NUMENOR: Middle-Earth's Atlantis Explored | Lord of the Rings Lore

Numenor is well known for being the star in the crown of Tolkien's Legendarium. But, how much do we really know about it?
We look at this today!
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Timecodes:
00:00 - Intro
00:26 - What Is Númenor?
01:35 - The Geography & Landscape of Númenor
05:32 - The Rise and Golden Age of Númenor
08:36 - The Downfall of Númenor
12:01 - Legacy and Influence of Númenor
14:39 - Conclusion
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Art in order of first appearance:
Numenor - FelixSotomayorArt
Haven of the Eldar - Benef
War of Wrath - firatsolhan
Numenor - ObsidianLake
Leaving an Untouched Marble - LordDoomhammer
Atlantis - OliverBeck
Numenor - Sapiento
Meneltarma - Peet
Romenna - Greset David
Secret Haven off Numenor - Giovanni Calore
The Forgotten Tree of Numenor - Aliosha Blombrink
Numenorean Shrine to Yavanna - Pete Amachree
Eldalonde the Green - Greset David
Armenelos - ralphdamiani
Andunie - Greset David
Gondor Soldier - Dominik Mayer
Nimloth - Greset David
Numenor Romenna - David Greset
The Eagles of Manwe - Ted Nasmith
Numenorean Warrior - Tom Romain
Tar-Mairon - efelidi
Atlantis 2.0 - David Escalante
The Shores of Valinor - Ted Nasmith
The Fall of Numenor - FoxInShadow
The Eagles of Manwë stand guard over a Númenórean coastal town - Pete Amachree
Sauron Bows Submits to Ar-Pharazon - KipRasmussen
Sauron High Priest of Melkor - Skullb
Sauron and Ar-Pharazon - BohemianWeasel
The Temple of Sauron - Alan Lee
Sunrise on the Colossi in Numenor - KipRasmussen
The Downfall of Numenor - Jonathan Guzi
Ar-Pharazon - DracearysDrekkar7
Numenor's Legion of Armenelos - SamMcKinnon
The Destroying Wave Over Numenor - KipRasmussen
Banner for the Kingdom of Arnor - Yashael341
Gondor Wallpaper - sky-is-gone-out
Tar-Miriel - Nam Cheon
Elendil the Faithful - Libra1010
Isildur sketch - Bohemian Weasel
Anarion - John Monahan
Armenelos - Skullb
Numenor Andunie - Greset David
King Elendil - Artigas
Aragorn - Benjamin Goutte
Ring-verse - ralphdamiani
Fornost Erain - Aobo Wang
New Land - RadoJavor
The White Tree - Ted Nasmith
Welcome to Armenelos - Julien Gauthier
Arrival at Numenor - Jason Dunn
The Coast of Numenor - Steven Cormann
The Fall of Numenor - Alan Lee
Elendil - PicardLouis
Middle earth - Klaradox
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[@TheBrokenSword]

Are there more locations you would like to see videos like this on? 🤔 Let me know 😁

[@jprocha1570]

It would be good to have videos like this one that focus on different Dwarven locations.

[@FXGreggan.]

I'm dying to know more details about all of Aman actually :) And thank you for all your hard work with all your videos, absolutely love your channel!

[@annaroselarsen4218]

Yes!!!​@@jprocha1570

[@TheTableOfDurin]

Maybe the land of Rhun

[@KreshWC]

Umbar or the lands of the Haradrim would be interesting

[@Jayjay-qe6um]

Some parts Numenor's history seem to been inspired not only by Plato but also by researchers and occultists whose theories were widespread during Tolkien's time.

[@nosotrosloslobosestamosreg4115]

Tracy Tywyn linked the history of Núménor to Howard Philips Lovecraft's R'lyeh in her book "Dead but dreaming."

[@trewajg]

I just want to add that, if I recall correctly, the numenorian society started their resentment towards elves and having those two factions one or two centuries before Sauron intervened. It simply was that Sauron pushed the right buttons and turned those ideas more radical and influential, but they were always there. Sauron was merely the catalyst, but the barrel full of poweder was still there.

[@danielrusso4468]

Yeah, they did, the Faithful predate Sauron arriving in Numenor, but the disagreements between them and the King's Men were wayyyy smaller. No sacrifices to Morgoth and all that yet

[@trewajg]

@@danielrusso4468 yes of course, it was Sauron that introduced Melkor worship into Numenor, but it was not clear in the video that there were any tensions in Numenor before Sauron, and that it was men's ambition and jealously of the valar's favourship of the elves that allowed them to be corrupted by Sauron in the first place.

[@Tim.Stotelmeyer.2984]

What would be interesting to see is an overlay of the landmass from the 1st age with where Numenor is located. Was there anything of significance in the area during the 1st age that got sunk. Perhaps a bit of Melkor's evil left behind that tainted the minds of some to the point that they accepted Sauron.

[@schtoobs]

This is great, as always. I struggle to remember and organize (and, in all honesty, understand) all the different facts regarding Middle Earth after reading, so these video are a godsend and have given me a greater understanding and appreciation for Tolkien's world. Brilliantly done as well, thankyou so much.

[@RossHolt89]

Great video. Always wanted to explore Numenor if it was possible. The beauty of that island would be something to see. Skal ☕️☕️

[@kirbymarchbarcena]

NUMENOREAN: The sea is right! ERU: I gave them intelligence and this is their utmost level?

[@jprocha1570]

To answer the question of the day in how does Numenor reflect the history of our world. I would say it is clear that Tolkien took a lot of inspiration from our history, and the result is that Numenor is a combination of that history. To name a couple, some low hanging fruit is, the power of the island represented by England and the power of Great Britain as a naval power. Another is of the fall and the parallels with Atlantis, if we believe Atlantis was ever a real place is different conversation.

