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+ Ëa : The name for the universe. It was built by Ilúvatar by saying the word "Eä !" which means "Be !".

+ Eagles : From the beginning, the Eagles were friends of Elves and Men. They were also called the harbingers of Manwë and they brought Manwë all the news about what was happening in Middle-Earth. The mightiest of the Eagles was Thorondor, he and his kin were Maiar and bigger than the normal eagles of Midlde-Earth. In the Third Age, the famoust eagle was Gwaihir, who helped Gandalf many times during the War of the Ring.

+ Eärendil : Born in the year 503 of the First Age his parents were Tuor and Idril. He became a mariner whoms dream it was to reach Aman and ask the Valar for help against Morgoth. After the Sons of Fëanor attacked Gondolin seeking the Silmaril, Elwing, Eärendil's wife, escaped and came to him at sea in the shape of a white sea-bird, bearing the Silmaril on her breast. Through the power of the jewel Eärendil was at last able to find a way to the Undying Lands and the Valar sent a great force that finally conquered the Dark Lord and freed Middle-earth. Eärendil's father was a Man, and his mother an Elf, so he and his wife Elwing and their sons were given the choice of race to which they wished to belong. Elwing chose Elvenkind, and Eärendil did so too for her sake. He now sails the high airs with the Silmaril upon his brow, shining as the morning and evening star. Eärendil was also called the Blessed and The Mariner.

+ Easterlings : A general name for the races of Men from the unknown East of Middle-earth, who were a constant foe of the Free Peoples. They first appeared after the Dagor Bragollach in the year 455 of the First Age and were also called the Swarthy Men.

+ Echoing Mountains : See Ered Lómin (below) for more information.

+ Echoriath : Another name for the Encircling Mountains.

+ Edain : The sindarin name for Men, usually used only for the Three Houses of the Edain. The Dúnedain were descendants of the Edain.

+ Edrahil : An elf of Nargothrond who was a loyal follower of Finrod.

+ Eglarest : The southern of the havens of the Falas. It is named after the river Nenning.

+ Eilinel : The wife of Gorlim, son of Angrim.

+ Eithel Sirion : The River Sirion had its source at this spring. It laid in the eastern Ered Wethrin and Fingolfin built a great fortress there, the Barad Eithel.

+ Eldalië : The Quenya form of the world "Eldar" (see below) which is the name of those Elves that took part in the Great Journey.

+ Eldamar : Eldamar is the elvish word for Elvenhome (see below). It laid the land in Aman, east of the Pelóri. In Eldamar the Elves lived and the city Tiríon also laid there.

+ Eldar : The quenya word for Elves. The name was given to the Elves first by Oromë but later it was used only for these Elves who wandered to Valinor, meaning the Vanyar, the Noldor and the Teleri.

+ Eledwen : Another name for Morwen, the wife of Húrin. Eledwhen means "Elfsheen".

+ Elenwë : She was the wife of Turgon and mother of Idril. She was lost when the Noldor returned to Middle-Earth and therefore had to cross the Helcaraxë.

+ Elvenhome : The land of the Elves also called Eldamar (see above).

+ Elwë : Leader of the Noldor, also called Thingol (see there for more information).

+ Elwing : Born in Ossiriand in the year 500 of the First Age she was the daughter of Dior Eluchíl and the wife of Eärendil (see above).

+ Emeldir : The wife of Barahir and the mother of Beren. She was also called the "Man-hearted". Emeldir fled from Dorthonion after the Dagor Bragollach in which her husband and sun had become outlaws.

+ Enchanted Isles : After the Darkening of Valinor and after Isil, the Moon, and Anar, the Sun, had been made, the moon was attacked by Melkor. Though Tilion was victorius, the Valar began to doubt about what Melkor could do to them. To defend themselves, they rose up the Pelóri and build the Enchanted Isles in the Great Sea to prevent mariners from reaching Aman. The sea between the Isles was filled with bewilderment.

+ Encircling Mountains : Also called Echoriath or Crissaegrim. The mountains surrounded the city of Gondolin and Thorondor the Eagle lived upon them.

+ Endor : Another name for Middle-Earth.

+ Engwar : Another name for the race of Men. It means "the Sickly".

+ Ents : Also called the Shepherds of the Trees. They were made because Yavanna wanted some spirits to guard the trees. Yavana loved the trees more than everything but because trees cannot defend themselves, Yavanna wanted the Ents to do that. Each Ent was related to a particular tree, and each Ent looked different from the other. But they all had in common their big size (twice as tall as a man) and the fact that they had only a few or sometimes even no joints. They always lived near rivers and springs and they only took liquid food. They were not immortal but very very old, they never acted fastly, only when they were angry.

In the first Age the Ents dwelt with their Entwives in Midlde-Earth, but in the Second Age the Entwives went south where they wanted to farm the land while the Ents stayed in the North. Later the Ents tried to find their Entwives again but didn't find any sign of them. That is why in the Third Age the Ents were a dying race because they couldn´t have children without their Entwives. One of the famoust Ents is Treebeard, whom Merry and Pippin met after they were seperated from Frodo and the rest of the Fellowship of the Ring.

+ Eöl : Also called the Dark Elf. He had left Doriath when Melian set her girdle around it and since then he lived in Nan Elmoth. He captured Aredhel and forced her to become his wife. They had one son, Maeglin, with whom Aredhel fled to Gondolin. Eöl followed them and when he tried to slay his son he was slain himself in the year 345 of the First Age.

+ Eönwë : He was one of the greates Maiar and the herald of Manwë. He commanded the armies of the Valar in the War of Wrath.

+ Erchamion : The name that was given to Beren after the wolf Carcharoth bit off his right hand with the Silmaril in it. Erchamion means "One-handed".

+ Ered Engrim : The Iron Mountains, raised by Melkor to protect his fortress Utumno. Angband stood in the south western ranges of these mountains.

+ Ered Gorgoroth : The mountain range that seperated Dorthonion from Beleriand. There the offspring of Ungoliant lived and only Beren ever visited this region.

+ Ered Lindon : Another name for the Blue Mountains, also called the Ered Luin (see below).

+ Ered Lómin : A long mountain range. West of it laid Lammoth and Nevrast, east of it laid Hithlum and Dor-lómin. Tuor, who had found a deep gorge in these mountains, played his harp there. The echo was heard all over the lonely plain.

+ Ered Luin : Another name for the Blue Mountains.

+ Ered Nimrais : Another name for the White Mountains.

+ Ered Wethrin : The mountain range that seperated Hithlum from Beleriand. The name means "Mountains of Shadow".

+ Ereinion : Another name for Gil-Galad.

+ Esgalduin : It was a great river that flowed through Doriath and finally flowed into the Sirion. It marked the boundery between the forests of Neldoreth and Region.

+ Estë : Irmo's wife, also called the Gentle. She was the healer of hurst and wearniness.

+ Estolad : The plain in East Beleriand where the first Men camped after they crossed the Blue Mountains.

+ Ezellohar : The name for the Green Mound which laid at the western gates of Valmar. It was also called Corollairë. There the Two Trees of Valinor grew before they were destroyed by Melkor and Ungoliant.