Mon 02 Aug 2021, 20:54
So to be clear... there are basically four lineages of men that populate the Northern and Western parts of Middle Earth Right?
1. There are the Dunedain - remnants of the Numenoreans and their kingdoms (both good and evil) and descents of the Edain of the first age.
2. There are the North men, who seem to culturally parallel the real world Anglo-Saxons, and these consist of the Rohirrim, Beornings, Woodmen, and men of Dale and Esgaroth.
3. There is another seperate and (equally?) ancient lineage of men that consists of the Bree-Landers, the Hill men of Rhudaur, and the Dunlendings (and presumably the majority of the population of ancient Arnor before it was depopulated?) These seem to have sort of a Celtic real world parallel (except the Bree-Landers who seem curiously Middle English? lol)
4. Finally, there are certain tribes of wild men related to the Woses, that I've always though parallel either real world hunter/gatherer tribes in the Amazon or possibly Neanderthals in ancient Europe.
Do I have that about right? Did I miss anybody?