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{{quote|West, North, and South the children of Men spread and wandered, and their joy was the joy of the morning before the dew is dry, when every leaf is green.|''[[The Silmarillion]]'', [[Of Men]]}} | {{quote|West, North, and South the children of Men spread and wandered, and their joy was the joy of the morning before the dew is dry, when every leaf is green.|''[[The Silmarillion]]'', [[Of Men]]}} | ||
'''Men''' were one of the Kindreds of the [[Children of Ilúvatar]]. Men were called the Secondborn by the [[Elves]], their [[Elves|Elder]] brethren, because they were the last of all the [[Mirröanwi|incarnate]] races to come into being. Though they were born after the other sentient races, Men were destined to inherit and [[Dominion of Men|rule]] [[Middle-earth]]. | '''Men''' were one of the Kindreds of the [[Children of Ilúvatar]]. Men were called the Secondborn (or the Second Kindred<ref>{{PE|17}}, p. 89) by the [[Elves]], their [[Elves|Elder]] brethren, because they were the last of all the [[Mirröanwi|incarnate]] races to come into being. Though they were born after the other sentient races, Men were destined to inherit and [[Dominion of Men|rule]] [[Middle-earth]]. | ||
==Origins and Nature== | ==Origins and Nature== |
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Race | |
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General Information | |
Members | Bëor, Haleth, Marach, Beren, Uldor, Elros, Aragorn II |
Physical Description | |
Lifespan | c. 70 years (except Númenóreans) |
Distinctions | Mortality, inheritors of the rule of Middle-earth |
Gallery | Images of Men |
- "West, North, and South the children of Men spread and wandered, and their joy was the joy of the morning before the dew is dry, when every leaf is green."
- ― The Silmarillion, Of Men
Men were one of the Kindreds of the Children of Ilúvatar. Men were called the Secondborn (or the Second KindredCite error: Closing </ref>
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tag It has been suggested that Tolkien might have preferred Mannish over "human" since the former has Germanic roots (thus being closer to Old English), while the latter word has Latin roots.[1]
References
- ↑ Peter Gilliver, Edmund Weiner and Jeremy Marshall, The Ring of Words: Tolkien and the Oxford English Dictionary, pp. 156-8