Urthel One of the twelve companions of Barahir on Dorthonion. 187 Uruloki Quenya word meaning 'fire-serpent', dragon. 137, 294-304, 308 Utumno The first great stronghold of Melkor, in the north of Middle-earth, destroyed by the Valar. 31, 37, 46,
Vaire 'The Weaver', one of the Valier, the spouse of Namo Mandos. 18, 21 Valacirca 'The Sickle of the Valar', name of the constellation of the Great Bear. 48, 211 Valandil Youngest son of Isildur; third King of Arnor. 367 Valaquenta 'Account of the Valar', a short work treated as a separate entity from The Silmarillion proper.
Valar 'Those with Power', 'The Powers' (singular Vala); name given to those great Ainur who entered into Ea at the beginning of Time, and assumed the function of guarding and governing Arda. Called also the Great Ones, the Rulers of Arda, the Lords of the West, the Lords of Valinor. Passim; see especially 10-12, 37, 81-2, and see also Ainur, Aratar.
Valaraukar 'Demons of Might' (singular Valarauko), Quenya form corresponding to Sindarin Balrog. 26 Valaroma The horn of the Vala Orome. 22, 37, 85, 108-9 Valier 'The Queens of the Valar' (singular Valie); a term used only in the Valaquenta. 18, 20, 23 Valimar See Valmar.
Valinor The land of the Valar in Aman, beyond the mountains of the Pelori; also called the Guarded Realm.
Passim; see especially 32-3, 117 Valmar The city of the Valar in Valinor; the name also occurs in the form Valimar. In Galadriel's lament in Lorien (The Fellowship of the Ring II 8) Valimar is made equivalent to Valinor. 21-3, 33, 51, 57, 64, 70, 76-9, 82-4,