Glossary
| Aeglos | "Snowpoint", Gil-galad's spear |
| Ainur | "Holy Ones", divine beings created by Eru. The fourteen greatest Ainur were called the Valar, the others were Maiar |
| Aldamirë | "Tree Jewel", wife of Elendil |
| Alliance, Army of | The combined armies of Gondor, Arnor, and Lindon, which united to drive Sauron from the west |
| Altariel | See Galadriel |
| Aman | "The Blessed Lands", island in the far western sea, home of the Valar |
| Amandil | "Lover of Aman", last lord of Andúnië, father of Elendil |
| Amon Sûl | "Hill of the Wind", outpost on the eastern borders of Arnor, later known as Weathertop |
| Amroth | Sindarin Elf, lover of Nimrodel, founded the city of Dol Amroth in Belfalas |
| Anárion | Younger son of Elendil, born in Rómenna 3296 SA, died in the siege of the Barad-dûr 3440 SA |
| Anduin | "The Long River" that runs the length of Middle-earth and drains into the Bay of Belfalas |
| Andúnië | "Sunset", the westernmost province of Númenor, refuge of the Faithful |
| Anfalas | "Long Strand", southwestern province of Gondor |
| Anga | "River of Iron", rising in Angrenost, emptying into the sea at Anglond |
| Angband | "Hell of Iron", the dungeon-fortress of Morgoth |
| Anglond | "Port of Iron", port city at the mouth of the River Anga |
| Angmar | "Iron Land", northern land, capital Carn Dûm, home of the Lord of the Ring-wraiths |
| Angrenost | "Iron Fortress", outpost in northwestern Gondor, later known as Isengard |
| Annatar | "Lord of Gifts", the name Sauron used among the Elves of Eregion |
| Annúminas | "Tower of the West", the capital of Arnor, built on the shore of Lake Nenuial |
| Anórien | "Land of the Sun", western province of Gondor, chief city Minas Anor |
| Ar-Adûnakhor | "Lord of the West", 19th king of Númenor |
| Ar-Pharazôn | "The Golden", 24th and last king of Númenor |
| Arador | "Royal Land", Duitirith's esquire |
| Aragorn | 39th heir of Isildur, also known as "Strider", crowned King of the Reunited Realms as Elessar Telcontar "Elfstone Strider" |
| Arannon | "Royal Gate", triumphal arch in Osgiliath |
| Aratan | "Royal Man", Isildur's second son, born 3411 SA in Osgiliath, died 2 FA at Gladden |
| Araw | Land near Rhûn, home of giant cattle |
| Ari | Diminutive of Aratan |
| Armenelos | "Citadel of the Men of Heaven", capital of Númenor |
| Arnor | "Royal Land", northern kingdom of the United Realms |
| Arthedain | Northern region of Arnor |
| Atani | Men, also called The Followers and The Secondborn |
| Aulë | One of the eight Aratar, the mightiest Valar, married to Yavanna, he made the Dwarves |
| Baggins, Bilbo | See Bilbo |
| Baggins, Frodo | See Frodo |
| Barad-dûr | "Dark Tower", Sauron's fortress in Mordor |
| Barahir | Father of Beren, he was given Finrod's ring |
| Baranduin | "The Brown River" in Eriador, later called the Brandywine in The Shire |
| Barathor | Lord of Pelargir, father of Duitirith, died 3441 SA at Minas Ithil |
| Belamon | Soldier of Ithilien, died 3441 SA at Minas Ithil |
| Belcarnen | A captain of the White Fleet |
| Belegost | "Mighty Fortress", one of the two cities of the Dwarves in the Blue Mountains |
| Beleriand | "Country of Balar", ancient realm of the Elves in northwest Middle-earth, sunk under the sea in the war with Morgoth, Lindon is the only remainder |
| Belfalas | Southern coastal province of Gondor |
