Gabilgathol
See Belegost.

Gaffer
Hamfast Gamgee, Gardener at Bag End, father of Samwise.

Galadhon
Father of Celeborn.
>>>  Caras Galadhon

Galador
First Lord of Dol Amroth, son of Imrazor the Númenórean and the Elf Mithrellas.

Galadriel
Daughter of Finarfin; one of the leaders of the Noldorin rebellion against the Valar; wife of Celeborn, with whom she remained in Middle-earth after the end of the First Age; Lady of Lothlórien. Called "Lady of the Noldor", "Lady of the Golden Wood", "the White Lady".
With six feet and four inches "tallest of of all the women of the Eldar of whom tales tell".
>>>  Altariel, Artanis, Nerwen

Galadrim
The Elves of Lothlórien.

Galathil
Brother of Celeborn and father of Nimloth the mother of Elwing.

Galathilion

Galdor
Called the Tall; son of Hador Goldenhead and Lord of Dor-lómin after him; father of Húrin and Húor; slain at Eithel Sirion.

Gamgee
A family of Hobbits of the Shire.
>>>  Elanor, Hamfast, Samwise

Gamil Zirak
Called the Old; Dwarf smith, master of Telchar of Nogrod.

Gandalf   Elf of the Wand
One of the Istari (Wizards), member of the Fellowship of the Ring.
>>>  Olórin, Mithrandir, Incánus, Tharkûn, Greyhame

Gap of Rohan
The opening, some 20 miles wide, between the last end of the Misty Mountains and the north-thrust spur of the White Mountains, through which flowed the river Isen.

Gate of the Noldor
See Annon-in-Gelydh.
>>>  Golodh

Gaurwaith

Gelion
The great river of East Beleriand, rising in Himring and Mount Rerir and fed by the rivers of Ossiriand flowing down from the Blue Mountains.

Gelmir
(1) Elf of Nargothrond, brother of Gwindor, captured in the Dagor Bragollach and afterwards put to death in front of Eithel Sirion, as a provocation to its defenders, before the Nirnaeth Arnoediad.
(2) Elf of the people of Angrod, who with Arminas came to Nargothrond to warn Orodreth of its peril.

Gelydh
Sindarin plural of Golodh. See Noldor.
>>>  Annon-in-gelydh

Gerontius Took
The Old Took.

Gidredhel

Gil-Estel   Star of Hope
Sindarin name for Eärendil bearing the Silmaril in his ship Vingilot.

Gil-galad   Star of Radiance
The name by which Ereinion son of Fingon was afterwards known. After the death of Turgon he became the last High King of the Noldor in Middle-earth, and remained in Lindon after the end of the First Age; leader with Elendil of the Last Alliance of Men and Elves and slain with him in combat with Sauron.

Gildor
One of the twelve companions of Barahir on Dorthonion.

Gilraen
Mother of Aragorn II.

Gilrain
River in Gondor.

Gimilkhâd
Younger son of Ar-Gimilzôr and Inzilbêth and father of Ar-Pharazôn, the last King of Númenor.

Gimilzôr
See Ar-Gimilzôr.

Gimli Son of Gloin
A Dwarf of Erebor and one of the nine companions in the Fellowship of the Ring.

Ginglith
River in West Beleriand flowing into the Narog above Nargothrond.

Girdle of Melian

Gladden Fields
Partial translation of Loeg Ningloron; the great stretches of reeds and iris (gladden) in and about the Anduin, where Isildur was slain and the One Ring lost.

Glanduin

Glanhír   boundary stream
River welling in the Ered Nimrais and flowing into the Entwash delta. Boundary between Rohan and Gondor.

Glaurung
The first of the Dragons of Morgoth, called the Father of Dragons; in the Dagor Bragollach, the Nirnaeth Arnoediad, and the Sack of Nargothrond; cast his spell upon Túrin and upon Nienor; slain by Túrin at Cabed-en-Aras. Called also the Great Worm and the Worm of Morgoth.

Gleemscrafu

Glingal   Hanging Flame
The image of Laurelin made by Turgon in Gondolin.

Glirhuin
A minstrel of Brethil.

Gloin
Father of Gimli.

Glóredhel
Daughter of Hador Lórindol of Dor-lómin and sister of Galdor; wedded Haldir of Brethil.

