Talk:Easterlings (First Age)

Problem with two "Easterlings"

Hey guys I just wanna launch an idea at you guys! So let's think about this... in the Third Age, numerous Easterling tribes from the East (Rhun) attacked Gondor most notably the Wainriders and the Balchoth. Interestingly enough, the term "Easterlings" is used as a synonym occasionaly for these groups. So if you think about it... the term "Swarthy Men" is used to describe a confederacy/group of Easterlings of the First Age. If you look at this quote, it implies that those of both Ages may be derived from the same people:

For Sauron had acquired dominion over many savage tribes in the East (of old corrupted by Morgoth).
—J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Peoples of Middle-earth, "Of Dwarves and Men"

What do y'all think of this?--Yeyeye 22:52, 14 July 2020 (UTC)