| Belfalas, Bay of | Large bay between Harad and Gondor |
| Belrund | Leader of Pelargrim that went to fight with Elendil |
| Beren | Son of Barahir, hero who took silmarilli, slain by the wolf Carcharoth |
| Bergil | Mayor of Minas Anor |
| Bilbo | Hobbit that found the One Ring, uncle of Frodo |
| Blackroot | See Morthond |
| Blessed Lands | See Aman |
| Blotmath | Hobbit month, roughly November |
| Boromir | Father of Barathor |
| Bortil | Merchant of Osgiliath |
| Brandybuck, Anson | Scribe who copied Amroth's journal |
| Brethilrond | Elf of Lothlórien |
| Buckland | Eastern region of The Shire |
| Cair Andros | "Long Foam", island in the Anduin north of Osgiliath |
| Caladil | Ship captain of Pelargir |
| Calembel | Town in Lamedon in Gondor |
| Calenardhon | Northern region of Gondor, later called Rohan |
| Caradhras | "Redhorn", mountain in the Misty Mountains |
| Caras Galadon | "City of the Trees", capital of Lothlórien |
| Cardur | A captain of the White Fleet |
| Carlen | Master of the Wainwright's Guild in Pelargir |
| Celeborn | Lord of Lothlórien, husband of Galadriel |
| Cerin Amroth | Hilltop home of Amroth in Lothlórien |
| Cerveth | Dúnedain month, roughly August |
| Cirdan | "Shipwright", Lord of Mithlond, bearer of Narya |
| Ciri | Diminutive of Ciryon |
| Cirith Ungol | "Pass of the Spider", between Minas Ithil and Mordor |
| Ciryon | Third son of Isildur, born 3425 SA in Minas Ithil, died 2 FA at Gladden |
| Curufin | "Skill Hair", father of Celebrimbor |
| Curulin | "Skill Pool", Cirdan's helmsman |
| Dagorlad | "Battle Plain", field before the Morannon, site of a great battle |
| Dimrill Dale | Valley in the Misty Mountains near Khazad-dûm |
| Dol Elros | The capital of Andúnië in Númenor |
| Dor-en-Ernil | A seacoast region in Gondor between Belfalas and Lebennin |
| Doriath | Ancient Elvish kingdom in Beleriand |
| Duitirith | "Guardian of the River", Barathor's son |
| Dúnadan | Singular of Dúnedain |
| Dúnedain | "Men of the West", who founded Númenor, Umbar, Gondor, and Arnor |
| Dunharrow | Ancient city of Men in the northern Ered Nimrais |
| Dunland | A wild land west of Calenardhon |
| Durin | King of the Dwarves |
| Dwarves | A race created by Aulë the Vala |
| Eärendil | "Lover of the Sea", son of Tuor and Idril, married Elwing, sailed to Aman and secured the help of the Valar against Morgoth, called "The Mariner" |
| Easterlings | Wild men of the east |
| Edain | "The Men", The Three Houses of Men |
| Elbereth | "Star Queen", see Varda |
| Elda | Singular of Eldar |
| Eldamar | "Elvenhome", region of Aman in which the Elves live |
| Eldar | "People of the Stars", the Elves, also called "The Speakers", "Quendi", "Firstborn" |
| Eldarin | Relating to the Eldar or their language |
| Eldarion | King of Gondor in the Fourth Age |
| Elendil | "Elf-friend" Amandilson, founder of the Realms in Exile |
| Elendili | "Elf-friends", "The Faithful", those Númenóreans who continued to revere the Eldar and the Valar when the kings of Númenor turned against them |
| Elendur | "Devoted to the Elves", first son of Isildur, born 3403 SA in Osgiliath, died 2 FA at Gladden |
| Elenna | "Starwards", the island on which Númenor was founded |
| elanor | Small white flowers |
| Elessar | "Elfstone", the name in which Aragorn ascended the throne of the Reunited Kingdoms |
| Elosterion | Westernmost and tallest of the towers on the Emyn Beraid |