[@inblackestnight9256]

Excellent profile pic!

[@jprocha1570]

@@inblackestnight9256 Thank you. Art by Liam Sharp

[@danielrusso4468]

Yeah, Numenor represents the British Empire really well in a few ways, even if that's not what Tolkien meant. The "colonized turned colonizer" trope stands out hugely here. England being colonized by a previous power (here the Romans), then becoming very much like them due to it and finally becoming a world colonizer, completely tracks with Numenor. Hell the Numenoreans' royal language is a form of Elvish. Plus the fact that they colonized basically everywhere the elves weren't in Middle-Earth is a really interesting thing to note

[@RyanGr33n]

I just finished reading The fall of Numenor, it completely changed my understanding of everything Tolkien wrote.

[@user-sd7ri9fy4i]

Nice work dude thanks

[@lordofthehouseofstormcrows8615]

Its was a gift from the Valar...its so much more magnificent than our minds can comprehend. Keep up the great work Mellon!

[@r.e.tucker3223]

Fascinating. Well done.

[@Lucy-yc4bc]

Great video!

[@annaroselarsen4218]

Happy new year and hope everyone is having a great January!

[@Agibby24]

I've been gone for awhile, is the channel only run by this lad or did his friend leave? Just curious

[@WhoIsCalli]

Fun, thanks 🧝‍♂️

[@uriustosh]

Numenoreans were so far South that they should have been quite tan people. Even if they showed up quite pale, three thousand years of living somewhere would have some effect on them. Harad is of similar parallel and they are akin to North Africa.

[@danielrusso4468]

The Akallabêth was always one of my favorite parts of Tolkien lore

[@wagon9082]

Good Video

[@oscurosignore8026]

For me is the most intresting part of the legendarium.

[@TarMody]

This moral divide in Númenorean society is a natural phenomenon that occurs over time as power corrupts and leads to decline. Sauron had no part in the initial emergence of this division. In fact, when considered chronologically, in the period when the division as an event first occurred (SA 2251), Sauron focused his power on the east of Middle-earth. In the video, there is a narrative as if Sauron caused this division. Sauron is a figure who enters the equation later (SA 3262) with an effect that only deepens this division.

[@tarheel7406]

The Valar were wrong to separate elves and men, which doesn't appear to be Ilúvatar's original intent. It was especially wrong to make the mixing ban one way. Elves and men should have been warned of the dangers for men of the Undying Lands and for elves in the chaotic Middle Earth ~but~ allow freewill to determine choice and risk tolerance.

[@thebrowneyesofmandalore6524]

In the Bible there is a rebellion while the Jews are in the desert during their 40 year travel period between Egypt and the Holy Land. This rebellion was led by a man named Korach against the leader of the Jews, Moses. In the end Korach and his followers are punished by being swallowed up by the ground to burn in Hell for eternity. This is very much the same fate Ar-Pharazon and his followers met.

[@ghyslainabel]

The separation between the Faithful and the King's Men was before the capture of Sauron. My question is, why no Vala went to Númenor? We know Ulmo went to talk to the man Tuor. The Valar could have gone to Númenor to talk directly to the Númenorians instead of just sending Elves as messengers.

[@Tadicuslegion78]

Beating a dead horse but, one of the many, many criticisms of Rings of Power is this Numenor does not look that impressive. Not the giant CGI model city that cost the GDP of a small country, no that looks impressive, but all the other stuff, falls flat on its face.

[@nosotrosloslobosestamosreg4115]

I think they did not know or have the stamina to build real sets (an dying art at this point) besides we're talkisng about of talentless people.

[@Tadicuslegion78]

@@nosotrosloslobosestamosreg4115 It's not just the sets, the armor looked like those cheap armor costumes kids get, you know the grey plastic silver stuff with the dragon on it.

[@nosotrosloslobosestamosreg4115]

@@Tadicuslegion78 Oh, yeah! I forgot that XD They're incapable to do any work.

[@Crazy_Talk96]

Yeah, I love imagining what it looked like & love the art that comes out. But the rings of power kinda makes it feel like just a boring, bland, generic time piece.

[@hurin_thalion11]

they did other stuff? Those idiots blew a chance of a lifetime

[@random22026]

Think of Tolkien's Numenor as a mutli-level chessboard, reflecting TRUE HISTORY, and overlaid with the stories of different global regions. Not 'allegorical', as the Master himself emphasized--just 'disguised'. It is the reason he was able to detail the Legendarium so minutely and precisely.

[@Hello_182]

I got this great idea bro, let’s go and attack the gods

[@morgoth173]

Video 282

[@mindatapack]

here is a idea for a video what if numenor never came to middle earth

[@tempesttree8839]

I would bet anything that Tolkien was basing numinor off of the lost continent of Atlantis

[@mindatapack]

and the 2 idea what if the ents never when to war and 3 ideas what if the corsairs never had the darklord and last what if sauron still had were wolfs and bates in the third age

[@McCreightMB]

My state 😅

[@Bjorn117]

In numenorean timescales, we are one king away from sinking... 😔

[@nathanzaslow5614]

Feels like the fall of numinor could be used to model the fall of the US, which we are likely in the midst of. We have become totally disconnected from our heritage and values and are consumed with greed, self image, and self empowerment with little regard for the environment, poor, or divine

[@mindatapack]

what if numenor never sunk

[@Mrguypersonmandudebro]

I think we can all agree that everything about ‘Rings of Power’ was utter garbage, and that we are going to file it away under bad fan-fiction where it belongs. The only kind of ring they were making in that show was boring.

[@SotonSam]

Happy New Year mate Remember our year is already ruined knowing Disney is ruining Star Wars and Amazon is ruining LOTR. 👍😥😢