The Houses of the Edain (Men) | Tolkien Explained

[@NerdoftheRings]

Check out my previous video covering all the clans of the Elves (there's a LOT!): kzbin.info/www/bejne/pKauZH-rh8esqLc

[@mollkab90]

Great Video, as always! Thank you for all your hard work and all the effort. Are you planing on doing a video that covers the „powerlevel“ between the dwarves, elf and men? Their unique abilitys and how their strength/positives are decaying over the time?

[@jackpacker6960]

Do you ever accept art submissions for your videos? I love immersing myself in your videos and the artwork really helps visualise what you are describing. As an artist myself I would love to illustrate something that would contribute to a future video of yours!

[@mhd7402]

Can you make a video of fingon son of fingolin and ecthelion of the fountain ?

[@KelvinBastow]

Would it be possible to have a download link to the Maps you use, I can't find any anywhere of the first through to the third age.

[@valentinkambushev4968]

Hurin's words to Morgoth are one of the most underrated badass moments in Tolkien's works!

[@NerdoftheRings]

The whole scene is incredible!

[@yojlik]

@@NerdoftheRings an excellent reading! the underlying music made it all chill inducing!

[@zachiboi5253]

Morgoth: Tell me where Gondolin is or i'll curse your entire family Hurin: Try me b*tch

[@keithtorgersen9664]

I realize that Tolkien meant to play this story out like a cycle of tragic irony, but my question is why wouldn't it be considered a matter a heroic valor to defy Morgoth instead of playing it out as a kind of hubris?

[@bofhzerozero777]

@@keithtorgersen9664 I agree. It always bugs me when human protagonists confront evil-doing, or clearly murderous gods or godlike figures and it’s interpreted or ends up playing as hubris, pride, what have you. It’s calling out a murderer, who cares that they are gods?

[@kh2ouija19]

We tend to forget that Elrond and Elros not only were descended from all 3 houses of the Edain, but also of the 3 houses of the Eldar.

[@haydenpoop2280]

Wait, where do they get their Vanyar from

[@haydenpoop2280]

@@Alexs.2599 Thanks for clearing it up!

[@Eatbutternow]

@Hayden Poop they are also descendants of the first king of the noldor Finwe and his second wife who was a valar. He re-married when his first wife died after giving birth to Feanor.

[@ZakhadWOW]

@@haydenpoop2280 and later, ELrond married Galadriel's daughter Celebrian; Galadriel being of the "Golden House of Finarfin, whose mother was Vanyar herself. So Arwen undomiel has a stunning lineage. When she married Aragorn II Elessar, it brought Elrond's nephews many times over back into Union - their son Eldarion having a lineage unsurpassed in al the history of Arda up until that time.

[@ZakhadWOW]

@@Eatbutternow not valar, vanyar... just a SLIGHT difference there! LOL!

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Much love to you, my friend. ❤️

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mlw209, I'm sorry.

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Onward, my friend. Its the only way. I lost someone recently also. Much love to you, and my condolences 🙏

[@Slice9878]

I've read this thread, and all I can say is I hope after a year has passed, you and your loved ones are okay. These vids are elixir to low emotions.

[@haydenpoop2280]

I loved how nuanced tolkiens languages are. Just now I realized that the elvish word dunedain, is simply the word dun, which means west, and Edain. Thus meaning western edain, the numenoreans.

[@Rosula_D]

The fact that Men managed to travel the entire continent in less than 3 centuries and developed a variety of cultures and languages showcases how change is not a curse but a miracle too. I always get in my feelings about Finrod and his human buddies 😢

[@MerkhVision]

It’s pretty unrealistic really that their languages and genetics would change that fast lol

[@avipinckney]

@@MerkhVision the us is 3 centuries removed from England. And we are wayy different

[@wildfire9280]

@@avipinckney In languages and genetics?

[@chepechapin5809]

And without the protección and guidance of the Valar.

[@twojacksandanace3847]

Some researchers think it only took a few generations for humans in real life to traverse the whole world, from Africa to Australia and the Americas. It was our nature, we spent our lives walking and on the move, exploring and hunting, no farming yet, so we just kept walking where ever there was land. It's so amazing to me but when you really think about it it makes sense, humans just kept walking for generations so with all that time and movement we reached pretty much everywhere in (for us) a relativelty short period.