| Elrond | "Star-dome", son of Eärendil and Elwing, known as Peredhil "Half-elven", lord of Imladris |
| Elros | "Star-foam", son of Eärendil, brother of Elrond, founder of Númenor |
| Elvenhome | See Eldamar |
| Emyn Arnen | "Hills of Royal Water", in southern Ithilien |
| Emyn Beraid | "Tower Hills", in western Eriador |
| Ephel Dúath | "Fence of Shadow", mountains between Ithilien and Mordor |
| Erech | Town in northern Lamedon, capital of the Eredrim |
| Ered Lithui | "Ash Mountains", mountains on the northern side of Mordor |
| Ered Luin | "Blue Mountains", in western Eriador |
| Ered Nimrais | "White Mountains", mountains in Gondor |
| Eredrim | "People of the Mountains", a strong tribe in the southern Ered Nimrais |
| Eregion | "Land of Holly", Elvish kingdom of Celebrimbor in southern Eriador |
| Ereinion | "Scion of Kings", see Gil-galad |
| Eriador | The land between the Misty Mountains and the Blue |
| Eru | "The One", see Ilúvatar |
| Ethir Anduin | "Mouths of the Long River", the delta of the river Anduin |
| Ethir Lefnui | "Mouths of Lefnui", a city at the mouth of the river Lefnui in Anfalas |
| Ethring | A town on the river Ringlo in Lebennin |
| Evenstar | The planet Venus as evening star, see Eärendil |
| Faithful, the | See Elendili |
| Fangorn | Forest between Lothlórien and Calenardhon |
| Faramir | Thirty-fifth Thain of the Shire, he had a copy made of the Red Book |
| Fëanor | "Spirit of Fire", true name Curufinwë, the leader of the Noldorin rebellion, he made the silmarilli |
| Findegil | The writer of King Eldarion II of Gondor |
| Firstborn, the | See Eldar |
| Fleetfoot | Isildur's war charger |
| Flói | Father of Frár the Dwarf |
| Followers, the | See Atani |
| Foradan | "Northman", soldier of Pelargir |
| Forithilien | "North Ithilien", north of Minas Ithil |
| Fornen | "Northern Water", one of the Elders of the Eredrim |
| Fornoch | Valley in the southern Ered Nimrais |
| Fornost | "Northern Fortress", a city of Arnor |
| Frár | Dwarf of Khazad-dûm who joined Isildur |
| Frodo | "Nine-fingered", Bilbo's nephew, Ringbearer |
| Galadriel | Queen of Lothlórien, bearer of Nenya |
| Galadrim | "People of the Trees", the people of Lothlórien |
| Galathilion | The White Tree of Tirion, the image of Telperion |
| Galdor | One of Galadriel's boatsteerers |
| Gandalf | One of the Istari, or wizards, also called Mithrandir, Greyhame |
| Gil-galad | "Star or Radiance", King of Lindon and all the Noldor, true name Ereinion |
| Gildor | "Starland", Elf of Lindon, also called Inglorion |
| Gilrain | A river in Lebennin |
| Gilrondil | Cirdan's sailing master |
| Gilthoniel | See Elbereth |
| Gladden | River and fields at the confluence with Anduin, also called Loeg Ningloron |
| Glamrod | Keeper of the stables in Pelargir |
| Gondolin | "Hidden Rock", hidden Elvish city of Turgon, also called Ondolindë |
| Gondor | "Stone Land", southern kingdom of the Realms in Exile, capital Osgiliath |
| Gondorrim | The people of Gondor |
| Gordrog | Orc of the bridge garrison in East Osgiliath |
| Gorgoroth | "Dreaded Horror", a plain in central Mordor |
| Gorthaur | "Abominable Horror", see Sauron |
| Great Armament | The Númenórean fleet that attempted to attack Valinor |
| Great North Road | The road between Gondor and Arnor |
