Atani

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Atani are the race of mortal Men in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth legendarium, distinguished from the immortal Elves and central to the later ages of his stories.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Atani canonical 4

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Middle-earth people
fictional human race
race of Men
alliedWith Eldar
linked to: the Eldar

Noldor
linked to: the Noldor
alsoKnownAs Aftercomers
Edain
Secondborn
appearsIn Middle-earth legendarium
The Lord of the Rings legendarium
The Silmarillion
consideredByElves younger race
contrastedWith Eldar
linked to: the Eldar

Elves
createdBy Eru Ilúvatar
creator J. R. R. Tolkien
descendedInto Dúnedain
linked to: Dúnedain of Gondor

Gondorians
linked to: Gondor

Númenóreans
linked to: Númenórean

Rohirrim
distinguishedBy mortality
distinguishedFrom immortal Elves
fateAfterDeath leave the Circles of the World
firstAppearedInAge First Age
foughtIn Wars of Beleriand
linked to: WarsOfBeleriand
giftCharacterization Gift of Men
linked to: the Gift of Men
giftFromEru mortality
groupedInto Three Houses of the Edain
linked to: Houses of the Edain
includesCharacter Beren
Eärendil (through his mortal line)
linked to: Eärendil

Húrin
linked to: Húrin Thalion

Tuor
Túrin Turambar
includesHouse House of Bëor
House of Hador
House of Haleth
inhabitRegion Beleriand
Eriador
Rhovanion
languageOfName Quenya
meaningOfName Aftercomers
Second People
mortalityContrastedWith Elvish immortality
opposedTo Morgoth
originatedInRegion Hildórien
roleInLegendarium central to the later ages of Middle-earth
subjectOf Athrabeth Finrod ah Andreth
temporalOrder awoke after the Elves

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Men (Middle-earth) alsoKnownAs Atani
subject linked to: Men
Edain alsoKnownAs Atani
Mortal Men alsoKnownAs Atani