The Drúedain of Middle-earth

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The Drúedain or Woses were wild men of certain forests in Middle-earth, and though they were a simple and peace-loving folk, they saved the world. Thank you all so much for watching, let me know your thoughts about the Drúedain in the comments below! As always, a great thanks to the online artists whose visual works made this video possible! If you are one of the artists, please let me know and I will post your name and a link to your work in this description!
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@wright534 5 лет назад

Very interesting. The Woses are definitely one of those details that add to the richness of Tolkien's work. It's also worth noting that even during their very brief appearance in the trilogy, they (as personified by Ghan-Buri-Ghan) are shown in a deliberately non-patronizing way: Theoden and the Rohirrim army as a whole are very respectful of them; when Eomer questions how Ghan knows how large the enemy force blocking the main road is, the former responds by giving the exact number of the Rohirrim. A recurring theme Tolkien uses is that how something or someone appears can have little to do with their true nature; that certainly holds true for the Woses.

@Michael-kd1ho 4 года назад

"Wild Men are wild, free, but not children. Kill gorgun in wood, hate orc-folk. I am Ghan-Buri-Ghan, great chief. I count many things - stars in the sky, trees in the forest, warriors in the dark. You have a score of scores, counted twenty times and five. They have more. Big fight - and who win? And many more sit around walls of Stone City."

@theWitch-KingofAngmar 5 лет назад

Merry Christmas from Minas Morgul :)

@Bai_Su_Zhen 5 лет назад

Try to threaten my beloved Éowyn one more time and I swear to heavens you will GET THESE HANDS! Cause you might not be beat by a man but you sure as hell will get your ass handed to you by a monster! *mic drop *I am stronger track starts playing

@zachiboi5253 5 лет назад

Do not come between a nazgul and his stockings hahaha

@brucekazakos8647 5 лет назад

Ash nazg durbatulûk, ash nazg gimbatul, Ash nazg thrakatulûk agh burzum-ishi krimpatul.

@jongreenleaf1000 5 лет назад

@@Bai_Su_Zhen ew mic drop really ugh hate that saying

@Bai_Su_Zhen 5 лет назад

@@jongreenleaf1000 Sorry we do that often in WWE.

@paulwagner688 5 лет назад

"The Faithful Stone" was a legend of the Edain of Beleriand. The Druedain were loved by all the Edain and the Elves said of their laughter that it was a sound that never saw the Shadow. In the Narn, Christopher Tolkien says that ultimately Tolkien wanted to make Sador Labadal a Drug. For Hurin and Huor for a time were fostered in Brethil as they also came of the Haladin and therefore knew the Druedain and probably took them into their service when they returned to Hithlum.

@samuelolson4237 5 лет назад

Your videos are the highlight of my week. I love how you always add a moral or lesson at the end.

@Cory_Dora 5 лет назад

Samuel Olson agreed! I enjoy the morals as much as the explanations of the stories.

@justchilling704 5 лет назад

@@Cory_Dora Same here those moral lessons are the desert they remind me of the Bible.

@HoundofOdin 5 лет назад

Ai in Tolkien's works makes a long I sound. So the 'dain' suffix of Druedain and Dunedain would be pronounce identically the modern English word 'dine'.

@LordVader1094 2 года назад

it's "edain", basically the elvish word for "good men"

@geviesanta3631 5 лет назад

I didn't know these kinds of men actually existed in Middle Earth. Thanks Yoystan for making this video, sorry I couldn't make it to see your recent livestream. (P.S. keep up the great work on the upcoming videos.)

@ghostdreamer7272 5 лет назад

They play a big role in Return of the King

@AndyK304 5 лет назад

Gevie Santa Jackson left them out. Unlike Dillon, I don’t recall them playing a big roll.

@cool06alt 5 лет назад

@@AndyK304 if not for Druedain guidance, The Rohan army will not reach Minas tirith in time.

@Halbared 4 года назад

@@cool06alt Or even at all, without the Pukel-Men most likely the Rohan would not have gotten past the huge orc army on the road to Minas Tirith, and that city would have fallen before Aragorn made it up the Anduin.