[@jaysgamingcorner8539]

Tolkien's creativity, thoroughness and dedication to detail are always astonishing. The history of men could be a series of books/shows/movies all on their own. Same for the elves and dwarves. Keep up the awesome work.

[@zidanelionheart]

I finished the Silmarillion for the second time recently. Strongly considered just restarting it immediately. It’s become my favorite story, even more so than Lord of The Rings. LOTR is a realistic take on a fantasy adventure, still mostly concerned with men. Silmarillion tells of incredible events before history even began, right up until the end of the greatest Elven civilizations in Middle-Earth. The creation of the Silmarils, the tale of Beren and Luthien, The Battle of Unnumbered tears….it makes Sauron and the War of the Ring look like what it is: an echo, a shadow of greater battles and threats that have always existed and plagued the Peoples of middle Earth.

[@JackHankeAnd]

Your reading of the exchange between Hurin and Melkor is absolutely exquisite. I had tears in my eyes by the end.

[@frankmarshall-davis8400]

That dialog is from "The Children of Hurin". Sir Christopher Lee (the actor who played Saruman) narrated that audiobook. Although the reading in this video was good, nobody can beat Sir Christopher Lee reading it.

[@sewkzoo]

You nailed it on this one! The music along with Hurin's defiance of Morgoth... excellent.

[@j-dmachado4349]

These videos are so useful for those of us who’ve read Tolkien’s work over a long period of time, and struggle to find the time (or audio books) to re-read them! Thank you!! 😊

[@jorenaltura524]

Can you make a separate video about the House of Haleth or Haleth herself. Totally underrated among the three houses of the Edain.

[@Jayjay-qe6um]

The Sindarin word Edain, singular Adan (Quenya Atani, Atan), meant 'second people', and originally referred to all mankind - later it applied specifically to the Men of Beleriand and their descendants. However, the Quenya name Atani remained as a term for all mankind.

[@eduardoalamo1240]

Indeed, and just to clarify a bit, Hador was the the grandfather of Hurin and Huor, and the mother of the brothers was Hareth of the House of Haleth. And to connect everyone even further, the mothers of Turin and Tuor, Morwen and Rian, were cousins and members of the House of Beor, specifically their fathers were the first cousins of Beren.

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We know it takes a lot of time and dedication towards these videos. Love from Sri Lanka. Brilliant video. We always appreciate your hard work and dedication towards these videos.

[@Blong243]

Great job, not long ago I was curious about the houses of the edain and did some research but this really helps with the visuals, so easy to follow. Keep up the fantastic work!!!

[@loganspena1782]

You didn't have to go that hard in reading Morgoth's lines, but you did, and it made this video superb.

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You are killing these videos man. I always look forward to them. Thanks so much for creating them and doing the rings of power breakdown videos, I'm sure it takes a lot of time

[@stefandebeer9375]

The Sundering of the Elves is more well-known to us Tolkien scholars, but its great to see how men awoke and travelled throughout time. Its a lesser known piece of the lore that few knew until now. And its shown in an easy and visual way. I always wondered how men awoke and travelled to Beleriand and how the groups of men splitted from one another like the Elves did when they awoke and travelled to Valinor.

[@barbarossarotbart]

A video about the easterlings of the first age would be great.

[@NerdoftheRings]

I cover them a bit in this video on all the Easterlings: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fYbboGCojsZqjrc

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@@NerdoftheRings Thanks!

[@razi9l1]

I really appreciate your videos being in 4K and you using high resolution artworks/upscales of classic artworks. If one day you will have talked about all there is in the legendarium we will have a beautiful collection of it to go back to!

[@samueljo7910]

Gotta love how Hurin insulted a Satan analogue in the most badass way possible

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I'm a closet Tolkien fanboy...your videos are seriously the best and I cant get enough of this stuff

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Thanks so much! It's been so fun to see this community & channel grow the way it has in the past 2.5 years. Thinking back at how I almost gave up on it less than a month before it started taking off blows my mind. lol.

