Inziladun Elder son of Ar-Gimilzor and Inzilbeth; afterwards named Tar-Palantir. 332 Inzilbeth Queen of Ar-Gimilzor; of the house of the lords of Andunie. 331 Irmo The Vala usually named Lorien, the place of his dwelling. Irmo means 'Desirer' or 'Master of Desire'.
Iron Mountains See Ered Engrin.
IsengardTranslation (to represent the language of Rohan) of the Elvish name Angrenost. 361, 373-7 Isil Quenya name of the Moon. 114-5 Isildur Elder son of Elendil, who with his father and his brother Anarion escaped from the Drowning of Numenor and founded m Middle-earth the Numenorean realms in exile; lord of Minas Ithil; cut the Ruling Ring from Sauron's hand; slain by Orcs in the Anduin when the Ring slipped from his finger. 337, 342, 346, 360-8, 374.
Heirs of Isildur 369, 373. Heir of Isildur=Aragorn 377 Istari The Wizards. See Curunir, Saruman; Mithrandir, Gandalf, Olorin; Radagast. 372 Ivrin The lake and falls beneath Ered Wethrin where the river Narog rose. 140, 257. Pools of Ivrin 132, 257, 264, 296. Falls of Ivrin 142, 206. See Eithel Ivrin. kelvar An Elvish word retained in the speeches of Yavanna and Manwe in Chapter II: 'animals, living things that move'. 43-4 Kementari 'Queen of the Earth', a title of Yavanna. 21, 33-5, 44 Khazad The name of the Dwarves in their own language (Khuzdul). 103 Khazad-dum The great mansions of the Dwarves of Durin's race in the Misty Mountains (Hadhodrond, Moria).
See Khazad; dum is probably a plural or collective, meaning 'excavations, halls, mansions'. 42, 104, 354 Khim Son of Mim the Petty-dwarf, slam by one of Turin's outlaw band. 249 King's Men Numenoreans hostile to the Eldar and the Elendili. 328-9, 332 Kinslaying, The The slaying of the Teleri by the Noldor at Alqualonde. 98, 100-1, 120, 130, 152, 154, 166, 169, 188 Ladros The lands to the northeast of Dorthonion that were granted by the Noldorin Kings to the Men of the House of Beor. 177 Laer Cu Beleg 'The Song of the Great Bow', made by Turin at Eithel Ivrin in memory of Beleg Cuthalion. 256 Laiquendi 'The Green-elves' of Ossiriand. 110 Lalaith 'Laughter', daughter of Hurin and Morwen who died in childhood. 242 Lammoth 'The Great Echo', region north of the Firth of Drengist, named from the echoes of Morgoth's cry in his struggle with Ungoliant. 89-90, 123 Land of Shadow See Mordor.
Land of the Dead that Live See Dor Firn-i-Guinar.
Land of the Star Numenor. 339, 341 Lanthir Lamath 'Waterfall of Echoing Voices', where Dior had his house in Ossiriand, and after which his daughter Elwing ('Star-spray') was named. 289 Last Alliance The league made at the end of the Second Age between Elendil and Gil-galad to defeat Sauron. 364 Laurelin 'Song of Gold', the younger of the Two Trees of Valinor. 34, 64, 82, 114-6, 151 Lay of Leithian The long poem concerning the lives of Beren and Luthien from which the prose account in The Silmarillion was derived. Leithian is translated 'Release from Bondage'. 195, 198, 203, 206-8, 226 Legolin The third of the tributaries of Gelion in Ossiriand. 147 lembas Sindarin name of the waybread of the Eldar (from earlier lennmbass 'journey-bread'; in Quenya coimas 'life-bread'). 247, 251, 256 Lenwe The leader of the Elves from the host of the Teleri who refused to cross the Misty Mountains on the west-ward journey from Cuivienen (the Nandor); father of Denethor. 56, 108 Lhun River in Eriador flowing into the sea in the Gulf of Lhun.354, 360 Linaewen 'Lake of birds', the great mere in Nevrast. 141 Lindon A name of Ossiriand in the First Age; see 147. After the tumults at the end of the First Age the name Lindon was retained for the lands west of the Blue Mountains that still remained above the Sea: 354, 355, 359, 370 Lindorie Mother of Inzilbeth. 331 Little Gelion One of the two tributary branches of the river Gelion in the north, rising in the Hill of Himring. 146 Loeg Ningloron 'Pools of the golden water-flowers'; see Gladden Fields. lomelindi Quenya word meaning 'dusk-singers', nightingales. 57 Lomion 'Son of Twilight', the Quenya name that Aredhel gave to Maeglin. 159 Lonely Isle See Tol Eressea.
Lord of Waters See Ulmo.
Lords of the West See Valar.
Lorellin The lake in Lorien in Valinor where the Vala Este sleeps by day. 21 Lorgan Chief of the Easterling Men in Hithlum after the Nirnaeth Arnoediad, by whom Tuor was enslaved.
Lorien (1) The name of the gardens and dwelling-place of the Vala Irmo, who was himself usually called Lorien.