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User:Mirajoca

2022-05-02T08:29:49Z

Mirajoca:

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User:Leopold Break

2022-05-02T08:26:03Z

Mirajoca:

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Hi there! I'm Leopold Break, a 17-year-old high school student from China.

I don't have a good enough mastery of English grammar or expressions, but I do have my devotion to Tolkien's legendarium.

I am also one of the administrators of a MediaWiki-based Tolkien site in China: [http://lotr.huijiwiki.com 魔戒中文维基]<ref group=note>I don't know if your computer could show mandarin characters, so the name of this site means ''The Lord of the Rings Chinese Wiki''. </ref>

We have just successfully received the copyright permission from [[Ted Nasmith]].<ref>[http://lotr.huijiwiki.com/wiki/%E9%AD%94%E6%88%92%E4%B8%AD%E6%96%87%E7%BB%B4%E5%9F%BA:%E8%91%97%E4%BD%9C%E6%9D%83/Ted_Nasmith LotR Chinese Wiki:Copyrights/Ted Nasmith]</ref>

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User:Mirajoca

2022-05-02T08:17:40Z

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Middle Men

2022-04-01T08:30:43Z

Mirajoca: /* Second Age */

'''Middle Men''' was a term used by the [[Númenóreans]] for [[Men]] who were related to the [[Edain]], the ancestors of the Númenóreans themselves.

The proper term is ''Men of Twilight'' (as opposed to the [[Gondorians]], ''[[Númenóreans|High Men]]'', and the [[Haradrim]] and [[Easterlings]], ''[[Men of Darkness]]''). The name reflects the Gondorian attitude towards them: not enemies, but also not as noble to be counted among themselves.

Most Middle Men had kinship with the Houses of [[Bëor]] or [[Marach]]. There were also Men in Middle-earth related to the Second House (the [[Haladin]]), and the men of [[Enedwaith]] and [[Minhiriath]], later to be known as the [[Dunlendings]]. But because they spoke a language that was unknown to the Númenóreans they were not at first recognized as Middle Men.

The term referred sometimes to all the allies of the [[Dúnedain]], such as the [[Northmen]] and especially the [[Rohirrim]], however usually it referred specifically to the Men of [[Eriador]].
==History==
===Origins===
The [[Edain]] come from the people of [[Men]] who fled [[Hildorien]] and were at war with the [[Men of Darkness]] and fled to the [[West]]. Somewhere in northern [[Rhûn]], they had met the [[Dwarves]].<ref>{{WJ|13}}</ref>

There they were divided in two folks, who would later become [[House of Bëor]] and [[House of Hador|House of Marach]], to the north-east of the [[Sea of Rhûn]] where they dwelt in the woods. The ancestors of the Hadorians dwelt in the north-east of the Sea, in the woods that there came near to the shores. The ancestors of the Beorians had reached the feet of the high hills to the south-west. Because of that distance, they both developed a craft of boat-building but met seldom<ref>{{PM|XII}}</ref>.

The ancestors of the Beorians had been mingling with Men of other kinds and their dialect of [[Taliska]] seemed to the rest to contain alien elements.<ref name=DM/>

The ancestors of the Beorians fled first and the ancestors of the Hadorians learned that only afterwards and followed on their trail through the [[Misty Mountains]] in the North (close to the dreadful [[Iron Mountains]]). Many sub-tribes of both peoples stayed behind, and when the shrinking teams (now led by [[Bëor]] and [[Marach]]) reached [[Beleriand]], those who stayed behind occupied many parts of [[Eriador]] and northern [[Rhovanion]]<ref name=DM/>. The latter appear to be akin to the House of Hador.<ref name="Cirion">{{UT|8}}</ref>

===Second Age===
The Men who did not heed the summons of the [[Valar]] and Morgoth fell back in a primitive state, having no contact with the [[Eldar]] or the [[Edain]]. Instead, some of the [[Easterlings (First Age)|evil Men]] who escaped the destruction of [[Beleriand]] came to the east and became their Kings. For this the Men were neglected by the Valar.<ref name=Ak/>

