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.