Dates

The Edain entered Beleriand I 310 - I 313; most sailed west to Númenor in II 32

Locations

Settled in various places across Beleriand, but most notably in Dor-lómin, Dorthonion and the Forest of Brethil

Origins

Populations of Men travelling westward across the Blue Mountains into Beleriand

Race

Division

Families

Pronunciation

Númenóreans is pronounced 'noomenoa'ree-ans'

Meaning

These people were the direct ancestors of those Men who established the land of Númenor, a name that means 'land in the West'

Other names

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Fathers of the Númenóreans

A name for the Edain

Ancestors of the
Edain

A title used of the Men of the Three Houses of the Elf-friends, the first of their race to enter Beleriand in the First Age, who allied themselves faithfully with the Elves they found there. They fought alongside the Eldar against Morgoth, and as a reward the Valar created a new home for their surviving descendants: the isle of Númenor amid the Great Sea. Thus the Edain gave rise to the Dúnedain - Edain of the west - and were the ancestors of the Númenóreans.