In the early [[Second Age]] the Middle Men were far from the coasts of the [[Westlands]]; some settled, some still wandering, or else had never passed the Misty Mountains and were scattered in eastern Rhovanion.<ref name=DM/> Those learned agriculture thanks to the [[Entwives]], and honoured them.<ref>{{TT|Treebeard}}</ref>

The Men of Eriador were mostly related to the Folk of Bëor and to a lesser degree to the Folk of Hador; some of them might be descendants of the Edain who fled the [[War of Wrath]]. They occupied mostly the shores of [[Lake Evendim]] (some Elves led by [[Galadriel]] and [[Celeborn]] for a while dwelt there side by side with the Men<ref name=GC/>), the [[Weather Hills]] and the [[North Downs]]. They travelled sometimes west of the [[Baranduin]] but did not dwell there. They held the nearby [[Elves of Lindon]] in awe but were friendly to them. But they were afraid to look upon the [[Sea]], no doubt having heard rumours of the deluge of [[Beleriand]].<ref name=atani/><ref name="Wife">{{UT|Wife}}</ref>

In the year {{SA|600}} [[Vëantur]] first returned to [[Middle-earth]] reaching [[Lindon]] from [[Númenor]].<ref>{{UT|Numenor}}</ref> The news spread swiftly and filled with wonder that some of their distant kin had come, they petitioned [[Gil-galad]] to meet the mariners. Twelve messengers came and rejoiced to meet the Númenóreans on the [[Tower Hills]].<ref name="Wife"/> They found a people who spoke languages which were distantly related to the Númenórean tongue, [[Adûnaic]]. Númenórean scholars declared that this was because these Men were descendants of the fathers of the [[Edain]], the [[Atanatári]], who had not crossed the [[Ered Luin]] and entered [[Beleriand]] during the [[First Age]].

The Númenóreans set up friendly relations with them, and declared them to be Middle Men, as opposed to the High Men (the Edain) or the Men of the Shadow (those hostile to Númenor or in the service of [[Sauron]]); this classification was modeled after that for the Elves by the Edain, being the [[High Elves]], the [[Middle Elves]], and the [[Dark Elves]]. In the "Middle Men" they recognised the similar stature and looks, kinship of language and friendliness to the [[West]].<ref name=atani>{{PM|Atani}}</ref>

The Númenóreans began to cultivate their new friends who were into their [[Dark Years]], grown weak and fearful, and taught them agriculture, stonecraft, smithying and their language [[Adûnaic]].<ref name=DM>{{PM|X}}</ref> The Middle Men were comforted, populated the western shores. They revered the memory of the tall Sea-kings whom they remembered as gods hoping each time for their return<ref name=Ak>{{S|Akallabeth}}</ref>

Aldarion's successors continued his works and wrecked the banks, the shorelines, great tracks and roads whom they drove into the forests northwards and southwards from the [[Gwathló]]<ref name="GC">{{UT|Galadriel}}</ref> pushing into [[Minhiriath]] and [[Enedwaith]], establishing themselves inland as far as the river [[Glanduin]], the southern boundary of [[Eregion]].<ref>{{App|Languages}}</ref><ref name="GC"/> The [[Gwathuirim]] of Enedwaith were akin to the [[Folk of Haleth]] but were hostile to the Númenóreans, owing to the deforesting their habitat; as such they weren't considered "Middle Men" by the colonists.<ref name=atani/>

[[Sauron]] recruited [[pre-Númenóreans]] and in the early second millennium he increased pressure on the West, left his stronghold in [[Rhûn]] and relocated in [[Mordor]], drawing closer to the Númenórean sphere of influence. His regular troops attempted to conquer Eriador, hunting and killing Middle Men and the Elves and by {{SA|1700}} had mastered all Eriador, up to the River [[Lhûn]] and besieged [[Rivendell]].<ref name="GC"/> Eriador was already ruined when the Númenórean fleet sent by king [[Tar-Minastir]] caught Mordor's troops in the rear and utterly defeated them, but brought peace in the [[Westlands]].<ref name="GC"/>

As the shadow spread over Númenor, [[Tar-Ciryatan]] sailed to Middle-earth, bringing numerous treasures back to Númenor. Later more lands were occupied, plundered or forced to pay heavy tribute in return for the lives of their inhabitants. Because of these acts they were looked upon in fear, called the "Death" itself and the Men of Middle-earth trembled at the sight of a mighty Númenórean ship on the waters of [[Belegaer]].

