Dates
Awoke at the first rising of the Sun ( I 1) Location
First appeared in Hildórien, and spread westward and southward throughout Middle-earthRace
Men, from whom the Drúedain and Hobbits were also descended
Meaning
A reference to the Gift of Men, death, possessed by this people Other names
The Afterborn, The Aftercomers, Apanónar, Atani, Big Folk, Big People, The Children of the Sun, Engwar, Fírimar, The Followers, The Heavy-handed, Hildor, The Inscrutable, Men, The Night-fearers, The Second People, The Secondborn, The Self-cursed, The Sickly, The Strangers, The Usurpers, The Younger Children of Ilúvatar
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Mortals
Beings subject to death
The descent of the major Mortal races of Middle-earth. Note that, though the Drúedain and Hobbits are established as belonging to branches of the race of Men, and must therefore have descended from the first people to have awoken in Hildórien, the precise details of their descent remain unknown.
The descent of the Northmen was rather more involved than this simple diagram can show. For more on this subject, see the entry for 'Northmen'.
Any of the races of Arda who were subject to old age and death (as for example Hobbits), but applied especially to the race of Men.
See also...
Aiwendil, Aman, Amandil, Ancient West, Arwen Evenstar, Astar, Bay of Eldamar, Bent World, Black Men, Calendar of Imladris, Change of the World, Circles of the World, Deathless Lands, Doom of Men, Dor Firn-i-Guinar, [See the full list...]Downfall of Melkor, Eärendil, East Anórien, Ekkaia, Eldest, Elf-friend, Elladan, Elrohir, Elu Thingol, Elven-folk, Encircling Sea, Enemy of Sauron, Engwar, Erellont, Evil Breath, Fading Years, Fair Folk, Far West, Fíriel, Fírimar, First House of the Edain, Gate of the Dead, Gates of Morning, Gift of Men, Great Rings, Half-elven, Half-elven, Half-elves, Halls of Awaiting, Haunted Mountain, Heavy-handed, Hidden Land, Hiding of Valinor, High Men, High Sea, Hither Lands, Hither Shore, House of Elros, Inscrutable, Isle of Kings, Karmë, King of Númenor, King of the Nine Riders, Last Battle, Last Ship, Lieutenant of the Tower of Barad-dûr, Lindir, Lord of the Nazgûl, Lord of the West, Lords of the West, Lost Isle, Lúthien Tinúviel, Men of the Ancient Houses, Meriadoc ‘Merry’ Brandybuck, Mighty of the West, Morgul-knives, Nine Ringwraiths, Nothing, Olórin, Otherworld, Outer Lands, Pass of Light, Peredhil, Powers of Arda, Powers of the World, Queen of Gondor, ‘Release from Bondage’, Self-cursed, Sons of Elrond, Stone of Eärendil, Straight Road, Straight Way, The Dead, The Deathless, The West, The Wise, Timeless Halls, Two Kindreds, Undying Lands, Usurpers, Uttermost West, West of the World, West over Sea, Western Shore, Whispering Wood, Wide World, Wise People
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