Three Houses of the Edain

Three Houses of the Edain
   The Elf-friends of the Elder Days.
   The Houses of Bëor, Haleth and Hador; the three Houses of Men who remained faithful to the Eldar in the Wars of Beleriand, and were rewarded by the gift of the island of Númenor.

J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-earth glossary. . 2003.

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  • Three Houses of the Elf-friends —    The faithful Edain of the First Age.    The descendants of the Men who crossed into Beleriand in the fourth century of the First Age; the three allied Peoples of Bëor, Marach and Haldad, collectively called the Edain …   J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-earth glossary

  • Edain —  / Adan    The Men of the Three Houses of the Elf friends.        The noblest of Men.    The Sindarin form of the Quenya Atani, second people .    The name given by the Elves to the Three Houses of Men who first came to the lands west of the Blue …   J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-earth glossary

  • Bëor the Old —  / Bëor / Beor    Leader of the first Men to cross the Blue Mountains into Beleriand in the First Age; vassal of Finrod Felagund; and through his son Baran founded one of the Three Houses of the Edain: the House of Bëor (called also the Eldest… …   J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-earth glossary

  • Edain — Adan redirects here; Adan is also the name of a governorate of Yemen. In the fiction of J. R. R. Tolkien, the Edain (pronEng|ˈɛdaɪn) were men (humans) who made their way into Beleriand in the First Age, and were friendly to the Elves.The Sindarin …   Wikipedia

  • People of Haleth —    The Haladin of Brethil.    The second of the Three Houses of the Edain originally dwelt east of the River Gelion, in the lands of Caranthir son of Fëanor. After suffering dreadfully at the hands of Orcs, they lost their lord Haldad, and his… …   J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-earth glossary

  • House of Haleth —    The descendants of Haldad.    Second of the Three Houses of the Edain; the descendants of Haldad; the House was named for Haldad s daughter Haleth, who led the Haladin (as these people were known) from East Beleriand into the Forest of Brethil …   J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-earth glossary

  • Hador — This article is about a Man of the First Age. For a Steward of Gondor, see Stewards during the Watchful Peace. Hador Tolkien s legendarium character Aliases Lórindol, the Golden haired Race Men …   Wikipedia

  • House of Hador — In J. R. R. Tolkien s legendarium, the House of Marach or House of Hador (pronounced|ˈmarax] , [ˈhadɔr) were the family of Men that ruled the over the last of the Three Houses of the Edain in the First Age. They were the descendants of Marach,… …   Wikipedia

  • House of Haleth — In the fiction of J. R. R. Tolkien, the House of Haleth or the Haladin (pronounced [ˈhalɛθ], [ˈhaladin]) were the family of Men that ruled over the second of the Three Houses of the Edain. They were the descendants of Haldad, but the house and… …   Wikipedia

  • House of Bëor — In J. R. R. Tolkien s Middle earth legendarium, the House of Bëor (pronounced [ˈbɛɔr]) were the family of Men who ruled over the eldest of the Three Houses of the Edain that had allied with the Elves in the First Age. Contents 1 The Folk of Bëor… …   Wikipedia

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