In the time of [[Ar-Adûnakhôr]], the settlers of the shores from the [[Gulf of Lune]] to [[Pelargir]] refused to join the rebellion against the [[Valar]] and were joined by exiled [[Faithful]]s who fled the persecution. The term "Middle Men" arose among them.<ref name=atani/>

The Númenóreans eventually ventured north of [[Pelargir]] and also met Men who had settled in valleys on either side of the [[White Mountains]]. So while the term "Middle Men" applied so far to the Men of Eriador they classified those people also as Middle Men, due to their friendliness to the [[West]], and recognized as descendants of the Men who abjured the [[Shadow]].<ref name=atani/>

===Third Age===
After the founding of the Realms in Exile, [[Arnor]] and [[Gondor]], many Middle Men became subjects of the [[Dúnedain]], and eventually intermarried with them until they became one people.

The [[Northmen]] of [[Rhovanion]] were counted as Middle Men, as were most people living in [[Eriador]]. During the [[Third Age]] the term Middle Men was still applied to the Men of [[Bree]], and the remaining Northmen, such as the Men of [[Dale]] and [[Lake-town|Esgaroth]] the Lake-town, and of course the [[Rohirrim]]. King [[Valacar]] of Gondor became so friendly with the Middle Men of Rhovanion that he married [[Vidumavi]], a princess of the Northmen, and his son [[Eldacar (King of Gondor)|Eldacar]] was of mixed blood. This led to the disastrous [[Kin-strife]] of Gondor.

However hostility developed between the Middle Men of the Haladin branch and the Númenóreans, which would endure until the end of the [[Third Age]].

==See also==
*[[Númenóreans|High Men]]
{{References}}
[[Category:Men]]

The Hobbit (disambiguation)

2022-03-15T02:19:32Z

Mirajoca: /* Books */

'''The Hobbit''' can refer to: __NOTOC__
==Middle-earth==
* [[Hobbits]], the inhabitants of [[The Shire]] and [[Bree]].
* [[Bilbo Baggins]], the hobbit referred to by the title of ''[[The Hobbit]]'' book.

==Books==
* '''''[[The Hobbit]]'', the [[1937]] book by [[J.R.R. Tolkien]].'''
* ''[[The Hobbits|The Hobbits: The Many Lives of Bilbo, Frodo, Sam, Merry and Pippin]]'', a [[2012]] book by [[Lynnette Porter]]

==Adaptations==
===Films===
* [[The Hobbit (1966 film)|''The Hobbit'' (1966 film)]], a 12 minute adaptation by [[Gene Deitch]].
* [[The Hobbit (1977 film)|''The Hobbit'' (1977 film)]], the [[1977]] cartoon adaptation by [[Rankin/Bass]].
* [[The Hobbit (1985 television film)|''The Hobbit'' (Russian television film)]], a [[1985]] Russian television film.
* '''[[The Hobbit (film series)|''The Hobbit'' (film series)]], a series of film based on the book,directed by [[Peter Jackson]]:'''
** ''[[The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey]]'', the [[2012]] film.
** ''[[The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug]]'', the [[2013]] film.
** ''[[The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies]]'', the [[2014]] film.

===Television series===
* ''[[Hobitit]]'', a television series based on ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]''.

===Radio series===
* [[The Hobbit (1968 radio series)|''The Hobbit'' (1968 radio series)]], a [[BBC]] radio serial based on the book.
* [[The Hobbit (1979 radio series)|''The Hobbit'' (1979 radio series)]], a [[Mind's Eye]] radio serial based on the book.

===Stage adaptations===
* [[The Hobbit (1967 stage adaptation)|''The Hobbit'' (1967 stage adaptation)]], a New College School musical of the book, authorised and watched by [[J.R.R. Tolkien]].

