Dates

Known as the Men of the Éothéod from III 1856 or shortly afterward; removed to Rohan III 2510 (endured approximately 654 years)

Location

Originally settled the Vales of Anduin north of the Gladden Fields; removed to the lands around the sources of Anduin in III 1977

Origins

A remnant of the Northmen of Rhovanion, led northward by Marhwini

Race

Division

Middle Peoples (Northmen)

Settlements

Pronunciation

Éothéod is pronounced approximately 'aya'thayod'

Meaning

Éothéod means 'Horse people'

Other names

Horsemen of the North

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Men of the Éothéod

The ancestors of the Rohirrim

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A nation of Northmen ruled by the descendants of Frumgar in the north of Middle-earth. Their last lord Eorl the Young led them south to the land of Calenardhon, renamed Rohan, where they became known as the Rohirrim.

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