The Runes of the Earth: The Last Chronicles of Thomas Covenant - Book One (98 page)

Mane:
Ramen reference to a Ranyhyn

Maneing:
Ramen ceremony of becoming a Manethrall

Manethrall:
highest Ramen rank

Manhome:
main dwelling place of the Ramen

Marid:
a man of Mithil Stonedown; Sunbane victim

Marny:
a Ranyhyn, Tuvor's mount

marrowmeld:
bone-sculpting;
anundivian yajña

master-rukh:
iron triangle at Revelstone which feeds and reads other
rukhs

Master, the:
Clave-name for Lord Foul

Masters of the Land, the:
Haruchai
who have claimed responsibility for protecting the Land from corruption

Mehryl:
a Ranyhyn, Hile Troy's mount

Melenkurion abatha:
phrase of invocation or power; two of the Seven Words

Melenkurion
Skyweir:
a cleft peak in the Westron Mountains

Memla na-Mhoram-in:
a Rider of the Clave

merewives:
the Dancers of the Sea

metheglin:
a beverage; mead

Mhoram:
a Lord; later high Lord; son of Variol

Mill:
one of the Seven Words

Minas:
one of the Seven Words

mirkfruit:
papaya-like fruit with narcoleptic pulp

Mistweave:
a Giant

Mithil River:
a river of the Land

Mithil's Plunge, the:
waterfall at the head of the Mithil valley

Mithil Stonedown:
a village in the South Plains

moksha:
a Raver, Jehannum, Fleshharrower

Morin
: First Mark of the Bloodguard; commander in original
Haruchai
army

Morinmoss:
a forest of the Land

Morninglight:
one of the
Elohim

Morril:
a Bloodguard, assigned to Lord Callindrill

Mount Thunder:
a peak at the center of Landsdrop

Murrin Odona-mate:
a Stonedownor

Myrha:
a Ranyhyn, Elena's mount

 

Naharahn:
a Ranyhyn mare; mount of Pahni

na-Mhoram, the:
leader of the Clave

na-Mhoram-cro:
lowest rank of the Clave

na-Mhoram-in:
highest rank of the Clave below the na-Mhoram

na-Mhoram-wist:
middle rank of the Clave

Nassic:
father of Sunder; son of Jous; inheritor of an Unfettered One's mission to remember the Halfhand

Nelbrin:
son of Sunder; “heart's child”

Nicor
, the:
great sea-monster; said to be offspring of the Worm of the World's End

Nom:
a Sandgorgon

North Plains, the:
a region of the Land

Northron Climbs, the:
a region of the Land

 

Oath of Peace, the:
oath by the people of the Land against needless violence

Odona Murrin-mate:
a Stonedownor

Offin:
a former na-Mhoram

Old Lords:
Lords prior to the Ritual of Desecration

Omournil:
Woodhelvennin Heer, daughter of Mournil

One Forest, the:
ancient forest covering most of the Land

One Tree, the:
mystic tree from which the Staff of Law was made

orcrest:
a stone of power; Sunstone; used by Gravelers

Osondrea:
a Lord, later high Lord; daughter of Sondrea

 

Padrias:
Woodhelvennin Heer; son of Mill

Pahni:
a Cord of the Ramen, cousin of Sahah; companion of Linden Avery

Peak of the Fire-Lions:
Mount Thunder; Gravin Threndor

Pietten:
Woodhelvennin child damaged by Lord Foul's minions; son of Soranal

pitchbrew:
a beverage combining
diamondraught
and
vitrim,
conceived by Pitchwife
Pitchwife:
a Giant; member of the Search; husband of the First of the Search

Porib:
a Bloodguard

Power of Command, the:
Seventh Ward of Kevin's Lore

Pren:
a Bloodguard

Prothall:
High Lord, son of Dwillian

Prover of Life:
title given to Thomas Covenant

Puhl:
a Cord of the Ramen

Pure One, the:
redemptive figure of
jheherrin
legend

 

Quaan:
Warhaft of the Third Eoman of the Warward; later Hiltmark, then Warmark

Quest for the Staff of Law:
quest to recover the Staff of Law from Drool Rockworm

Questsimoon
, the:
the Roveheartswind; a steady, favorable wind, perhaps seasonal

Quirrel:
a Stonedownor, companion of Triock

 

Ramen:
people who serve the Ranyhyn

Rant Absolain:
the
gaddhi

Ranyhyn:
the great horses of the Plains of Ra

Ravers:
Lord Foul's three ancient servants

Raw
, the:
fiord into the demesne of the
Elohim

Rawedge Rim, the:
mountains around
Elemesnedene

Reader:
a member of the Clave who tends and uses the
master-rukh

Rede, the:
knowledge of history and survival promulgated by the Clave

Revelstone:
Lord's Keep, mountain city formed by Giants

Revelwood:
seat of the Loresraat, tree city grown by Lords

rhadhamaerl:
stone-lore; masters of stone-lore

rhee:
a thick mush, a Ramen food

Rhohm:
a Ranyhn stallion, mount of Liand

rhysh:
a community of Waynhim; “stead”

rhyshyshim:
a gathering of
rhysh
; a place in which such gathering occurs

Riddenstretch:
a region north of the Soulsease River

Rider:
a member of the Clave

Ridjeck Thome:
Foul's Creche; the Despiser's home

rillinlure:
healing wood dust

Ringthane:
Ramen name for Thomas Covenant, then Linden Avery

ring-wielder:
Elohim
term of reference for Thomas Covenant

Rire Grist:
a Caitiffin of the
gaddhi
's Horse

Rites of Unfettering:
the ceremony of becoming Unfettered

Ritual of Desecration:
act of despair by which High Lord Kevin destroyed the Old Lords and ruined most of the Land