| Great Smials | The mansions of the Took family of hobbits in Tuckborough of the Shire |
| Greycloak | See Thingol |
| Greyhame | See Gandalf |
| Grey Havens | See Mithlond |
| Guthmar | The Elder of Linhir |
| Gwaith-i-Mírdain | "People of the Jewel-smiths", the craft-Elves of Gondolin |
| Gwathlo | River in western Eriador, called the Greyflood |
| Hadhodrond | Sindarin name of Khazad-dûm |
| Halfelven | The brothers Elros and Elrond, also called Peredhil |
| Halgon | Isildur's scribe |
| Harad | Land in the far south of Middle-earth, allies of Umbar |
| Haradrim | The people of Harad |
| Harithilien | "South Ithilien", south of Minas Ithil |
| Harlond | "South Beach", the docks of Osgiliath |
| Harondor | "Southern Land", border region between Gondor and Harad |
| Heleth | Wife of Barathor |
| Herumor | "Dark Lord", Emperor of Umbar |
| Hithaiglir | "Line of Misty Peaks", the Misty Mountains |
| Hithimir | "Mist Jewel", a captain of the White Fleet |
| Hollin | See Eregion |
| Ilúvatar | "The Father of All", God, also called "The One" |
| Imladris | "Deep-cut Valley", Elrond's home east of Arnor, also called Rivendell |
| Indis | One of the ships of Pelargir, named for the mother of Fingolfin and Finarfin |
| Inglorion | See Gildor |
| Ingold | Master of Calembel |
| Iorlas | Sindarin Elf, esquire of Amroth |
| Isembold | Father of Isengar |
| Isengar | Thain's Scribe of the Shire, copied Halgon's manuscript |
| Isildur | "Devoted to the Moon", first son of Elendil, King of Gondor and The Realms in Exile, born 3289 SA in Andúnië, died 2 TA at Gladden |
| Isildur, Stone of | "The Black Stone", "The Stone of Erech", a large round stone found in Númenor, brought to Pelargir by Isildur at the Downfall, and later set up at Erech |
| Ithilien | "Moon Land", eastern province of Gondor |
| Karmach | Lord of the Eredrim who made an oath of allegiance with Isildur |
| Kementári | "Queen of the Earth", see Yavanna |
| Khazad | The name the Dwarves call themselves |
| Khazad-dûm | "Dwarf-mansions", city of the Dwarves beneath the Misty Mountains, later called Moria |
| Kiril | A river in Lamedon, also called Ciril |
| Lamedon | Province in southern Gondor |
| Langstrand | See Anfalas |
| Lebennin | Province in southern Gondor |
| Lefnui | River in southwestern Gondor |
| lembas | "Way-bread", Elvish bread for travelling |
| Lhûn | A gulf and river in northwestern Eriador, also called Lune |
| Limlight | A river running from Fangorn Forest to the Anduin |
| Lindir | A lookout on Cirdan's ship |
| Lindon | "Land of Song", Gil-galad's Elvish kingdom in the northwest of Middle-earth, capital Mithlond |
| Linfalas | "Coast Song", Man of Arnor, one of survivors of Gladden |
| Linhir | City in Lebennin |
| Linroth | A captain of the White Fleet |
| Lithui | "Ashy", river in Anfalas |
| Loeg Ningloron | "Pools of the Golden Waterflowers", Elvish name for Gladden |
| Lótesse | Eldarin month, roughly May |
| Lothlórien | "Garden of the Blossom", the Elvish kingdom of Celeborn and Galadriel, between the Misty Mountains and Anduin |
| Lothron | "Flowering", Eldarin month, roughly June |
| Loëndë | Midsummer's Day |
| Luindor | "Blue Land", Captain of the Ships of Pelargir |
| Lúthien | Daughter of Thingol and Melian, consort of Beren, called Tinúviel |
| Maia | Singular of Maiar |
| Maiar | The lesser Ainur |
| Malithôr | "Golden Eagle", ambassador from Umbar, agent of Mordor, called "The Mouth of Sauron" |