@pedrodeeg3893 5 лет назад

You are a one of a kind RU-vidr. Just here to create good content and entertain your fans. You obviously enjoy your work so keep it up!

@DiracComb.7585 5 лет назад

Another fantastic video, Yoystan. Mae govannen. I wish I could have stayed for the full livestream, but I’m glad I at least got to stay for some of it. I do love it when u cover less well known topics

@Peter-ri9ie 5 лет назад

Man, you do good videos! I've read and re-read Tolkien for more than thirty years and still I learn something new almost every time. Keep it up! Oh, and Merry Christmas! 🎄

@starbird14 5 лет назад

I would love to hear these as podcasts from you. Great work! thanks for making these videos about middle earth.

@bluediamonddirector 5 лет назад

Another great video. Me and a friend of mine at college love having long conversations about Tolkien's Legendarium and your videos come up a lot. I can only imagine how awesome it would be if the three of us got in a conversation. It probably would go on for hours. Keep up the great work! Merry Christmas from Carrock!

@DanasLilMakeup 5 лет назад

Very few channels, and patreon projects make me super happy to contribute to your channel as a patreon. Amazing job Yoysten

@juliacorrea7549 5 лет назад

ok please don't take this the wrong way, but i love listening to your videos when i can't sleep. i've been suffering from insomnia for a few weeks now but your videos always seem to calm me down when i wake up in the middle of the night. it feels like someone is reading me a book. thank you for your amazing videos (and for helping me sleep)! ❤

@brianmessemer2973 5 лет назад

It never fails: every time we hear the guitar playing "Get Your Ticket" at the end of your videos, there's this sense of peace and optimism. As sense that, in the end, it'll all be alright.

@erikrounds 5 лет назад

Thanks for your video! I always enjoy learning more about the lore of Middle Earth.

@RiverbrookDesign 5 лет назад

Thank you so much for another great video!!..Keep them coming

@RaijinSeme 5 лет назад

Love your work man, keep it up until you finished every piece of content from every book!

@therealdarkwhale7977 5 лет назад

Great video! The druedain are my favourite race in middle earth, it was great to see a video on such a significant race that isn’t seen or talked about often!

@KoltiraMemeweaver 5 лет назад

Happy holidays too Yoystan!

@KingGayCockroach 5 лет назад

Just made it home; started my Sunday dinner party and as I'm cooking, enjoying some of my favorite content in all the world. Mae g'ovannen Yoystan! Hîr vuin!

@padraigpearse1551 5 лет назад

Absolutely love how you talk about lesser known races in middle earth like the druedain. Bravo. P.s. Merry Christmas from Ireland

@WindowsApples 5 лет назад

Wonderful video! Merry Christmas!

@kaapa1416 5 лет назад

Another great video again and pretty interesting subject. You really lighten up my day every monday, thanks for that. I am still waiting for that feanor character history, but no need to hurry at all. Just do your own thing. Also it would be cool if u played lotro during ur livestreams and answer questions at the same time. Have a nice chrismas

@juliettek.9440 5 лет назад

I love your videos I have been subscribed for a while but I didn't know my bell was off. It is now on and I look forward to more videos. Merry Christmas.

@yashizuko 5 лет назад

Thank you for these little bits of middle earth unknown to me!

@dynjarren5454 5 лет назад

I think lotro is such an immersive game full of near endless storylines and entertainment that I think I love playing it. Great vid once again 👍

@Game...007 5 лет назад

Merry Christmas Yoystan!

@JCO2002 5 лет назад

Good one, thanks. Merry Christmas from Jamaica.

@williamwyckoff 5 лет назад

Wondered when you would make this, great video!

@Toronto6ix 5 лет назад

Merry Christmas yosten love the videos man can you do more reviews on the hobbit series pls

@donbrunodelamancha1927 5 лет назад

I just wanted to tell you that passion for J.R.R. Tolkien’s life and work, as as you passion for sharing your and, all the time, research and your knowledge. It’s refreshing to have authentically gorgeous work and your tremendous narrating and your episodes. I am especially enjoy your command and ease of pronunciation of all of Tolkien’s Universe’s pantheon of vocabulary and names! That is remarkable! Much L♥️VE to you an Team ‘Men of the West’ 🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼🙆🏻‍♂️🙆🏻‍♂️🙆🏻‍♂️👊🏻👊🏻👊🏻🦄🦄🦄🤯🤯🤯

@PaxDeorum 5 лет назад

Awesome video!!!