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@@NerdoftheRings You deserve your success. I like that you never capitulated to the (recent) ROP haters to grow your base either. I wish I had your strength to stick with things (or even start them) that are prone to failure.

[@peterparser995]

I realized while watching this, this would make for such a great tv series, each season focusing on each houses.

[@AndrewCarlisle11B]

Thanks for all the work you put into these videos. Love these lore videos!

[@VishakhaSen]

Ahhhhh I’m so happy! I requested this on IG and it’s finally here! ❤

[@strider3743]

Hurrins words to Morgoth. Is the epitomyof great moments in hero speeches against the darkness!

[@Luinedhel]

The fact that men awoke at the very first rising of the sun might be the inspiration of the solar references on numenorean armors, banners and ships on Amazon's "The Rings of Power". If you're into this stuff, these and other related things are on my reviews of RoP. Feel free to browse through them on my channel

[@TarMody]

I had never heard of people's journeys from Hildorien to Ered Luin anywhere before. I would like to especially thank you for this part.

[@solaawodiya7360]

As usual Matt, you never dissapoint with your Tolkein stories. I love your content and I do hope you become a showrunner of one of these stories from the first age 👌❤

[@erikbender1967]

And if I'm not mistaken Aragorn came from these men. Most excellent sir! I wait all week for your videos, and they are worth it! Thank you for your indepth history on Middle Earth. Also enjoyed the short video this past week. Waiting for next week already. Have a good weekend!!!

[@mudyao]

@@Alexs.2599 and Elrond’s nephew

[@MerkhVision]

Technically most humans did, didn’t they? Lol pretty sure they’re everyone’s ancestors, not just Aragorn’s!

[@istari0]

Excellent video! I enjoy these Lore videos that bring back to mind things I have forgotten or didn't previously know.

[@OzarkNephesh]

man, the work you do is fantastic. I absolutely love this channel, very well paced and great visuals to match whatever topic you are on. Thank you for what you do.

[@marquissmith7101]

Much needed video b/c I just read the Children of Hurin, and those family trees had me all discombobulated.

[@twoinchrazorblade]

imagine being an elf and seeing a man getting old for the first time and wondering what strange sickness had taken hold of your beloved friend

[@carlosbittencourt8677]

Thanks for everything man! I love your channel, keep up the great work

[@guardianofthetoasters2323]

I love how the folk of Marach were so energetic than the others that the green elves basically went "... Yeah we're not touching this with a ten foot pole. You go now second men."

[@NullGameDesign]

Thanks so much for the video once again. Keep up the great work ✨

[@claysecora8734]

Brilliant voice acting! Well done!

[@goshlike76]

Loved the theatrical play between Hurin and Morgoth. Splendid execution.

[@kirandeepchakraborty7921]

1st Age stories always get me. Loved it.

[@DavidMacDowellBlue]

I wish you had dealt more with Morgoth's first interactions with Men, as described in MORGOTH's RING. But of course that is a bit outside this specific subject.

[@gavinlaverty9803]

Great videos, I'm learning a lot about the lore! Things I never would have known before. Though I gotta ask since they do get mentioned a fair bit, would you be interested in making a video about Wargs? Always did want to learn more about them.

[@ofgondor5312]

2:49 OfGondor*, 12:09 Excellent Christopher Lee impression from Children of Hurin Audiobook: "REFUSE YOU"; well done.

[@stipe3124]

Drug means "friend" in some slavic languages, Rhun sea almost reminds of position of Caspian sea

[@hannibalb8276]

I do love me some drugs..

[@SimpleDesertRose]

Thanks for this. I just started then Scilmarillion this weekend and was a little confused by some of those houses. This cleared up my confusion.

[@ericleffingwell8617]

Thank you for the content. I was hoping to get more about the Westernese, Dunlendings, those of Dol Amroth, and Beornings. Do you think you may do a video about the history of the races of men found in Middle Earth during the Second and Third ages?

[@talesoftheeldar8688]

Nerd of the Rings, Please do a video on the men of Estolad.