| mallorn | Gold-leafed trees in Lothlórien |
| Manwë | The chief of the Valar |
| Melian | A ship of Pelargir, named for the Maia, Queen of Doriath, mother of Lúthien |
| Melkor | "He who arises in might", Vala who rebelled against Manwë, called Morgoth the Enemy |
| Meneldil | "Devoted to the Heavens", son of Anárion, King of Gondor |
| Meneltarma | "Pillar of Heaven", high mountain in Númenor |
| Menelvagor | "Huntsman of the Heavens", the constellation Orion |
| Meriadoc | A hobbit, Master of Buckland, called Merry Brandybuck |
| Mering | Stream between Anórien and Calenardhon |
| Minas Anor | "Tower of the Setting Sun", fortress city in Anórien, later called Minas Tirith |
| Minas Ithil | "Tower of the Rising Moon", fortress city in Ithilien, later called Minas Morgul |
| Minas Tirith | "Tower of Guard", see Minas Anor |
| Mindolluin | "Towering Bluehead", mountain beside Minas Anor |
| Minhiriath | Western province of Arnor |
| Mithlond | "Grey Havens", capital of Lindon |
| mithril | "Moon silver", Elvish metal alloy |
| MoonFire | See Narsil |
| Morannon | "Black Gates", gates of Mordor |
| Mordor | "Black Land", Sauron's realm in southeastern Middle-earth |
| Morgai | "Black Fence", eastern ridge of the Ephel Dúath |
| Morgoth | "Enemy", see Melkor |
| Morthond | "Blackroot", river in Lamedon rising in the caverns of Erech |
| Namarië | "Farewell", Elvish salutation |
| Nanbrethil | "Valley of the Silver Birches", a valley in the Pinnath Gelin |
| Nanduhirion | Valley outside the eastern entrance to Khazad-dûm |
| Nantasarion | One of the Drowned Lands of Beleriand |
| Nargothrond | "Underground fortress on the river Narog", founded by Finrod, destroyed by Glaurog, former home of Galadriel |
| Narsil | "Moonflame", Elendil's sword, made by Telchar of Nogrod, broken at Elendil's fall, later reforged for Aragorn and renamed Andúril, "Flame of the West" |
| Narya | "Ring of Fire", one of the Three Elf-Rings made by Celebrimbor, given to Cirdan, later to Mithrandir, was taken by him Over Sea at the end of the Third Age |
| Nazgûl | See Ring-wraiths |
| Nenuial | "Lake of Twilight" in Arnor, where Annúminas was built, called Evendim |
| Nenya | "Ring of Water", one of the Three Elf-Rings made by Celebrimbor, given to Galadriel, taken Over Sea at the end of the Third Age |
| Nimloth | "White Blossom", the White Tree of Númenor |
| Nimrodel[1] | A stream running through Lothlórien to join the Gladden |
| Nimrodel[2] | An Elf-woman of Lothlórien, lover of Amroth |
| Nindalf | Marshes at the mouth of the Entwash where it joins Anduin |
| Nogrod | "Hollow Dwelling", a lost city of the Dwarves in the Ered Luin |
| Noldor | "The Wise", second house of the Elves, led by Finwë, called "Deep Elves" |
| Noldorin | Of the Noldor |
| Nórui | Westron month, roughly July |
| Númenor | "Westernesse", large island given to the Edain by the Valar at the end of the First Age, also the kingdom established there by the Dúnedain under Elros, destroyed by the Valar when the Ban of the Valar was broken by Ar-Adûnakhor; also called Elenna, Land of the Star, Akallabêth, Anadûnê |
| Nûrrn | A southern region of Mordor |
| Ohtar | A Uialedain man of the Emyn Arnen, esquire to Isildur |
| Oiolossë | "Ever Snow-white", the White Mountain in Valinor where Manwë and Varda reside |
