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A reference to the fact that Men awoke after the Firstborn, Elves
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The Aftercomers, Apanónar, Atani, Big Folk, Big People, The Children of the Sun, Engwar, Fírimar, The Followers, The Heavy-handed, Hildor, The Inscrutable, Men, The Mortals, The Night-fearers, The Second People, The Secondborn, The Self-cursed, The Sickly, The Strangers, The Usurpers, The Younger Children of Ilúvatar

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Afterborn

One of the Elves’ many names for Men

A translation of the Elvish name Apanónar, one of many terms used by them to refer to the race of Men. 'Afterborn' is simply a reference to the fact that Men awoke into the world many thousands of years after the Elves, and for the same reasons they are also referred to as Hildor ('Aftercomers'), and as the Younger Children of Ilúvatar.


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Apanónar

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