Asfaloth : The horse of Glorfindel,who bore Frodo Baggins to safety at the Ford of Rivendell.
Bill : Sam Gamgee's pony,named for its original owner Bill Ferny,that travelled with the Company of the Ring through the leagues of Eriador to the West-gate of Moria.
Boar of Everholt : A monstrous beast that inhabited Everholt in the Firien Wood,around the feet of the Halifirien in the White Mountains.The great hunter Folca of Rohan,having rid his country of the Orcs,set out to hunt down the boar.He succeeded but received mortal tusk-wounds that brought his Kingship to an end.
Carc :One of the ravens who lived on Ravenhill,one of the foothills of Erebor,the Lonely Mountain.Carc seems to have been the chief of those birds and dwelt with his wife above the Dwarves' guard-chamber on the hill.Thorin recalled him as being wise and famous at the time the Dwarves were driven out of Erebor by Smaug.When Thorin returned to the Lonely Mountain 171 years later,Carc was dead but the ravens remained,led by his son Ro�c.
Carcharoth : The mighty wolf that bit Beren's hand from his arm and with it a Silmaril from Morgorth's crown. The burning of the jewel drove him to madness and he ravaged the lands until slain by Huan in the famed Hunting of the Wolf.
Draugluin : A wolf servant of Sauron,called the lord and sire of the werewolves of Angband.He was slain by Huan and Beren used his pelt as a disguise in his quest for a Silmaril.
Fatty Lumpkin : A pony kept by Tom Bombadil.Fatty Lumpkin (sometimes called just 'Lumpkin') was rarely ridden by Tom and spent much of his time roaming free on the Barrow-downs.After their encounter with a Barrow-wight,Tom rode along with Frodo and his friends for a while on Fatty Lumpkin.The hobbits' ponies had developed a strong friendship with Lumpkin during their time at Tom's house and it was this that led them back to Tom Bombadil after they escaped from Bree.
Felar�f : Eorl's father L�od was a tamer of horses among the �oth�od,who captured this wild white horse while it was still a foal.He tried to tame it himself but when he attempted to mount it,it threw him and escaped.So L�od died,leaving a sixteen-year-old son,Eorl.Eorl hunted the white horse,found it,and demanded that it give up its freedom in payment for the death of his father.The horse agreed and took the name that Eorl gave it:Felar�f,a name said to mean 'very valiant' or 'very strong'.
Gwaihir : The lord of the Eagles of Middle-earth at the time of the War of the Ring.He rescued Gandalf from the pinnacle of Orthanc and from the peak of Zirakzigil and he and his kind brought Frodo and Sam out of Mordor after the destruction of the One Ring.
Hasufel : The grey-coated steed of G�rulf of Rohan.After the loss of his master in battle,Hasufel was lent by �omer to Aragorn when they met in the northern fields of Rohan.The hardy creature saw many adventures, including the Battle of the Hornburg, before Aragorn was brought his own horse,Roheryn,by the Rangers of the North.
Her Ladyship : A title of Shelob,given to her by the Orcs.
Hound of Valinor : A title of Huan,the wondrous hound that aided Beren and L�thien in the Quest of the Silmaril.
Huan : The Hound of Valinor;faithful companion to Celegorm son of F�anor until his mistreatment of L�thien in Nargothrond after which he helped L�thien and Beren in the Quest of the Silmaril.He defeated Sauron at the gates of Tol-in-Gaurhoth and slew Carcharoth in the Hunting of the Wolf.
Landroval : The great eagle who flew with his brother Gwaihir to the aid of Frodo and Sam in Mordor.His name comes from the Elvish for 'wide-winged'.
Lord of Eagles : The title of the chief Eagle of Middle-earth.In the First Age,this was Thorondor,while in the Third the title seems to have been held by Gwaihir.
Nahar : The legendary horse ridden by Orom�,the Huntsman of the Valar.Nahar's coat was said to be white under the Sun but to shimmer in silver in the night.
Red Maw : A name for the mightiest wolf ever to live,given as an interpretation of his Elvish name,Carcharoth.He was bred in the pits of Angband as a guard against Huan the Hound of Valinor.Huan,it was prophesied,could only be slain by the greatest of all wolves and Carcharoth the Red Maw proved to be that wolf.Before the gates of Angband he bit Beren's hand from his arm and with it the Silmaril he carried.Burned by the power of the Jewel, Carcharoth fled into the south.At last,he was discovered within the borders of Doriath itself,where he fought his last fight with Huan:the wolf and the hound took one another's lives in that combat.
Ro�c : The chief of the ravens that lived on Ravenhill near Erebor,a descendant of those that had remained on the hill even after Smaug had driven out their old allies,the Dwarves.Ro�c was a very ancient bird indeed:his father Carc had seen Smaug descend on the mountain and Ro�c was no less than one hundred and fifty-three years old ('out of the egg',as he put it) when he met Thorin and Bilbo on the Quest of Erebor.It was Ro�c who told the adventurers that Smaug was dead and who arranged for messages to be passed between Thorin and D�in Ironfoot in preparation for the troubles that followed.
Rochallor : The great horse of High King Fingolfin,on which he rode to the gates of Angband and challenged Morgoth to single combat.
Roheryn : The horse of Aragorn,brought to him out of the north by the Rangers during the War of the Ring and said to have been a gift from the lady Arwen Evenstar.
Shadowfax : A mighty horse of Rohan,the chief of the Mearas,tamed by Gandalf and reluctantly granted as a gift to him by King Th�oden of the Rohirrim.Shadowfax is thought to have passed West over the Sea with his master.
Snowmane : The steed of Th�oden,King of Rohan,on which he rode to the Battle of the Pelennor and beneath which he fell in that battle.
Strider : A pony acquired by Frodo Baggins in Minas Tirith,whose name 'Strider' came from Aragorn's own nickname in the northern lands.Frodo's pony was well travelled indeed:his master rode him back from Minas Tirith to the Shire after the War of the Ring and two years later he carried his master westwards to the Grey Havens on the coast of the Great Sea.
Stybba : A hill-pony lent to Meriadoc Brandybuck by King Th�oden of Rohan.Stybba (whose name comes from the Anglo-Saxon for 'stubby' or 'stumpy') carried Merry through the Mountains from the Hornburg east and south to Dunharrow and from there northward to Edoras.Though he was good for mountain riding,he was too small and slow to accompany the main army of Rohan across the plains from Edoras and it was Th�oden's purpose to leave Stybba and his rider behind at this point.Merry found a way to complete the journey in secret with a Rider named Dernhelm (who was in fact �owyn in disguise) but we hear no more of Stybba after Merry rode away from him at Edoras.
Thorondor : The mightiest Eagle to ever live;lord of the Eagles of the Crissaegrim and constant ally of Turgon of Gondolin.
Windlord : The title of the mighty Eagle Gwaihir who lived during the time of the War of the Ring and the literal meaning of his name.
