Númenórean
colonization 78
Oromë visits 240
Second Age 77, 78, 78–9, 84, 89
Third Age 77, 89, 90, 100, 102, 112, 129, 222
Yavanna visits 240
Midgard 153
Milton, John 23
Minas Ithil 117
Minas Tirith 107, 181, 184, 185, 186–7, 193, 196
Mirkwood 147
Misty Mountains 154, 177
Mongolia 218
Moon 28, 241
moral alchemy 150
Mordor 92–3, 109, 117, 185, 188, 207, 209, 228
Black Gate 147
building 240
Dark Lord 146
Dark Tower 201
downfall 147, 216–17, 240, 241
Elves and Men march 89
foundation 78
Númenóreans invade 79
Mordred 89
Morgoth 32, 49, 54, 57, 58–9, 62, 69, 72 (see also Melkor)
feigned repentance 36
Noldor corrupted by 39
power dispersed by 144–6
Silmarilli jewels stolen by 37
Morgoth’s Ring (Tolkien) 144
Moria 78, 149, 155, 241
Mount Doom (Orodruin) 93, 103, 147, 212
Mountains of Shadow 92–3, 207
Mûmakil 188, 196, 202–3
Music of the Spheres 25
musico-mathematical system 25
Muspellsheim 153
N
Nan’ Cúrunir 176
Nazgûl 92, 108, 186, 196, 206, 208, 240
Necromancer, see Sauron
Nibelungenlied 10, 50, 124, 126, 218
Nírnaeth Arnoediad 44, 63
Nogrod 241
Noldor 39, 49, 240, 241
Norse mythology 62, 70, 98, 124, 134, 135, 149, 153, 165–6, 218
North of Sigurd of the Volsungs 49
Northern European mythology 63
Númenor (‘Land of the Star’) 39, 78, 83, 84–5
creation 240
downfall 79, 86–7, 240
Sea Kings 84–5
O
Oakenshield, Thorin 133, 135, 137, 138
Odin, King of the Gods 98–100, 165
Olog-hai 204, 206, 241
‘On Fairy-Stories’ (Tolkien) 49, 129
One Ring 78, 79, 90, 100, 209
corrupting influence 166–7
destruction 147, 203, 212
forging 103, 240
loss 99, 102, 109, 117, 240
reappearance 241
Sauron concentrates power 144
unmaking 150
Orcs 12, 43, 49, 54, 69, 92, 99, 127, 134, 138, 154, 173, 176, 186, 196, 206
driven out of Beleriand 240
raids 109
in War of Wrath 72
Orodruin, see Mount Doom
Oromë 240, 241
Orthanc 175, 177
Osgiliath 117
Ossë, master of the waves 33, 36
Ossiriand 240
Ost-in-Edhil 79
Oxford University 17
P
pagan mythology 235–6
Palantiri 240
Paradise Lost (Milton) 23
Pelargir 107, 117, 147
Pelennor Fields, Battle of 147, 182, 185, 187, 188, 190, 191, 196–7
Pits of Utumno 34–5
Prometheus 78, 79
Pythagoras 25
Q
‘Quenta Silmarillion’ 70
Quest of the Ring 166
R
racial memory 84
Ragnarök 70, 149
Rammas Echor 197
Reunited Kingdom, Fourth Age of 117
Rhudaur 109
Rhûn 112, 117, 188
Ring Quest 222
Ringbearers 241
Rings of Power 77, 79, 90, 102, 150
Ringwraiths 78, 79, 191
Rivendell 78, 107, 183, 240
Rohan 159, 164–5, 185, 190, 198–9, 229
Rohirrim 114, 115, 186, 188, 189, 196
Roman Empire 106, 111–12, 114–15, 152, 182, 188, 191
Roman Republic, Social Wars of 105–6
Romano-Etruscan mythology 31
Roncesvalles Pass 188
S
Sampo 46, 47
Saracens 185
Saruman 160, 162–3, 173, 176
corruption 166–7
death 230–1
downfall 147, 222
Sauron (‘the Necromancer’), Dark Lord of the Rings 12, 39, 72, 78, 78, 79, 85, 89, 90, 92, 98, 100, 166, 191, 202, 203, 206, 212 (see also One Ring)
destroying power 150
downfall 91, 147, 240, 241
Elendil slain by 109, 117
enslavement to 79
great powers of 144, 209
in Mordor 117, 240
Mouth of 206
Scandinavian folklore 105, 124
Scatha the Worm 125
