Dates

Awoke I 1

Location

Originated in Hildórien, but spread throughout Middle-earth

Race

Meaning

A term used especially by the Shire-hobbits, describing Men from the perspective of a Hobbit

Other names

The Afterborn, The Aftercomers, Apanónar, Atani, Big Folk, 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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Big People

Men, according to the Hobbits

Years of the TreesFirst AgeISecond AgeIIThird AgeIIIFourth AgeIV

A name used by Hobbits to refer to Men. The term was most commonly used by the Shire-hobbits, while in Bree the similar 'Big Folk' was more usual (and, conversely, the Men who lived there referred to the Bree-hobbits as the 'Little Folk').

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