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Tavros<br />
Gnomish name of the Vala Oromë: ‘Lord of Forests’; later form Tauros.<br />
Tevildo<br />
The Prince of Cats, mightiest of all cats, ‘possessed of an evil spirit’ (see pp. 49, 69); a close companion of Morgoth.<br />
Thangorodrim The mountains above Angband.<br />
Thingol King of Artanor (Doriath); earlier name Tinwelint. [His name was Elwë: he was a leader of the third host of the Eldar, the<br />
Teleri, on the Great Journey, but in Beleriand he was known as ‘Greycloak’ (the meaning of Thingol).]<br />
Thirsty Plain<br />
Thorondor<br />
See Dor-na-Fauglith.<br />
King of Eagles.<br />
Thousand Caves<br />
Menegroth: The hidden halls of Tinwelint (Thingol) on the river Esgalduin in Artanor.<br />
Thû<br />
The Necromancer, greatest of the servants of Morgoth, dwelling in the Elvish watchtower on Tol Sirion; later name Sauron.<br />
Thuringwethil<br />
Timbrenting<br />
Name taken by Lúthien in bat-form before Morgoth.<br />
Old English name of Taniquetil.<br />
Tinfang Warble<br />
A famous minstrel [Tinfang = Quenya timpinen ‘fluter’.]<br />
Tinúviel<br />
Tinwelint<br />
‘Daughter of Twilight’, nightingale: name given to Lúthien by Beren.<br />
King of Artanor; See Thingol, the later name.<br />
Tirion<br />
City of the Elves in Aman; See Kôr.<br />
Tol-in-Gaurhoth<br />
Isle of Werewolves, the name of Tol Sirion after its capture by Morgoth.<br />
Tol Sirion<br />
The island in the river Sirion on which there was an Elvish fortress; See Tol-in-Gaurhoth.<br />
Tulkas<br />
Tuor<br />
Túrin<br />
The Vala described in the Quenta as ‘the strongest of all the Gods in limb and greatest in all feats of valour and prowess’.<br />
Cousin of Túrin and father of Eärendil.<br />
Son of Húrin and Morwen; named Turambar ‘Master of Doom’.<br />
Uinen A Maia (See Ainur). ‘The Lady of the Seas’, ‘whose hair lies spread through all the waters under sky’; named in Lúthien’s<br />
‘lengthening spell’.<br />
Ulmo<br />
‘Lord of Waters’, the great Vala of the Seas.<br />
Umboth-Muilin<br />
The Twilight Meres, where Aros, the southern river of Doriath, flowed into Sirion.<br />
Umuiyan<br />
An old cat, the doorkeeper of Tevildo.<br />
Ungweliantë The monstrous spider, dwelling in Eruman (See Gilim), who with Morgoth destroyed the Two Trees of Valinor; (later<br />
form Ungoliant).<br />
Valar (singular Vala) ‘The Powers’; in early texts referred to as the Gods. They are the great beings who entered the World at the<br />
beginning of Time. [In the Lost Tale of the Music of the Ainur Eriol said: ‘I would fain know who be these Valar; are they the<br />
Gods?’ He received this reply: ‘So be they, though concerning them Men tell many strange and garbled tales that are far from the<br />
truth, and many strange names they call them that you will not hear here.’]<br />
Valier<br />
Valinor<br />
(singular Valië) The ‘Queens of the Valar’; in this book are named only Varda, Vána and Nessa.<br />
The land of the Valar in Aman.