Sea Kings 84
Second Age 77, 78, 78–9, 84, 89, 240
Second Hall 154
Second World War, see World War II
serpents 240
Shakespeare, William 172, 173, 191
Shelob the Great Spider 222
shieldmaidens 192
Shire 147, 224, 225, 232–3
Scouring of 228
Siege of Gondolin (Tolkien) 16
Sigurd 63
The Silmarillion (Tolkien) 17, 46, 102
Battle of Dagorlad 90
Battle of Unnumbered Tears 63, 64–5
first published 17
genesis of Tolkien’s universe 22
jewels 37, 43, 45, 77
main focus 43
Siege of Angband 51, 54–5
War of Wrath 71
Silmarils 39, 46, 57, 66, 78, 240
Silvan Elves 92
Sindar 66, 240, 241
Sirion, Pass of 54, 64
Sisyphus 237
Smaug the Golden 129, 130–1, 133, 222
Sméagol 13
Southron 92, 117, 185, 186, 196, 206
Stars, Ages of 240
Sudden Flame, Battle of 49, 50, 52–3, 56
Sun 28, 44, 78–9, 84, 149, 240, 241
Svinfylking 135
swan ships 39
T
Teleri 39, 240
Tengwar alphabet 240
‘thangail’ shield 102
Thangorodrim 55, 65, 73
Théoden of Rohan, King 159, 160, 196
Theodoric, King 188
Third Age 77, 89, 90, 100, 102, 112, 129, 222
13th Lancashire Fusiliers 16
Tibetan mythology 203
Timeless Halls 23, 240
Tirion 11, 241
Titanomachy 27
Tol Eressëa 240
Tolkien, Christopher 17, 144
Tolkien, Edith B. 56
Tolkien, J.R.R. 9, 13, 16–17
Tolkien, Michael (son) 17
Tolkien’s world 9, 9n, 10, 37, 105–7, 78–9 (see also Middle-earth)
Took, Peregrin 229
Towers of the Teeth 92
Treebeard 171, 176
trees 28, 37, 240
Trolls 12, 54, 72, 92, 154, 186, 196, 204, 206, 241
Tulkas the Strong 28, 33, 72
Turambar, Túrin 63, 67
U
Uinen 37
Umbar 112, 114–15, 117
Undying Lands 9, 33, 84, 240
Unfinished Tales (Tolkien) 102, 137
Ungoliant the Great Spider 36, 38, 241
Unnumbered Tears, Battle of (Nírnaeth Arnoediad) 56, 62
Uruk-hai 241
Uruks 117, 176, 186, 196, 206
Utumno 32, 241
V
Valar 27–8, 57, 69, 79, 84, 85
Arda entered by 240
Ban of the 240
King of 32
Lamps of Light 28, 241
Melkor
at war 32
Moon and Sun fashioned 241
Númenór created 240
Queen of 31
Sauron rejected 241
summons of 241
Trees of 240, 241
Valarian Ages 240–1
Valinor 28, 45, 49, 79, 240
Vampires 73, 240
Vanir Gods 98
Vanyar 241
Varda Elentári, Queen 31, 240
Variags 189
Variangians 189
Vingilot 66, 72
Visigoths 112
Volsunga Saga 124, 126, 218
W
Wainriders 116, 117
‘The Wanderer’ 172
War of the Dwarves and Orcs 127, 241
War of the Gods and Giants 32
War of the Jewels 43, 44, 63, 66, 241
War of Powers 241
War of the Ring 9, 14, 105, 109, 147, 182, 241
War for the Sake of the Elves in the Ages of the Stars 31
War of Sauron and the Elves 78, 240
War of Wrath 69, 70, 71, 72–3, 149, 241
Wars of Beleriand 44
Watchful Peace 109
Watchman of the Gods 70
Weathertop, Tower of 109
Werewolves 54, 240
West, Army of 206
White Council 167
White Hand 222
White Mountains 160, 196
Winged Beasts 240
winged ships 66
Witch-king 105, 107, 108, 109, 184, 186, 196, 241
death of 191–2, 198–9, 222
Hillmen enslaved by 109
Minas Ithil seized by 117
Wizard’s Vale 176
Wolf-riders 138
Wolves 54, 72, 109, 138, 176
World, Change of 240
World Tree 100
World War I 16
World War II 16, 17
Y
Yavanna, Sleep of 240, 241
Yeats, W.B. 28
Yggdrasil 100
Z
Zeus 32, 136
Zirak-Zigil 155
Mirkwood