[@morrgash]

Just finished the Silmarils and this was a much needed guide, what an amazing quality, well done and thank you 😊

[@thedragondemands5186]

I was hoping you’d explain the Edain after their recent mention in the TV show

[@lorcankelly8871]

Ooh been waiting sooo long for this thanks. Hoping for anything dol amroth related

[@meganofsherwood3665]

Yes! Please! Somebody needs to cover Dol Amroth!

[@Aurora2097]

So many cool stories Tolkien played with over time... Even before the term Edain came up i remember in the Book of lost tales ther was the Tale how the Elf Nuin awakened the first two children, Ermon and Elmir... Or the Story about the First temple Andreth told Finrod... I think he never reused or revisited them, they are not in the Silmarillion, but i enjoyed reading these apocryphic stories on the origin of man.

[@v.pazzyenza5362]

Love the vids men been watching you from the start. Keep up the good work. Love from the netherlands

[@omarbraddy5052]

Finally this video come, Haleth always my favorite edain house

[@venugopalk7855]

Hi Matt, Could you please make a video of how and to whom high kingship of Naldor passed from Finwe to Gil-Galad and Similarly about the kings of Numenor

[@VikingerOnYT]

Yet another amazing video!

[@fightingblindly]

Would really be great to get a description of the appearance of the House of Haleth and House of Marach/Hador.

[@sophiegallinger8004]

The House of Hador gets a nice description in the Silmarillion: "His people were of great strength and stature, ready in mind, bold and steadfast, quick to anger and to laughter, mighty among the Children of Iluvatar in the youth of Mankind. Yellow-haired they were for the most part, and blue-eyed." And since they're the most populous of the houses, we can safely assume that most of the Numenoreans (and later Gondorians) were golden-haired, blue-eyed, good-humored giants. The people of Haleth, not so much. We get a throwaway line that they're kind of like the House of Beor in looks and mood (dark hair, gray eyes, serious) but smaller in stature and less eager for lore. They were also loners and not big fans of talking too much, while the people of Beor were a lot like mortal Noldor.

[@adam3rdcanvey]

I love your videos. make the work day go much quicker and have reinvigorated my love for middle earth 🌎 😍

[@Rauruatreides]

Fun/Not so fun fact: There is an unpublished silmarillion chapter called the Wanderings of Hurin, which tells of how the House of Haleth was mostly wiped out. Basically, Hurin came to Brethil after being released from Angband, where after some initial talks, the people treat him well. I don't remember specifics, but essentially Hurin gets two of the leaders of the House of Haleth to fight each other through recklessness, and they basically cause ruin to themselves.

[@ChocolateCookie-w7z]

Thank you for this video. I've been looking for it a lot❤

[@skytrailer2563]

I’ve been waiting for this video

[@Navak_]

your interpretation of the dialogue of hurin and morgoth was badass

[@untruelie2640]

The answer that Haleth gives to the elves when they ask her people to guard the forest of Brethil against the Orcs, really stuck to me. She basically says: "Where are my father and brother? If you think that I would become friends with the creatures who ATE my kin, you know nothing about our people." Truly a woman of steel. Screw RoP's Galadriel, I want to see a series or movie about her. And she doesn't even need to become an allmifghty fighting machine, her character alone is impressive. I think the fact that Orcs regularly eat human (and other) meat is not talked about enough. Contrary to the movies (where there are just a few quotes), in the books, this is mentioned constantly. Even in The Lord of the Rings. 😅 This gives awhole other dimension to the wickedness of Orcs, the fear of them, but also the misery to which Morgoth has condemned them.

[@caldooo]

9:51 Hurin represents us all, tell me if your heart fires with this words also.

[@anonymousforagoodreason2479]

While Hurin is giving the business to Morgoth, I imagine a chris tucker from friday kind of hype man in the back, "that's my dawg! That's my dawg!"

[@midgeman90]

Such a good video! Easy to follow and super interesting. Great work.

[@jamiegregg9211]

awesome vid Matt loved it looking forward to the next as always 😀😀😀😀😀😀

[@jakobbauz]

This video is just *chef's kiss*.

[@redcreyes]

Superb story-telling as always. Thank you.

[@Kaitain]

That Morgoth voice.. well played!

