of Dor-l?min, leading to Cirith Ninniach. 294
Ann?minas 'Tower of the West' (i.e. of Westernesse, N?menor); city of the Kings of Arnor beside Lake Nenuial. 360, 362, 367
Anor See Minas Anor.
Apan?nar 'The Afterborn', an Elvish name for Men. 119
Aradan Sindarin name of Malach, son of Marach. 172, 177
Aragorn The thirty-ninth Heir of Isildur in the direct line; King of the reunited realms of Arnor and Gondor after the War of the Ring; wedded Arwen, daughter of Elrond. 377. Called the Heir of Isildur 377
Araman Barren wasteland on the coast of Aman, between the Pel?ri and the Sea, extending northward to the Helcarax?. 79, 88, 97,101, 116-7,123, 129, 297
Aranel Name of Dior Thingol's Heir. 229
Aranr?th 'King's Ire', the name of Thingol's sword. Aranr?th survived the ruin of Doriath and was possessed by the Kings of N?menor. 247
Aranw? Elf of Gondolin, father of Voronw?. 295
Aratan Second son of Isildur, slain with him at the Gladden Fields. 366
Aratar 'The Exalted', the eight Valar of greatest power. 23
Arathorn Father of Aragorn. 377
Arda 'The Realm', name of the Earth as the Kingdom of Manw?. Passim; see especially 8, 12
Ard-galen The great grassy plain north of Dorthonion, called after its desolation Anfauglith and Dor-nu-Fauglith. The name means 'the Green Region'; cf. Calenardhon (Rohan). 124, 135-6, 144, 181
Aredhel 'Noble Elf', the sister of Turgon of Gondolin, who was ensnared by E?l in Nan Elmoth and bore to him Maeglin; called also Ar-Feiniel, the White Lady of the Noldor, the White Lady of Gondolin. 64, 156-65, 247
Ar-Feiniel See Aredhel.
Ar-Gimilz?r Twenty-second King of N?menor, persecutor of the Elendili. 331-2
Argonath 'King-stones', the Pillars of the Kings, great carvings of Isildur and An?rion on the Anduin at the entrance to the northern bounds of Gondor (see The Fellowship of the Ring II 9). 361, 369
Arien A Maia, chosen by the Valar to guide the vessel of the Sun. 114-7
Armenelos City of the Kings in N?menor. 322, 324, 333-7, 361
Arminas See Gelmir (2).
Arnor 'Land of the King', the northern realm of the N?men?reans in Middle-earth, established by Elendil after his escape from the Drowning of N?menor. 361-2, 377
Aros The southern river of Doriath. 109, 131, 145, 147-8, 157, 158, 176, 287-9
Arossiach The Fords of Aros, near the north-eastern edge of Doriath. 145, 158, 162
Ar-Pharaz?n 'The Golden', twenty-fourth and last King of N?menor; named in Quenya Tar-Calion; captor of Sauron, by whom he was seduced; commander of the great fleet that went against Aman. 333-47
Ar-Sakalth?r Father of Ar-Gimilz?r. 331
Arthad One of the twelve companions of Barahir on Dorthonion. 187
Arvernien The coastlands of Middle-earth west of Sirion's mouths. Cf. Bilbo's song at Rivendell: 'E?rendil was a mariner that tarried in Arvernien...' (The Fellowship of the Ring II 1). 302
Ar-Zimraphel See M?riel (2).
Ascar The most northerly of the tributaries of Gelion in Ossiriand (afterwards called Rathl?riel). The name means 'rushing, impetuous'. 104, 146-8, 167, 174, 291
Astaldo 'The Valiant', name of the Vala Tulkas. 22
Atalant? 'The Downfallen'. Quenya word equivalent in meaning to Akallab?th, 347
Atanamir See Tar-Atanamir.
Atanat?ri 'Fathers of Men'; see Atani. 120, 232
Atani 'The Second People', Men (singular Atan). For the origin of the name see 171; since in Beleriand for a long time the only Men known to the Noldor and Sindar were those of the Three Houses of the Elf-friends, this name (in the Sindarin form Adan, plural Edain) became specially associated with them, so that it was seldom applied to other Men who came later to Beleriand, or who were reported to be dwelling beyond the Mountains. But in the speech of Il?vatar (41) the meaning is 'Men (in general)'. 38, 119, 171; Edain, 171-2, 176-9, 189-90, 238, 241, 292, 319-21, 347
Aul? A Vala, one of the Aratar, the smith and master of crafts, spouse of Yavanna; see especially 20, 23, and for his making of the Dwarves 40 ff., 8-9, 18, 20, 23-4, 26, 30, 35, 37, 40-5, 51, 54, 62, 65, 69, 75, 87, 95, 104, 113, 321
Avall?n? Haven and city of the Eldar on Tol Eress?a, so named, according to the Akallab?th, 'for it is of all cities the nearest to Valinor'. 320, 325, 332, 344, 348-9, 362, 368
Avari 'The Unwilling, the Refusers', the name given to all those Elves who refused to join the westward march from Cuivi?nen. See Eldar and Dark Elves. 53, 107, 113,355
Avathar 'The Shadows', the forsaken land on the coast of Aman south of the Bay of Eldamar, between the Pel?ri and the Sea, where Melkor met Ungoliant 80-1, 88,116
Azagh?l Lord of the Dwarves of Belegost; wounded Glaurung in the Nirnaeth Arnoediad, and was killed