The First House of the Edain was the House of BГ«or, and entered Beleriand in FA 305, granted the fief of Ladros in Dorthonion by Finrod Felagund. Those Men who fought with them against Morgoth in the First Age were divided into three Houses. Although the word Edain refers to all Men, the Elves use it to distinguish those Men who fought with them in the First Age against Morgoth in Beleriand, from others. The most important group in the tales of the First Age were the Edain.

The 'Black Men' and the 'Swarthy Men' (who would become known as the Haradrim and the Easterlings respectively) were both held to be ethnicities of this distinction.ДЄlthough all Men of Arda were related to one another, there were many different sunderings and cultures. Terms used in the First Age to refer to Men who were not Edain were Rhevain and Hravani, which both translate to 'the Wild'. The name Atani became Edain in Sindarin, but this term was later applied only to those Men who were friends of the Elves in Beleriand.

They were also called the Usurpers, the Strangers, the inscrutable, the Self-cursed, the Heavyhanded, the Nightfearers and the Children of the Sun. The Elves called mankind Atani, meaning in Quenya 'Second People', but also Hildor ('Aftercomers'), and FГrimar ('Mortals') or Engwar ('the sickly'). Even the Valar did not know what ultimate fate awaited the souls of Men, as this was known only to Eru. Elves are immortal, in the sense that they are not susceptible to aging and disease. Men bear the Gift of Men, which is mortality, and therefore they age and die when their time comes, and are susceptible to illness and disease. They were called the ' Afterborn' ( Quenya Atani, Sindarin: Edain) by the Elves. The race of Men was the second significant race of beings created by the supreme God, IlГєvatar, since they awoke in HildГіrien at the start of the First Age, at the first rising of the Sun ( FA 1), while the Elves awoke three Ages before them.

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