Glorfindel   Golden-haired
Elf of Gondolin, who fell to his death in Cirith Thoronath in combat with a Balrog after the escape from the sack of the city.

Gnomes
See Noldor.

Golden Hall
See Meduseld.

Goldilocks
Daughter of Samwise Gamgee.

Gollum
See Sméagol.

Golodh
Sindarin name of the Noldor (Plural: Gelydh).

Golodhrim   Noldor
Golodh was the Sindarin form of Quenya Noldo, and -rim a collective plural ending; cf. Annon-in-Gelydh, the Gate of the Noldor

Gondolin   Hidden Rock
Ondolindë, secret city of King Turgon surrounded by the Encircling Mountains (Echoriath).

Gondolindrim
The people of Gondolin.

Gondor   Land of Stone
Name of the southern Númenórean kingdom in Middle-earth, established by Isildur and Anárion.
>>>  City of Gondor: Minas Tirith (2).

Gonnhirrim   Masters of Stone
A Sindarin name for the Dwarves.

Gorgoroth
(1) See Ered Gorgoroth.
(2) A plateau in Mordor, between the converging Mountains of Shadow and Mountains of Ash.

Gorlim
Called the Unhappy; one of the twelve companions of Barahir on Dorthonion, who was ensnared by a phantom of his wife Eilinel and revealed to Sauron the hiding-place of Barahir.

Gorthaur   The Abhorred
The name of Sauron in Sindarin.

Gorthol   Dread Helm
The name that Túrin took as one of the Two Captains in the land of Dor-Cúarthol.

Gothmog
Lord of Balrogs, high-captain of Angband, slayer of Fëanor, Fingon, and Ecthelion. (The same name was borne in the Third Age by the Lieutenant of Minas Morgul, one of the Nazgûl, cf. The Return of the King V 6.)

Great Lands
See Middle-earth.

Great Plague
In TA 1636 a wave of the pleague devastates Gondor and claims the lives of King Telemnar and his children.

Great Ring

Great River
See Anduin.

Great Sea

Great Smials
The residence of the Oldbuck family as Thains of the Shire, begun in TA 2683 by Isengrim II tenth Thain.

Greater Gelion
One of the two tributary branches of the river Gelion in the north, rising in Mount Rerir.

Green-elves
Translation of Laiquendi; the Nandorin Elves of Ossiriand.

Greenway
The ancient road from Tharbad via Bree to Fornost.

Greenwood the Great
The great forest east of the Misty Mountains, afterwards named Mirkwood.
>>>  Eryn Galen, Eryn Lasgalen

Greenwood the Great

Grey-elf

Grey-elven tongue
See Sindarin.

Grey-elves
See Sindar.

Grey Havens
See Mithlond.

Grey Mountains
See Ered Mithrin.

Grey Wood
Forest inhabited by Drúedain below Amon Din.

Greyflood
See Gwathló.

Greyhame

Greymantle
See Singollo, Thingol.

Grinding Ice
See Helcaraxë.

Grond
The great mace of Morgoth, with which he fought Fingolfin; called the Hammer of the Underworld. The battering-ram used against the Gate of Minas Tirith was named after it (The Return of the King V 4).

Grór
Brother of Thror.

Guarded Plain
See Talath Dirnen.

Guarded Realm
See Valinor.

Guilin
Father of Gelmir and Gwindor, Elves of Nargothrond.

Gulf of Lhûn

Gundabad

Gundor
Younger son of Hador Lórindol, lord of Dor-lómin; slain with his father at Eithel Sirion in the Dagor Bragollach.

Gurthang   Iron of Death
Name of Beleg's sword Anglachel after it was reforged for Túrin in Nargothrond, and from which he was named Mormegil. It is this sword that deals Melkor his death-blow in the Last Battle.

Gwaihir
Lord of the Eagles in the Third Age.

Gwaith-i-Mírdain   People of the Jewel-smiths
Name of the fellowship of craftsmen in Eregion, greatest of whom was Celebrimbor son of Curufin.

Gwathló

Gwindor
Elf of Nargothrond, brother of Gelmir; enslaved in Angband, but escaped and aided Beleg in the rescue of Túrin; brought Túrin to Nargothrond; loved Finduilas Orodreth's daughter; slain in the Battle of Tumhalad.