Hound of Valinor

Hound of Valinor
   Huan, the bane of Carcharoth.
   A title of Huan, the wondrous hound that aided Beren and Lúthien in the Quest of the Silmaril.

J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-earth glossary. . 2003.

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