| Orcs | A bestial race bred by Melkor to be his slaves |
| Orodruin | "Mount Redflame", a volcano in central Mordor where Sauron forged the One Ring, later called Mount Doom |
| Orth | Giant herdsman of Calembel |
| Orthanc | "Forked Height", tower in Angrenost |
| Osgiliath | "Fortress of the Stars", capital of Gondor |
| Osgiliath, Council of | A meeting of Isildur and his allies on Midsummer's Day, 3441 SA |
| Ost-in-Edhil | "Fortress of the Eldar", capital of Eregion |
| Palantír | Singular of palantíri |
| Palantíri | "Those that Watch from Afar", the seven Seeing Stones made by Fëanor and given to the Dúnedain |
| Pelargir | "Garth of Royal Ships", Númenórean haven in Anduin; Gondor's Gate of the South |
| Pelargrim | The people of Pelargir |
| Peredhil | "Half-Elven", Elros and Elrond, the sons of Eärendil and Elwing |
| Peregrin | Peregrin Took, a member of the Fellowship of the Ring, later 35th Thain of the Shire |
| Pharazôn | See Ar-Pharazôn |
| Pinnath Gelin | "Green Hills" region in southwestern Gondor |
| Pippin | Diminutive of Peregrin Took |
| Poros | River between Harithilien and Harad |
| Quendi | "The Speakers", the Elves |
| Quenya | The language of the Elves |
| Rath Gelin | "Green Street", a street in Pelargir |
| Rath Romen | "Road of the East", the road running from the Morannon to Harad |
| Rauros | "Roaring Spray", great falls on Anduin north of Gondor |
| Realms in Exile | Gondor and Arnor, the realms founded by Elendil and his sons after the downfall of Númenor |
| Remmirath | "Netted Stars", the constellation Pleiades |
| Reunited Kingdom | Gondor and Arnor after they were reunited under Elessar Telcontar in 3441 TA |
| Rhovanion | "Wilderland", the region east of the Misty Mountains |
| Rhûn | An inland sea and the surrounding region in eastern Middle-earth |
| Ringlo | A river in Lebennin |
| Ringlond | The port city at the mouth of Ringlo |
| Ring-wraiths | The nine kings of Men to whom Sauron gave the Nine Rings, thus enslaving them; also called Úlairi, Nazgûl |
| Rivendell | See Imladris |
| Rohan | See Calenardhon |
| Romach | Lord of the Eredrim |
| Rómenna | Haven on the east coast of Númenor |
| Sam | Diminutive of Samwise Gamgee |
| Sammath Naur | "Chambers of Fire", caves near the summit of Orodruin, where Sauron forged The One Ring |
| Samwise Gamgee | Companion of Frodo Baggins, Ringbearer |
| Sauron | "The Abhorred", a Maia of Aulë, student of Melkor, Lord of Mordor |
| Secondborn | See Atani |
| Serni | A river in Lebennin |
| Shadowfax | Gandalf's horse |
| Shire, The | The land of the hobbits in central Eriador |
| Silmarilli | "Great Jewels of Light", a set of jewels made by Fëanor and stolen by Melkor |
| Silmarillion | The story of the silmarilli jewels |
| Sinda | Singular of Sindar |
| Sindar | "Grey-Elves", those Elves that remained in Middle-earth when the Noldor departed for Eldamar |
| Sindarin | Relating to the Sindar or their language |
| Sirannon | A river issuing from the west gate of Khazad-dûm |
| Sirith | A river in Lebennin |
| Sirlos | "Snowstream", running down the valley of Minas Ithil |
| Snowpoint | See Aeglos |
| Snowstream | See Sirlos |
| Speakers, the | See Quendi |
| Starkindler | See Elbereth |
| Straight Road | The path taken by the Elven ships when they leave the circles of the world and return to Eldamar |
| Strider | See Aragorn |
