return

1566 the return of the king
Witch-king (sorcerer king of
Angmar, Wraith-king, chief
of the Ringwraiths, Lord of
the Nazgûl, Morgul-lord,
Black Captain, Captain of
Despair, etc.) 6, 256, 257,
258, 280, 287, 324–5, 344,
924–5, 965–6, 1069, 1071,
1073, 1077, 1079, 1083,
1084, 1085, 1095, 1098,
1099–1102, 1105, 1107,
1121, 1151, 1177, 1202,
1211, 1361, 1363, 1364,
1376–9 passim, 1395, 1405,
1419, 1426, 1427, 1436;
cry of 1100, 1101, 1121;
Dwimmerlaik 1100;
winged beast of 1099–1102,
1107
Withered Tree (Dead Tree)
[dead relic of the Tree of
Gondor] 985, 1080, 1262,
1272–3, 1275; see also
White Tree, of Gondor
Withywindle 129, 148–9, 151,
158, 165, 168, 177; valley of
148–50, 168
Wizard(s) [one of the Order of
Istari] 11, 14, 110, 519,
615–16, 633, 667, 722, 760,
768, 770–1, 774, 892, 1063,
1423; Order 63, 328, 334,
335, 758, 761, 1423–4;
Istari 1423, 1424; Five
Wizards 760, 1424; see also
names of individual Wizards,
e.g. Gandalf; the word
‘wizard’ often refers
specifically to Gandalf, and is
also used casually to refer to
[a magician; anyone
credited with strange
powers; contemptuously;
‘wizardry’: magic of kind
popularly ascribed to the
Wizards]
Wizard’s Vale see Nan Curunír
Wold of Rohan 558, 572, 1053,
1094, 1282, 1396, 1401,
1428
Wolf, Farmer Maggot’s dog 120,
121
Wolf of Angband 253
Wolf-riders 568, 690, 719
Wolves 7, 120, 339, 341, 357,
387–8, 400, 401, 402, 447,
455, 522, 688, 718, 719,
723, 738, 746, 747, 885,
1300, 1414, 1434; wargs
290, 387–90; white wolves
231, 375, 1429; Hound of
Sauron 389; see also Wolf of
Angband
Wood-elves see Elves
Woodhall 93, 100, 106, 114–16
Woodmen, of Mirkwood 76;
language of 1483–4
Woody End 93, 96, 97, 103,
1201, 1310, 1320, 1329,
1344, 1441
World’s End 307
Wormtongue (Gríma, son of
Gálmód) 567, 664, 670–81
passim, 689, 690, 710, 724,
726, 746–50 passim, 754,
762, 763, 782–3, 1037,
1134, 1135, 1288, 1289,
1333–5, 1467, 1493; name
1493
Woses see Wild Men
Wraiths see Nazgûl
Writing and spelling, in Middleearth
5, 1461–77; see also
Elvish writing; Runes;