Riversward:
a region north of the Soulsease River

Rockbrother, Rocksister:
terms of affection between men and Giants

rocklight:
light emitted by glowing stone

roge Befylam:
Cavewight-form of the
jheherrin

Roveheartswind, the:
the
Questsimoon

Rue:
a Manethrall, formerly named Gay

Ruel:
a Bloodguard, assigned to Hile Troy

rukh:
iron talisman by which a Rider wields the power of the Sunbane

Runnik:
a Bloodguard

Rustah:
a Cord of the Ramen

 

sacred enclosure:
Vespers-hall at Revelstone

Sahah:
a Cord of the Ramen

Saltheart Foamfollower:
a Giant; friend of Thomas Covenant

Saltroamrest:
bunk hold for the crew in a Giantship

Salttooth:
jutting rock in the harbor of Giants' Home

samadhi:
a Raver, Sheol, Satansfist

Sandgorgons:
monsters of the Great Desert of Bhrathairealm

Sandgorgons Doom:
imprisoning storm created by Kasreyn to trap the Sandgorgons

Sandhold, the:
the
gaddhi
's castle in
Bhrathairealm

Sandwall, the:
the great wall defending
Bhrathairain

Santonin na-Mhoram-in:
a Rider of the Clave

Sarangrave Flat:
a region of the Lower Land; the Great Swamp

Satansfist:
a Giant-Raver, Sheol,
samadhi

Satansheart:
Giantish name for Lord Foul

Search, the:
quest of the Giants for the wound in the Earth; later the quest for the Isle of the One Tree

Seareach:
region of the Land occupied by the Unhorned

Seasauce:
a Giant; cook of Starfare's Gem; husband of Hearthcoal

Seatheme:
dead wife of Sevinhand

Second Circinate:
second level of the Sandhold

Second Ward:
second unit of Kevin's hidden knowledge

setrock:
a type of stone used with pitch to repair stone

Seven Hells, the:
a-Jeroth's demesne: desert, rain, pestilence, fertility, war, savagery, and darkness

Seven Wards, the:
collection of knowledge hidden by High Lord Kevin

Seven Words, the:
words of power from Kevin's Lore

Sevinhand:
Anchormaster of Starfare's Gem; a Giant

Shattered Hills:
a region of the Land near Foul's Creche

Sheol:
a Raver, Satansfist,
samadhi

Shetra Verement-mate:
a Lord

shola:
a small wooden glen where a stream runs between unwooded hills

Shipsheartthew:
the wheel of a Giantship

Shull:
a Bloodguard

Sill:
a Bloodguard, assigned to Lord Hyrim

Sivit na-Mhoram-wist:
a Rider of the Clave

skest:
acid-creatures serving the lurker of the Sarangrave

skurj:
ominous, unexplained beings

Slen Terass-mate:
a Stonedownor

soft-ones:
the
jheherrin

Somo:
horse taken by Liand from Mithil Stonedown

soothreader:
a seer

soothtell:
ritual of revelation practiced by the Clave

Soranal:
a Woodhelvennin Heer, son of Thiller

Soulbiter, the:
a dangerous ocean of Giantish legend

Soulbiter's Teeth:
reefs in the Soulbiter

Soulcrusher:
Giantish name for Lord Foul

Sparlimb Keelsetter:
a Giant, father of triplets

Spikes, the:
guard-towers at the mouth of
Bhrathairain
Harbor

Spray Forthsurge:
a Giant; mother of the First of the Search

springwine:
a mild, refreshing liquor

Staff, the:
a branch of Kevin's Lore

Staff of Law, the:
a tool of Earthpower; the first Staff was formed by Berek from the One Tree and later destroyed by Thomas Covenant; the second was formed by Linden Avery by using wild magic to merge Vain and Findail

Stallion of the First Herd, the:
Kelenbhrabanal

Starfare's Gem:
Giantship used by the Search

Starkin:
one of the
Elohim

Stave:
a
Haruchai;
a Master of the Land; companion of Linden Avery

Stell:
one of the
Haruchai
; protector of Sunder

Stonedown:
a stone-village

Stonedownor:
one who lives in a stone-village

Stonemight, the:
a fragment of the Illearth Stone

Stonemight Woodhelven:
a village in the South Plains

Storesmaster:
third in command aboard a Giantship

Stricken Stone:
region of the Land; now called Trothgard

Sunbane, the:
a power arising from the corruption of nature by Lord Foul

Sunbirth Sea:
ocean east of the Land

Sunder:
son of Nassic; Graveler of Mithil Stonedown

Sun-Sage:
one who can affect the Sunbane