| Súrion | Guardian of the island of Cair Andros |
| talan | Tree-dwelling of the Elves of Lothlórien |
| Tar-Minastir | 11th king of Númenor, he aided Gil-galad against Sauron |
| Tar-Palantír | "He who looks afar", 23rd king of Númenor, he tried to heal the rift with the Faithful |
| Tarlang's Neck | A narrow pass in the Ered Nimrais between Morthond and Lamedon |
| Taur Galen | "Greenwood", the Great Forest east of the Misty Mountains, later called Mirkwood |
| Telchar | A Dwarf-smith of Nogrod, he made Angrist and Narsil |
| Telcontar | "Strider", the name of the dynasty founded by Aragorn |
| Telemnar | 26th king of Gondor |
| Telperion | The White Tree of Valinor |
| Thain | The title of the lord of The Shire |
| Thalion | "Steadfast, strong", housecarl of Isildur, one of the survivors of Gladden |
| Thangorodrim | "Mountains of Tyranny", built by Morgoth around Angband |
| Tharbad | "Crossway", a town at the crossing of the Great North Road and the Gwathlo River |
| Thardûn | Captain of the garrison at Angrenost |
| Thingol | "Greycloak", Elwë, King of Doriath |
| Thinros | Captain of the garrison at Annúminas |
| Thranduil | King of the Silvan Elves of Taur Galen |
| Tinúviel | "Nightingale, daughter of the twilight", see Lúthien |
| Tirion | "Great Watchtower", the city of the Elves in Aman |
| Tolfalas | "Steepcoast Island", an island in the Bay of Belfalas |
| Took | A prominent family of hobbits in The Shire |
| Tuckborough | A town in the Westfarthing in The Shire |
| Twilight, Men of | See Uialedain |
| Turgon | Leader of the survivors of Ethir Lefnui |
| Udûn | A valley in northern Mordor |
| Uialedain | "Men of the Twilight", those Men that remained in Middle-earth when the Dúnedain went to Númenor |
| Umbar | Port city and empire built by Númenórean royalists in the south of Middle-earth |
| Umbardrim | The people of Umbar |
| Urmach | One of the Elders of the Eredrim |
| Vala | Singular of Valar |
| Valandil | "Lover of the Valar", fourth son of Isildur, born 3430 SA in Imladris, king of Arnor 2 TA to 249 TA |
| Valar | The fourteen great Ainur that sang the world into being |
| Valar, Ban of | A ban placed upon the Dúnedain of Númenor by the Valar forbidding them to sail west of Elenna and approach Aman |
| Vali | Diminutive of Valandil |
| Valinor | The land of the Valar in Aman |
| vanella | A type of tree that grows in Gondor |
| Varda | The queen of the Valar, she created the stars; also called Elbereth Gilthoniel "Star-queen Star-kindler" |
| Vilya | "Ring of Air", greatest of the Three Elf-Rings made by Celebrimbor, given to Gil-galad, borne by Elrond at Orodruin, taken Over Sea at the end of the Third Age |
| Vorondomë | Wife of Isildur, daughter of the Captain of Ships of Ithilien |
| waybread | See lembas |
| Westbank | Open fields on the west bank of Anduin inside the walls of Osgiliath |
| Westmarch | Western region of The Shire |
| Westron | The common language of Middle-earth |
| White Tree | See Nimloth |
| Yavanna | "Giver of Fruits", Vala, spouse of Aulë, she made the trees and fruit |
| yén | "Long-year", 144 years, or sun-rounds, in Elvish reckoning |
[Acknowledgements]; [Preface]; [Introduction]; [Chronology];
Chapter: [1], [2], [3], [4], [5], [6], [7], [8], [9], [10], [11], [12], [13];
[Glossary]; Colophon (Still unavailable.)
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