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Originated in Hildórien, but spread throughout Middle-earth
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Men
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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, Men, The Mortals, The Night-fearers, The Second People, The Secondborn, The Self-cursed, The Strangers, The Usurpers, The Younger Children of Ilúvatar

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Sickly

Engwar, a name for Men among the Elves

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A translation of the Elvish word Engwar, one of many names given by the Elves to the race of Men. The Elves did not suffer disease, illness, or old age (which to them appeared as a strange form of sickness itself). From an Elf's perspective, these characteristics were unique to the race of Men, and so they chose them as a basis for the name Engwar, 'sickly, subject to disease' to describe that race.


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Engwar

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