[@GortholMormegil]

I'm a Karen Wynn Fonstad apologist. In this case I will always interpret the "Sea of Rhun" as actually the "Sea of Helcar", since the former was only formed after the "War of Wrath".

[@jona826]

Someone needs to buy the rights to do a board game like "War of the Ring" set in Beleriand.

[@BirdsRus]

Great vid keep up the good work friend

[@hazbojangles2681]

Quality of this video was outstanding!

[@freddaniel5099]

A masterpiece- one of your best lore vids! Cheers!

[@JMACCSArmiesOfMiddleEarth]

Awsome the speech gave me chills man.

[@flowryan2826]

music at the end? It'so fitting but sadly not mentioned in the description

[@JM-ji2tw]

Great video. Def some stuff here I didn’t know. I know you e done a Numinor video but I’d be interested to see how the 3 houses of men form the men of Numinor and what factions there might have been there from these 3 groups. Hope that makes sense. 🍻

[@Cloofinder]

Hurin must be tired carrying ballz of stone. Most badass man in Tolkien's lore, to tell Morgoth off in such a manner.

[@kirandeepchakraborty7921]

Elros's Lineage from all the 3 houses was so deep.

[@hamzajahangir3870]

Amazing video!

[@keithtorgersen9664]

@Nerd of the Rings, off topic question but do you know if there is canon or non-canon material that has discussed what exactly the mysterious continent to the east of Middle-earth is or its history?

[@NathanLoewen]

This was so helpful, thank you! The origins of the houses of the Edain seemed so murky and unintelligible to me before this.

[@offroader9965]

As I’ve said before.. great way to kick off the weekend!!

[@arichbourg69]

This is one of my favorites of your videos. Well done.

[@Kuroi555]

My good sir, I have been waiting for you to drop this video for some time now. And now you have. Thanks so much

[@jessewilliams9195]

Very cool, thanks for posting

[@wokejesus]

Love the phrasing of the last sentence. Well, maybe I'm just immature.

[@BatManWayneCorp]

Hey, how about a short history of the Druedain?

[@gixmonster]

Hi, thanks for your video! I like being able to see so many different images alongside the different people, places, events, etc., but I'm having a hard time finding some in the video description. Specifically, I'm trying to find the different maps used in this video. Could you please help me with where I can find them?

[@ildiora]

Great job as usual

[@rayden120]

Druedain "Woses" is there more information about them

[@dr.demontale3250]

We were literally 2 SECONDS away from greatness, be were THIS CLOSE!

[@pretzelman945]

Great video! Do you think you could do this same thing with dwarves?

[@echolocationn]

He did: kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z5-yq2arhNWphZY

[@ahmeddrammeh1503]

One thing i would actually suggest you to do is look into the people of Bor & Ulfang. Bor in particular whose people were as Tolkien described, of African descent, also came into beleriand in the first age and proved faithful to the elves. They were also almost wiped out during the battle of un-numbered tears. But i am pretty sure Bor had descendants (wife, kids, cousins, nephews...etc) who didn't go to the war, and who refused to go back east. No doubt these folk were also granted passage to Numenor due to the the faithfulness of their leader Bor. Although Tolkien didn't specifically mention this, however the breadcrumbs are there to be put together. So Numenor may have been made up of the three main houses, but also most likely a lesser number of folk from the house of Bor the faithful aswell. Something to reflect on.

[@hedonisticpunkvatos]

Had the Numenoreans realized that by staying faithful, their lifespans would've increased or stayed at 350 years instead of waning in irony. keep up the good work!

[@chepechapin5809]

Only the Faithful's faction of the _Elendili._ The rest of them fell into the false dream of material prosperity, laziness and existential weariness of their kings.

[@BlazingDragon1337]

Does anybody know or can tell me the name of the music right at the beginning ? would really appreciate it and awesome video as always

[@marinoskandylakis5799]

From where do you get all of this information especially the Timelines and years which are not mentioned in the books?

[@randomelite4562]

If you’re referring to the LOTR trilogy, then that’s b/c this info comes from stuff like the Silmarillion, letters Tolkien wrote, novellas, etc