Dates

Awoke I 1

Location

Originated in Hildórien, but spread throughout Middle-earth

Race

Meaning

A term used especially in Bree, describing Men from the perspective of a Hobbit

Other names

The Afterborn, The Aftercomers, Apanónar, Atani, Big People, The Children of the Sun, Engwar, Fírimar, The Followers, The Heavy-handed, Hildor, The Inscrutable, Men, The Mortals, The Night-fearers, The Second People, The Secondborn, The Self-cursed, The Strangers, The Usurpers, The Younger Children of Ilúvatar

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Big Folk

The Hobbits’ name for Men

Years of the TreesFirst AgeISecond AgeIIThird AgeIIIFourth AgeIV

A name for the race of Men, given them by the Hobbits, who they in turn called the Little Folk. The term was especially used in Bree, where the two races lived side by side.

See also...

Big People, Bree-landers, Heathertoes Family, Holbytlan, Little Folk, Lotho Sackville-Baggins, Mat Heathertoes, Rowlie Appledore, Sunlands

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