Dates

Awoke at the first rising of the Sun (I 1)

Location

First appeared in Hildórien, and spread westward and southward throughout Middle-earth

Race

Men, from whom the Drúedain and Hobbits were also descended

Pronunciation

fee'reemarr

Meaning

'Mortals', a reference to the Gift of Men, death, possessed by this people

Other names

The Afterborn, The Aftercomers, Apanónar, Atani, Big Folk, Big People, The Children of the Sun, Engwar, The Followers, The Heavy-handed, Hildor, The Inscrutable, Men, 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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Fírimar

The Elves’ name for Mortal Men

Years of the TreesFirst AgeISecond AgeIIThird AgeIIIFourth AgeIV

'Mortals'; a name for Men among the Elves.

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