Cirdan 'The Shipwright'; Telerin Elf, lord of the Falas (coasts of West Beleriand); at the destruction of the Havens after the Nirnaeth Arnoediad escaped with Gil-galad to the Isle of Balar; during the Second and Third Ages keeper of the Grey Havens in the Gulf of Lhun; at the coming of Mithrandir entrusted to him Narya, the Ring of Fire. 60, 103-4, 110, 124, 133, 142, 153, 194, 239-40, 260, 302, 304-5, 315, 366, 370-3, 378 Cirith Ninniach 'Rainbow Cleft', by which Tuor came to the Western Sea; see Annon-in-Gelydh. 294 Cirith Thoronath 'Eagles' Cleft', a high pass in the mountains north of Gondolin, where Glorfindel fought with a Balrog and fell into the abyss. 301 - 140 - Cirth The Runes, first devised by Daeron of Doriath. 108 Ciryon Third son of Isildur, slain with him at the Gladden Fields. 366 Corollaire 'The Green Mound' of the Two Trees in Valinor; also called Ezellohar. 33 Crissaegrim The mountain-peaks south of Gondolin, where were the eyries of Thorondor. 144, 186, 191, 221, 246, Crossings of Teiglin In the southwest of the Forest of Brethil, where the old road southward from the Pass of Sirion crossed the Teiglin. 176, 252, 267, 269, 275, 277, 282 Cuivienen 'Water of Awakening', the lake in Middle-earth where the first Elves awoke, and where they were found by Orome. 48, 50-4, 57, 92, 114, 288 CulurienA name of Laurelin. 33 Curufin The fifth son of Feanor, called the Crafty; father of Celebrimbor. For the origin of his name see Feanor; and for his history see Celegorm. 63, 93, 147, 157, 161-2, 183, 204-5, 208-9, 213-5, 222-3, 230,292, 355 Curufinwe See Feanor. 67, 75 Curunir 'The one of cunning devices'. Elvish name of Saruman, one of the Istari (Wizards). 372-7 Cuthalion 'Strongbow'; see Beleg.
Daeron Minstrel and chief loremaster of King Thingol; deviser of the Cirth (Runes); enamoured of Luthien and twice betrayed her. 108, 133, 200, 208, 222, 314 Dagnir One of the twelve companions of Barahir on Dorthonion. 187 Dagnir Glaurunga 'Glaurung's Bane', Turin. 177, 278 Dagor Aglareb 'The Glorious Battle', third of the great battles in the Wars of Beleriand. 135-6, 139, 149 Dagor Bragollach 'The Battle of Sudden Flame' (also simply the Bragollach), fourth of the great battles in the Wars of Beleriand. 181, 187, 190, 193, 230, 233, 239, 260 Dagorlad 'Battle Plain', the place of the great battle north of Mordor between Sauron and the Last Alliance of Elves and Men at the end of the Second Age. 364, 367 Dagor-nuin-Giliath 'The Battle-under-Stars', the second battle in the Wars of Beleriand, fought in Mithrim after the coming of Feanor to Middle-earth. 124 Dairuin One of the twelve companions of Barahir on Dorthonion. 187 Dark Elves In the language of Aman all Elves that did not cross the Great Sea were Dark Elves (Moriquendi), and the term is sometimes used thus, 121, 131; when Caranthir called Thingol a Dark Elf it was intended opprobriously, and was especially so, since Thingol had been to Aman 'and was not accounted among the Moriquendi' (56). But in the period of the Exile of the Noldor it was often used of the Elves of Middle-earth other than the Noldor and the Sindar, and is then virtually equivalent to Avari (120, 146, 168). Different again is the title Dark Elf of the Sindarin Elf Eol, 158, 162, 247; but at 164 Turgon no doubt meant that Eol was of the Moriquendi.
Dark Lord, The The term is used of Morgoth, 280, and of Sauron, 359, 371, 375 Day of Flight See 359 Deathless Lands See Undying Lands.
Delduwath One of the later names of Dorthonion (Taur-nu-Fuin), meaning 'Horror of Night-shadow'. 186 Denethor Son of Lenwe; leader of the Nandorin Elves that came at last over the Blue Mountains and dwelt in Ossiriand; slain on Amon Ereb in the First Battle of Beleriand. 56, 108-9,146 Dimbar The land between the rivers Sirion and Mindeb. 144, 157, 191, 214, 246-7, 251-3, 281 Dimrost The falls of Celebros in the Forest of Brethil; translated in the text as 'the Rainy Stair'. Afterwards called Nen Girith. 270 Dior Called Aranel, and also Eluchil 'Thingol's Heir'; son of Beren and Luthien and father of Elwing, Elrond's mother; came to Doriath from Ossiriand after the death of Thingol, and received the Silmaril after the death of Beren and Luthien; slain in Menegroth by the sons of Feanor. 229, 290-3, 297, 302, 305, 310, 314 Dispossessed, The The House of Feanor. 99, 130 Del Guldur 'Hill of Sorcery', fastness of the Necromancer (Sauron) in southern Mirkwood in the Third Age. 372-5 Dolmed 'Wet Head' a great mountain in the Ered Luin, near the Dwarf-cities of Nogrod and Belegost 104, 110,