@sarahgray430 5 лет назад

The Druedain are an interesting and often forgotten part of the lore of Middle Earth. Like the Hobbits themselves they are a humble people in touch with the land rather than a "great" people and they bear more similarities to the native cultures of Africa and Southeast Asia and the Americas than to the Europeans that some people assume make up all the "good" societies of Middle Earth. It shows that Tolkien was not as racist as some people think he was and that all free and sentient beings should put aside their differences and unite against evil.

@cool06alt 5 лет назад

You are absolutely right, rather than trying to make elves with..dark skin complexion why not telling these often forgotten stories? I really hope in the upcoming tv series amazon would tell the story of Aragorn in haradrim working with often potrayed as fully evil men, also maybe in Rhun working alongside with the two blue istari. If there is a possibility of grey morality in tolkien legendarium, it would be stories set in the enemy lands.

@LordVader1094 2 года назад

Tolkien wasn't remotely racist. People who think so know nothing of him or his work/views

@dimasprayoga9745 2 года назад

@@cool06alt wait these was 3 years ago??, damn, you should see the teaser of amazon prime lotr, there's a dark skinned elves and also beardless she-dwarf

@feanor1865 5 лет назад

Hectic video yoystan!!!! Ur crazy mate 😻❤️ merry Christmas from Australia and Moria 😝❤️

@kimberleymorris8052 5 лет назад

New subscriber! Love these videos already

@franceslambert8070 5 лет назад

Very good vid. Thank you.

@jatu2052 5 лет назад

Really interesting episode this was!

@Davlavi 5 лет назад

Glade you did this one did not know about this group

@TEXNORRIS10 4 года назад

Thank you for this video. Them, after the Beornings and the Dunedain are my favourite humans of Middle Earth :)

@GarretGarlinger 4 года назад

well made! I love how you are using pictures from LOTRO! That game really does awesome history info in the game!

@getumonster 5 лет назад

nice video as always hey can you do a video on the giants of the misty mountians

@MrJoshDoty 5 лет назад

Merry Christmas!🎄

@Dustyholes 5 лет назад

Someone should really write more about these folks. Would be a great creative writing assignment

@danegoff7923 5 лет назад

Great videos, I’ve been watching a lot of them getting all the backstory. But could you do more for the dwarfs. I just like the lore of them and think it’s very interesting. Keep marking great videos.

@jonaFUN999 5 лет назад

Awesome channel keep it up!

@wyvernfallgaming 5 лет назад

Yoystan/men of the west your AWSOME both in content and character I really enjoy your vids and on camera personality I would like to thank you for your content! :)😁oh and happy holidays and merry Christmas!

@MenoftheWest 5 лет назад

Thank you so much, I really appreciate that! :) Thank you for watching! You guys make this community so very great! Happy holidays and have a joyous New Year!

@rebelrun6137 5 лет назад

I love having these detailed race/character lore videos at my disposal. I'm the Tolkien fiend in my circle, but I use these all the time to refresh my memory on specifics. Can't go spouting off incorrect factoids. Thanks for all the hard work. You could totally do ASMR btw lol. Cheers

@glennross85 5 лет назад

The 3-D video game images really make the Druedain look similar to traditional Pacific or South-American cultures. Another great video!

@LginSngl 5 лет назад

I have never understood their inclusion in the legendarium. I have often considered them like an Aboriginal race? Did they awaken through the singing of Yavanna like the Ents? So much speculation! Merry Christmas Yoystan! I can't wait for every weekend.

@ghostdreamer7272 5 лет назад

They are clearly Humans.

@mjroda929 5 лет назад

Dillon Olander they are not related to hooman 😊 tho they are still unknown

@LginSngl 5 лет назад

Mj Roda, what if they are like Martin's nod to the Children of the Forest? Even Celtic Mythology refers to the Children of Danu? I have often wondered if Tolkien ever meant to include the Fairy Folk? It was rumored Frodo had a touch of Fae blood on his Mother's side.