===Games===
* [[The Hobbit (1982 video game)|''The Hobbit'' (1982 video game)]], a video-game based on the book.
* [[The Hobbit (comic book)|''The Hobbit'' (comic book)]], a graphic novel adaptation of the book by [[David T. Wenzel]].
* ''[[The Hobbit Adventure Boardgame]]'', a [[1994]] board game from [[Iron Crown Enterprises]].
* [[The Hobbit (2003 video game)|''The Hobbit'' (2003 video game)]], a video-game based on the book.
* [[Lego The Hobbit: The Video Game|''Lego The Hobbit: The Video Game'']], a [[Lego]] video-game based on the first two films of [[The Hobbit (film series)|Peter Jackson's The Hobbit]].

==Miscellaneous==
* [[Hobbit (band)]], one of the oldest Tolkien-themed bands.
* [[The Hobbit (public house)]], a public house in Southampton, England.

{{disambig}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Hobbit, The (disambiguation)}}
[[fi:Hobitti]]

The Hobbit (disambiguation)

2022-02-19T07:41:28Z

Mirajoca: /* Films */

'''The Hobbit''' can refer to: __NOTOC__
==Middle-earth==
* [[Hobbits]], the inhabitants of [[The Shire]] and [[Bree]].
* [[Bilbo Baggins]], the hobbit referred to by the title of ''[[The Hobbit]]'' book.

==Books==
* '''''[[The Hobbit]]'', the [[1937]] book by [[J.R.R. Tolkien]].'''
* ''[[The Hobbits|The Hobbits: The Many Lives of Bilbo, Frodo, Sam, Merry and Pippin]]'', a 2012 book by [[Lynnette Porter]]

==Adaptations==
===Films===
* [[The Hobbit (1966 film)|''The Hobbit'' (1966 film)]], a 12 minute adaptation by [[Gene Deitch]].
* [[The Hobbit (1977 film)|''The Hobbit'' (1977 film)]], the [[1977]] cartoon adaptation by [[Rankin/Bass]].
* [[The Hobbit (1985 television film)|''The Hobbit'' (Russian television film)]], a [[1985]] Russian television film.
* '''[[The Hobbit (film series)|''The Hobbit'' (film series)]], a series of film based on the book,directed by [[Peter Jackson]]:'''
** ''[[The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey]]'', the [[2012]] film.
** ''[[The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug]]'', the [[2013]] film.
** ''[[The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies]]'', the [[2014]] film.

===Television series===
* ''[[Hobitit]]'', a television series based on ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]''.

===Radio series===
* [[The Hobbit (1968 radio series)|''The Hobbit'' (1968 radio series)]], a [[BBC]] radio serial based on the book.
* [[The Hobbit (1979 radio series)|''The Hobbit'' (1979 radio series)]], a [[Mind's Eye]] radio serial based on the book.

===Stage adaptations===
* [[The Hobbit (1967 stage adaptation)|''The Hobbit'' (1967 stage adaptation)]], a New College School musical of the book, authorised and watched by [[J.R.R. Tolkien]].

===Games===
* [[The Hobbit (1982 video game)|''The Hobbit'' (1982 video game)]], a video-game based on the book.
* [[The Hobbit (comic book)|''The Hobbit'' (comic book)]], a graphic novel adaptation of the book by [[David T. Wenzel]].
* ''[[The Hobbit Adventure Boardgame]]'', a [[1994]] board game from [[Iron Crown Enterprises]].
* [[The Hobbit (2003 video game)|''The Hobbit'' (2003 video game)]], a video-game based on the book.
* [[Lego The Hobbit: The Video Game|''Lego The Hobbit: The Video Game'']], a [[Lego]] video-game based on the first two films of [[The Hobbit (film series)|Peter Jackson's The Hobbit]].

==Miscellaneous==
* [[Hobbit (band)]], one of the oldest Tolkien-themed bands.
* [[The Hobbit (public house)]], a public house in Southampton, England.

{{disambig}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Hobbit, The (disambiguation)}}
[[fi:Hobitti]]