation — The year of the Nirnaeth Arnoediad.

Younger Children — Men. See Children of Ilúvatar.