ARMiller's Lord of the Rings Glossary

The following terms appear in the Hobbit and the Lord of the Rings trilogy by J. R. R. Tolkien. To avoid revealing some of the plot, important details are hidden. Hold your mouse pointer over the paw print to see the secret. More information can be found by following the year and page numbers in parentheses.

The Characters Including Hobbits, Elves, and Dwarves

Aragorn Elessar, good looks, noble appearance, long black hair
Baggins, Bungo, Bilbo's father
Baggins, Bilbo
Baggins, Frodo
Beorn, skin changer, changes from man to black bear
Bombadil, Tom
Boromir, Lord of Gondor's son, in Fellowship
Dain, son of Nain became King under the Mountain
Fangorn, Treebeard in Elvish
Fellowship of the Ring, nine on the Quest of Mount Doom, Gandalf, Aragorn, Frodo, Samwise, Legolas, Gimli, Merry, Pippin, Boromir
Gandalf, the Grey, a wizard with a long white beard and bushy eyebrows
Gimli, a Dwarf in Fellowship
Gollum, small, slimy creature, round pale eyes, thin face, a Hobbit perverted by the ring
Legolas Greenleaf, prince of the Silvan Elves, good archer
Merry, Meriadoc Brandybuck, a Hobbit in Fellowship
Nazgûl, Sauron's Nine Servants
Pippin, Peregrin Took, a Hobbit in Fellowship
Radagast, the Brown Wizard
Samwise Gamgee, a Hobbit, Frodo's servant
Saruman, the White wizard, traitor to the White Council
Sauron, the second Dark Lord
Sméagol, a Hobbit who became Gollum through possession of the ring
Strider , Aragorn
Thorin, Dwarf, son of Thrain, son of Thror, King under the Mountain
Took, Belladonna, Bilbo's mother
Treebeard, oldest Ent of Fangorn Forest

General Kinds of People

Dwarf
Elves, Wood,
Goblin, race of Orcs, cruel, wicked, bad hearted, tunnel in mountains
Hobbit, half our height, dresses in bright colours, natural leathery soles and thick warm brown hair on feet, good-natured face, deep fruity laugh (H2)
Hobgoblin, larger Orc
Mortal, Men and Hobbits
Orc
Troll,

Animals

Dragon, giant reptile, can talk
Eagle
Roac, a Raven, son of Carc, chief of great ravens of the Mountain
Smaug, red golden Dragon of Erebor
Warg, ferocious but intelligent, evil wolf

Other

Bag End, Baggins family home in Hobbiton, round green door
Brandywine River, eastern border of the Shire
Dark Tower, Sauron's fortress of Barad-dûr
Elvish Sword glows when Goblins near
Endor, Middle-earth
Gates of Mordor
Glamdring, Gandolf's sword, Foe-Hammer, Beater
Gondor, south-kingdom of the Dúnedain
Hobbiton, center of The Shire
House of Elrond in Rivendell
Isengard, Saruman's Misty Mountain fort
Lonely Mountain, Dwarf kingdom destroyed by Smaug
Minas Tirith, Gondor's Tower of Guard
Mirkwood, greatest Middle-earth forest
Misty Mountains, divide Middle-earth
Mithril, silver-steel, in Bilbo's chain mail
Mordor, Sauron's great fortress
One Ring, ruler of the Rings of Power, makes wearer invisible and immortal
Quest of Mount Doom, Fellowship task to destroy the Ring at Orodruin
Rivendell, hidden refuge of Elves in Misty Mountains
Rune, angular letter easily carved in wood or stone
Shire, most populous Hobbit country in northern Middle-earth
White Tower, Minas Tirith

The Books by J. R. R. Tolkien

The Hobbit (1966)
The Lord of the Rings trilogy
- Part 1: The Fellowship of the Ring (1966)
- Part 2: The Two Towers (1966)
- Part 3: The Return of the King (1966)

Quote

If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world. -- Thorin, Hobbit, page

Also see: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, FAQ,

Revised: January 19, 2006