A name for Men,meaning 'The Afterborn'.
Atani :
An Elvish name for Men and especially the Men of the Three Houses of the Edain meaning Second People.
Big Folk :
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.
Big People :
A name used by Hobbits to refer to Men.The term was used occasionally in the Shire but was in most common use in Bree,where the two races mixed freely with each other.
Children of the Sun :
A name given by Elves to Men,who awoke at the first rising of the Sun and hence feared the night.
Edain :
The name given by the Elves to the Three Houses of Men who first came to the lands west of the Blue Mountains and fought alongside them in the Wars of Beleriand.Whereas Edain is strictly Elvish for all Men,it is normally only applied to those of the Three Houses who remained faithful to the Elves and were given the island of Elenna (N�menor) as a reward.
The Three Houses of the Edain,in the order in which they came to Beleriand,were :
� The House of B�or
� The House of Haleth (the Haladin)
� The House of Hador (the descendants of Marach and his people).
Engwar :
'The Sickly',a name used by the Elves to describe Men.
F�rimar :
'Mortals';a name for Men among the Elves.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.
Hildor :
One of the many names among the Elves for the race of Men,meaning 'The Followers' or 'The Aftercomers'.
Inscrutable :
One of the many Elvish names for the race of Men.
Men :
The youngest of the races of Arda (with the possible exception of Hobbits),the first Men awoke in the far eastern land of Hild�rien as the Sun first rose and the Noldor returned from Valinor.Seeing the sunrise, many of the first Men set out westwards and so came eventually to Beleriand after some three hundred years of wandering.Men are unique in possessing the Gift of Men,Death,by which they leave the world after an allotted time and go beyond it.
Self-cursed :
One of the many Elvish names for the race of Men.
Strangers :
A name of Elves for the race of Men,who dwelt in the world for only a few short years,while the Elves were bound to it until its end.
Usurpers :
A name given to Men by the Elves,who,even though they were born into the world millennia after the Firstborn,were destined to achieve its dominion.
Younger Children of Il�vatar :
Men,who awoke many thousands of years after the Elder Children,the Elves.
