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The Afterborn, Apanónar, Atani, Big Folk, Big People, The Children of the Sun, Engwar, Fírimar, The Followers, The Heavy-handed, Hildor, The Inscrutable, The Mortals, 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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The descent of the major branches of the race of Men and related peoples. 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'.
The youngest of the races of Arda (with the possible exception of Hobbits), the first Men awoke in the far eastern land of Hildórien 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.
See also...
Adanedhel, Afterborn, Aftercomers, Afteryule, Ainur, Aiwendil, Alfirin, Almaren, Aman, Amlach, Amon Amarth, Amon Rûdh, Angmar, Apanónar, Aradan, [See the full list...]Arador, Aragorn Elessar, Aragost, Archet, Arda, Arveleg I, Astar, Atanatar II Alcarin, Atanatári, Atani, Aulë, Awakening of Men, Azanulbizar, Balan, Ban of the Valar, Barahir, Barahir, Bardings, Barrow-downs, Barrows, Battle of Five Armies, Battle of Fornost, Battles of the Fords of Isen, Beleg of Arthedain, Béma, Bëor, Bëorians, Beorn, Beornings, Bereg, Big Folk, Big People, Bill Ferny, Black Serpent, Bladorthin, Bór, Boromir, Borthand, Bree, Bree-folk, Bree-hobbits, Bree-landers, Bree-men, Bundushathûr, Bywater Road, Cair Andros, Calendar of Imladris, Chieftain of the Dúnedain, Children of Aulë, Children of Eru, Children of Ilúvatar, Children of the Earth, Children of the Sun, Children of the World, Circles of the World, Companions of the Ring, Cram, Crossings of Erui, Curse of Mandos, Curunír, Dale, Dark King, Dark 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