Henneth Annûn Story Archive

~ List of Characters ~

Bachor – bachor – "pedlar", member of the Angle's council

Curudir - curu – "skill", dir - "man" = skilled man, friend of Master Maurus

Elesinda – servant to the Lady Nienelen

Gelir – "merry" – youngest son of Pelara, Ranger

Halbarad – hal – "tall", barad – "tower" = "tall tower", kinsman to Aragorn and Ranger of the North

Herdir – herdir – "master", reeve to Lord Aragorn

Linmir – lin –"to sing," mír – "jewel" = "a jewel as if to sing", wife of the smith of Emyn Unial

Landir – tanner and Elder of the Council

Lothel – loth – "flower", êl – "star" = "star flower", granddaughter to Pelara

Mahtan - A great smith of the Noldor, for which the smith of the Angle was named

Maurus – maur – "gloomy", rusc – "fox" = "gloomy fox", Elder of the council of the Angle

Melendir – "melen" past participle of melant – "to love" –dir - "man" = "loved man", father of Nienelen

Melethron – noun- masculine – "lover", Ranger of the Angle

Nesta – nestad- "healing", Healer of the Angle

Nienelen –grief or mourning as in (nienna – Vala of mourning), (Nienor – "mourning" sister of Turin) Elen – star = "mourning star"

Pelara –Pele "fence", ara – "high/noble" = "noble fence/guard", Master Maurus' daughter, once servant and aide to the Lady Gilraen

Sereg – sereg = "blood" plowman of the wanderers

Tanaes – tân – "maker", aes – "meat" "maker of meat", the butcher of the Angle, former Ranger

Tanril - tân – "maker" , ril – "brilliance" = "maker of brilliance", wife of the Angle's smith, metal worker in her own right

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~ Fun Little Factoids about the Middle Ages ~

Newman, Paul. Daily Life in the Middle Ages. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, p 30.

On the use of rushes as insulation on the floor

Finally, beneath it all, the floor of the hall was covered in rushes, but these were not simply loose rushes strewn about the floor. Illuminations, such as those done for the Duke of Berry in the 15^th century, show that the rushes were often woven into large mats that completely covered the floor of the hall, providing an absorbent and resilient, yet disposable, carpeting.

~ Sources ~

Books:

Gies, Frances and Joseph Gies. Life in a Medieval Village. New York: Harper & Row, 1990.

Newman, Paul. Daily Life in the Middle Ages. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, 2001.

Rowling, Marjorie. Life in Medieval Times. New York: The Berkley Publishing Group, 1968.

Salo, David. A Gateway to Sindarin. Salt Lake City: The University of Utah Press, 2004.

Tolkien, J.R.R. The Lord of the Rings. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1994.

Tolkien, J.R.R. Unfinished Tales of Númenor and Middle-earth. Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1980.

Wooster, Chuck and Geoff Hansen. Living with Sheep: Everything You Need to Know to Raise Your Own Flock. Guilford, Connecticut: The Lyons Press, 2005.

Websites:

Birds of Britain: The Monthly Web Magazine for Birdwatchers. July, 2006. Birds of Britain. http://www.birdsofbritain.co.uk/bird-guide/index.htm

Botanical.com: Home of the electronic version of "A Modern Herbal" 1995-2006. Maud Grieve. http://www.botanical.com/

The Building Collection. June 16, 2006. Weald & Downland Open Air Museum. 2005-2006. http://www.wealddown.co.uk/historic-buildings-index-domestic-agricultural.htm#bayleaf

Constructing a Warp-Weighted Loom. April 20, 2002. House Barra. http://www.housebarra.com/EP/ep02/20wwl.html

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The English Cottage Garden Nursery: Wildflowers, Herbs, Cottage Garden Plants, Seeds, Meadow Seed Mixes and Native Hedging. July 18, 2006. Teresa Sinclair. http://www.englishplants.co.uk/index.html

Food Without Farming. May/June 1970. James E. Churchill. http://www.motherearthnews.com/library/1970_May_June/Food_Without_Farming

The Globalist: Dedicated to Understanding. Food Security and Globalization. The Globalist. 2005 http://www.theglobalist.com/DBWeb/StoryId.aspx?StoryId=3708.

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The History Guide: Lectures on Ancient and Medieval European History. February 28, 2006. Steven Kreis. 2006. http://www.historyguide.org/ancient/lecture22b.html

Iowa Farm Letters - John and Sarah Kenyon. June, 2007. Silos & Smokestacks National Heritage Area. 2002-2005. http://www.campsilos.org/mod2/teachers/r2.shtml

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Of Thegns and Kings and Rangers and Things. February 17, 2005. Michael Martinez. http://www.merp.com/essays/MichaelMartinez/michaelmartinezsuite101essay82/

Old and Rare Words: Archaic or Unusual Words found in Tolkien's Works. 1997-2005. Mark Fisher, The Encyclopedia of Arda. http://www.glyphweb.com/ARDA/

Phiala's String Page. 2006. Sarah Goslee http://www.stringpage.com/index.html

The Prairie Fire of 1901. June, 2007. Swisher County Museum. http://history.swishercounty.net/index/general/prariefire1.htm

Prairie Fires. June, 2007. Silos & Smokestacks National Heritage Area. 2002-2005. http://www.campsilos.org/mod2/teachers/r6.shtml

Pregnancy and Childbirth in Anglo-Saxon England. 2004. Dawn Marie Hayes. http://www.medievalmaternity.org/anglosaxon/

Recreating Period Fabric Production. Maggie Forest and Silvia Ravient. http://www.forest.gen.nz/Medieval/articles/Warp/WARP.HTML

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(picture of warp-weighted loom: http://www.regia.org/life/textiles.htm )

Waiting for a King Like You. November 27, 2004. Michael Martinez. http://www.merp.com/essays/MichaelMartinez/mmartinezwaitingking

Warping and weaving on a warp-weighted loom. 2002. Pamela Matlack. http://vt.essortment.com/warpingweaving_rkpp.htm

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