
The Old Ones (Kú."Lîm-múg") were a number of mannish peoples or tribes indigenous to the continents of Southernesse. They were often believed to have been related to the Barangils of Far-Harad, the Narnerin Men of the South-eastern Regions or the Drughu.
The Old Ones had no single word for themselves as they spoke a variety of unrelated languages and consisted of many different clans and tribes.One of the largest northern tribes of the great east-continent had been the "Lîm-Múg", the original tribe had been exterminated, but the tribes name survived in the common coastal-tongue of Southernesse or "Kùrúdfarî" as a synonym for "Old Ones" in general.
Their core belief was the Dreamsearch, where in their dreams all animals and some plants wear forms of mortal men. It is said that this belief offended the Elves, but the Avari knew nothing or little of the Ainulindalë. Each Old One was raised to identify a particular animal as a soul-image, and adopted it as part of their identity: they would not eat the creature they associated with even if starving. It is said that there were tribal-Conjurers among them trained to swallow fire, and that they were great hunters.
Other notable groups or peoples within the culture of the Old ones included the Bilâwarân or "Strandmen" , the Guardians, the Whalers or Gûmugûyayawân, the Eûnyandô or "Venturers", the Ulmic Folk and the Bûngandâman or "Sun-children".
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The Old Ones are more or less a fictional proto-austronesian culture meant to represent the mythical ancestors of the historical native australians and Maori.
References[]
- Middle-Earth Down Under: An Antipodean Campaign by Norman Talbot (Department of English, The University of Newcastle, University Drive, Callaghan, Newcastle, NSW 2308, Australia) ©1994 Norman Talbot; first published in Other Hands 4.