Men
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| Men | |
|---|---|
| Race | |
| File:Brothers Hildebrandt - Ghân-buri-Ghân.jpg | |
| 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> missing for <ref> 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
