A title given to the three houses of the Elf-friends in Beleriand: the Beorians, Hadorians and Halethians, usually appearing in the plural form Atanatári “Fathers of Men” (S/103). More properly, it was used to describe the original leaders of those houses (PM/324). The title is compound of Atan “Man” and atar “father”. It was also the name of the 10th and 16th kings of Gondor (LotR/1038).
Quenya
atanatárion
proper name. (Legendarium) of the Fathers of Men
Cognates
- S. Nern in Adanath “Legendarium of the Fathers of Men” ✧ MR/373
- S. Nern in Edenedair “Legendarium of the Fathers of Men” ✧ MR/373
Elements
Word Gloss Atanatar “Father of Men”
atanatar
proper name. Father of Men
Element in
- Q. aiya Eldalië ar Atanatári, utúlie’n aurë “Behold, people of the Eldar and Fathers of Men, the day has come!” ✧ S/190; WJ/166
- Q. Atanatárion “(Legendarium) of the Fathers of Men”
Elements
Word Gloss Atan “Man, (lit.) the Second (People)” atar “father” Variations
- atanatar ✧ PM/324
A Númenórean story cycle containing the three great tales: Beren and Lúthien, the Children of Húrin and the Fall of Gondolin (MR/373). The title is the genitive plural of Atanatar “Father of Men”, so “of the Fathers of Men”. The “Legendarium” portion of the English gloss is implied, though it is explicit in the Sindarin equivalent: Nern in Edenedair.