@mjroda929 5 лет назад

L3gi0nS 4ng3l i have never thought about this. 😅

@lisawhite2600 5 лет назад

@@mjroda929 They are men, wild men - they awoke in Hildorien the east with other men in the First Age. That's why their name includes -edain.

@oskartengberg8792 5 лет назад

Your pictures and art used in the videos is always so beautiful. I wonder where u find all the artwork that is not from games etc. Would love to find a collection of good Lotr art to enjoy. And happy xmas! :D

@wyvernfallgaming 5 лет назад

Do a video detailing any exact or speculative tactical and combat roles morgoths servents filled in the first age wars (include vampires phantasms nameless things and ANY other footnotes in there as well ) as well as comparing morgoths strongest lieutenants to Each valar (yes I know all the valar are stronger but the ungoliant did a number on the two trees for example)

@giqwaju3691 2 года назад

Grass skirts and building stone statues like the moa of Rapa Nui. Some hints of Polynesian tied in with Neanderthal going on.

@JoaoPedro-qp9cw 5 лет назад

Hey Yoystan! Hope you are doing well. I know I am kinda late but I will try to ask this anyway: from the less known groups, peoples and ethnicities of Middle Earth, which of them is your favorite? Which of them would you prefer to learn more about (in case it is not the same as the favorite)? Some examples: Avari, Eastern Dwarves, Drúedain, Troll-men, etc By the way, Merry Christmas. Today is my birthday and a video of yours is a great gift

@emperor8456 5 лет назад

Could you do what if Durin's bane got the One Ring next.

@MenoftheWest 5 лет назад

I won't be able to cover that in my next video, but I'll keep that video on my list! Thanks!

@Hero_Of_Old 5 лет назад

I was about to sleep but now I have to stay up a few minutes longer!

@leonmohan1708 4 года назад

It would be great if you did a video on the Dunedain. I miss read the title! Still cool, but im surprised you have not covered the Dunedain.

@lorehub923 5 лет назад

Merry Christmas from Númenor !;)

@Law0086 4 года назад

It's crazy how human hunting was a thing in the lore, but us also a thing in real life. So sad.

@effigytormented 3 года назад

Most likely a nod to the Pictish of Scotland back in the age of Rome. They were said to be a small and dark skinned people who lived very close to the land.

@TheEwmoon 5 лет назад

I like that you use screen shots from the games :)

@purplefloydofficial7079 5 лет назад

The powers of Angband and my legions bless thee with the happiest of the new year.

@nicemustang 5 лет назад

Wonderful insightful once again! Could you do one on Cirdan soon please?

@paxtianodirtfrog8947 5 лет назад

All of this is very interesting to me as I love the lore and am very interested in new archaeological findings coming out recently concerning Neanderthals and other early hominids.

@Fan_Made_Videos 5 лет назад

I always wondered that the Druedain did while living on Numenor.

@freakrx2349 5 лет назад

Fan Made Videos they were probably worshipping their own version of the Valar and Illuvitar

@monitor-mindtheover-void6712 2 года назад

Amazing

@RPGBros 5 лет назад

awesome vid!

@Integer_Overload 5 лет назад

Solid

@archades115 5 лет назад

I knew the Druedain were cousins to the Edain. But I had no idea they were so divergent as to seem to be a different race all together. That's awesome! Thank you!

@cool06alt 4 года назад

Same as Hobbits, men have like the most diverse sub-race type in legendarium. Not to mention that in early canon giants and shapeshifter like Beorn are supposedly exist in middle earth.

@MrVolcomclassic 5 лет назад

"Fascinating "-Spock. I've never heard of the Druden until now.

@RemusKingOfRome 5 лет назад

Thanks, never heard of these people before.

@buckweetthesupernaturalsho4047 5 лет назад

Awesome video lotr is one of my favorites

@miata350 Год назад

I was always fascinated by them reading Children of Hurin.

