Thuringwethil

She was Sauron's messenger, but was caught in the battle between her master, Lúthien and Huan at Tol-in-Gaurhoth ("Isle of Werewolves"). She was slain either by the Hound of Valinor or in the collapse of Minas Tirith. Lúthien later used her cloak to sneak into Angband during the Quest for the Silmaril.

Because of Thuringwethil's ability to change forms, she may have been an Ainu or some sort of skin-changer.

The name is glossed as "Woman of Secret Shadow" or "she of hidden shadow".

The above can be analyzed as thurin ("secret, hidden"), gwath ("shadow") and an obscure ending -il which perhaps denotes feminine gender (and which causes "umlauting" (or "affection") of gwath to gweth).

The character of Thuringwethil appears for first time in the legendarium in the Lay of Leithian. Thus, in The Tale of Tinúviel (the first version of the tale of Beren and Lúthien), Tinúviel simply wears her dark cloak of magic sleep when entering Angamandi.

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