@ziggyjonesjnr3328 5 лет назад

Nice 👍

@Integer_Overload 5 лет назад

Ziggy Jones jnr Jiggy Zones jnr

@EchoPandaGaming 5 лет назад

I love this pure man

@froklsnt 5 лет назад

Very well done sir. Though a video on a topic like this, or for example the Easterlings, does feel just a little bit "off" without some contextualizing of some of Tolkien's more problematic bits of lore.

@2serveand2protect 5 лет назад

Interesting. So if they came from south of Mordor - that may also explain their original - always present - hatred towards Sauron and all his servants. PS. What's truly ODD (at least for me) is their "magic" - the one you've described - about making the "stone statues come alive" - that looks a lot to me like "the making of trolls" - stone-creatures that would serve Sauron, though in this case - they'd probably create them to help fighting against their enemies...

@thaumatomane 5 лет назад

It is evocative of the Jewish mythological practice of producing a golem.

@waterdrinker90 5 лет назад

Maybe the Trolls were a mockery of the statues of the Druedain, as orcs were a mockery of elves.

@thaumatomane 5 лет назад

wartincrowley A nice thought, but Tolkien explicitly states through Treebeard that Trolls were mockeries of the Ents.

@spaceslav8954 5 лет назад

I was also reminded of the Golem.

@cool06alt 5 лет назад

@@thaumatomane You are right "The Golem is a creature from Jewish folklore which was a clay figure animated by a holy man. It was generally unable to speak, lacked a soul, and followed orders like an automaton. The original Hebrew word can mean "an unshaped form" or figuratively "a stupid person". The creature originated in the Jewish mystical tradition of Kabbalah, which holds that those who study the holy books and are strong in the ways of the Lord may create imitations of His miracles, but only imperfect ones. As God made Adam from clay, so may a holy man create an imitation of a man, albeit one lacking a soul." In Tolkien Legendarium, powerful magic were defined as loremastery, magical music, sub-Creation. Druedain making living automaton could be categorized as the last.

@unlimitedperseverance1706 5 лет назад

you should make a video about the dunedain.

@ferro1398 5 лет назад

Hi! Have you done a video about what happened with Lothlorien during the Third Age when the Fellowship left with The One Ring?

@Frosth15 4 года назад

6:35 Just what I needed to hear

@denniscleary7580 5 лет назад

“ Well met dragon 🐉”

@indianmota 5 лет назад

Can you make a video on the fort of Utumno, and where was it during the third age? Were there any weapons left there from the first age?

@the40yogamer 5 лет назад

good point at the end "how people treat you is their karma. how you react is yours."

@silaswheedleton1570 5 лет назад

I had totally forgotten about these guys! Where did you find the info about all this? Was it all in the tales?

@nodarkthings 3 года назад

They were similar to the brownie legends here in the UK. They were meant to represent the older ways before men became settled and farmed the land and domesticated animals. When the first farmers came here to the island of Britain the hunter gatherers of the mesolithic would have haunted the forests as the farmers gradually cleared them. Many scholars think legends such as the brownies are echoes of a memory of these ancient folk. This was Tolkiens reference to such ancient people

@starimadari4031 4 года назад

4:31 Looks like they feared Nords from Calradia aswell. :D

@harrymills2770 4 года назад

Ghan buri-Ghan (sp). One of my favorite parts of the story.

@drewsollars2239 3 года назад

My favorite people of middle earth

@PoshLifeforME 4 года назад

I think the Drúedain matches me and my outlooks.

@MistahBryan 5 лет назад

I knew nothing of these people, not even of their existence. Thank you :)

@darthmongoltheunwise8776 5 лет назад

4:25 Mount & Blade: Warband :D

@MrMartechi 5 лет назад

A question: It's a common theme in Tolkiens work that Evil never *creates* - it only corrupts. But still, after the ultimate Triumph of Good with the death of Sauron, still none of the creative force returns to the world. Instead, everything except humans continues to slowly fade away into legend until only the mundane is left. Doesn't this still seem like a final triumph of evil or at least the decay of the good? For all that is achieved in defeating the evils of the world, it doesn't bring back any of the true power of good. It strikes me as odd that this is just...kind of generally accepted by the free peoples of middle earth. I would at least imagine that at some point, they would try to regain some of the secret fire of which legends tell. Elves might be content traveling to the west to live among the Valar... but imagining that humans (or dwarves for that matter) are simply content with letting all the magic go seems kind of pessimistic. Or even absurd... Tolkiens very own work and its success is a testament to how much we humans yearn for the fantastical, how much we wish to bring every bit of magic into the lives we possibly can - how much we want to escape the mundanity of everyday life.

@MrMartechi 5 лет назад

@pyropulse I've never seen that line of argument before. Usually, the general idea seems to be that the diminishing of magic is part of the original design, not of morgoths corruption. Maybe there's a part of the legendarium I've forgotten about, but the closest thing to that topic I can remember reading is a passage early in the silmarillion, where illuvatar explains to the valar how even Morgoth's discord was included in the creation of the world to contribute - not draw away - from the whole. The whole point always seemed to be that morgoth, no matter how hard he tried, never could actually corrupt the earth or damage it, because anything he'd do would become incorporated into the greater scheme of things

@labrynianrebel 5 лет назад

"no matter how hard he tried, never could actually corrupt the earth or damage it" Long term he couldn't. all the destruction and discord he made would eventually be used to make something better. We're talking about "by the end of time" long term.

@wyvernfallgaming 5 лет назад

did rangers of the north have any armored rangers melee rangers or use peasant levy's from outlying villages around Eriador

@Shmulykas 5 лет назад

Can you make a video about the Dreams in lord of the rings? Especially mortals like faramir, Sam, Frodo. And why they are able to see important things.

@emerkulii9055 5 лет назад

Could you make a video on Gollum’s early life or is that already a thing

@johnshannon9656 4 года назад

Jesus, at least spell it correctly!

@beverlykrebs4372 4 года назад

I was gonna comment "Gollum" but I see that someone else (other than myself) who is a spelling nerd, but who doesn't mind using the name of the Son of God in such a manner, has already brought the matter to your attention! So I retract my correction & will just say "I hope the rest of your day is nice, & that no one else 'yells' at you!" LOL!!

@emerkulii9055 4 года назад

Beverly Krebs corrected it I honestly forget I even left this comment but I hope you can rest easy now

@nathanwilliams3271 3 года назад

Any history videos for the dunlendings?

@gamerrebellion507 5 лет назад

just want to say I saw the Mount and Blade Warband reference at 4:27 :)

@youngkingdom8131 5 лет назад

New to the channel here, but do you use Lotro lore as canon? Or is this all in Tolkien’s texts?

@jonathanestrada9729 5 лет назад

Do any of you follow J.R.R. Tolkien's pronunciation guide whenever you read his works? I do even whenever I converse with other Tolkien fans. My only "problem" is that they don't seem to understand me until I change to a more "English" pronunciation.

@onionsoup6813 4 года назад

@1:03 "They were unrelated to Hobbits and Dwarves." This is incorrect. I don't know why you would group Hobbits together with Dwarves since Hobbits are just a branch off of the race of men, as are the Druedain. Dwarves, yes, do have a different origin, though.

@MenoftheWest 4 года назад

They were unrelated in that they should not be categorized as kin, but indeed Hobbits and Drúedain are linked and related within the kindred of men.

@HaloisTight 5 лет назад

What if Tolkien wrote dragons as originally Maiar that ended up in Arda with some siding with Morgoth while others stayed good instead of them all being creations of Morgoth?

@cool06alt 5 лет назад

Then it would be like the eastern/oriental conception of legend about dragons. a Wise, powerful and divine force of good. It will be even more fit if majority of them ended up staying in Rhun.

@giulioaprati338 5 лет назад

What about a video on Eru Illuvatar and his powers next?

@MenoftheWest 5 лет назад

eodred di acquaneve Thank you for the recommendation! It won’t be my next video, but I’ll make sure that it happens!

@MountainFisher 5 лет назад

@@MenoftheWest It would seem that though Tolkien didn't like to do Christian allegory or metaphors yet when it came to Eru Iluvatar he borrowed from the Christian concept of an eternal greatest conceivable Being and being the only true giver of life. He borrowed a lot more whether on purpose or subconsciously. Kind of hard to create a world and not have one's worldview be a part of it.