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Revision as of 08:35, 3 July 2020
Men of Dale, when the dragon came
The Men of Dale were the inhabitants of the city-state of Dale in the Third Age. They came from the area around the Lonely Mountain.
History
The Men of Dale were descendants of the Northmen who had populated Rhovanion throughout the many ages. Their capital was the city-state of Dale and later remnants fled to Lake-town. The Men of Dale were allied with the Dwarves in TA 2456 once Orcs from Mordor attacked.
In TA 2770, Smaug descended upon both Lonely Mountain and Dale probably from somewhere in Grey Mountains. He attacked and burned much of their town. Over two-hundred years after the destruction of Dale in TA 2941, one particular man named Bard the Bowman shot Smaug through a gap in his scaly armor with his Black Arrow, thanks to information from a Thrush that had contact with Thorin and Company. Thereafter, the Men of Dale's symbol was a Black Arrow so honoring the famous bowman. In TA 3019 during the War of the Ring, they aided the Dwarves in defending the Lonely Mountain from the Easterlings.[1][2]
In addition to many of them being competent in Westron, they also spoke their own language, generally termed "Dalish" and resembling real-world North Germanic languages.[2]
Names
The Men of Dale are named after their home city of Dale, which is derived from the English word meaning "valley", in turn derived from Proto-Germanic *dalan, with cognates in Old Norse (dalr), Gothic and Dutch (dal), and German (Thal).[3] Another common name for them towards the end of the Third Age was Bardings, meaning "followers of Bard", -ing being a patrynomic suffix and Bard meaning Bard the Bowman, the first restored king of Dale and the slayer of Smaug.[2]
Portrayal in adaptations
Peter Jackson's The Hobbit film trilogy
In Peter Jackson's The Hobbit film trilogy, the Men of Dale (as well as of Lake-town) are directly derived in appearance from medieval Russian influences (i.e., Kievan Rus and its successor states). For instance, the warriors of Dale, adorned with conical, medieval Russian-style furred helmets and heavily-furred garbs, resemble the knights and warriors of the Rus' states of old.
Due to the intricate nature of medieval Russian ethno-history, one can also detect Baltic, Finnic, and Turkic influences.
Translations
| Foreign Language | Translated name |
| Afrikaans | Manne van Dale |
| Albanian | Njerëzit e Dale |
| Arabic | رجال من ديل |
| Armenian | Տղամարդիկ Դալե |
| Azerbaijani | Kişi Dale |
| Basque | Dale gizonen |
| Belarusian Cyrillic | Мужчыны даліна |
| Bengali | ডেল এর পুরুষদের |
| Bosnian | Ljudi od Dejla |
| Breton | Goured a Draoñienn ? |
| Bulgarian Cyrillic | Мъжете на долина |
| Cebuano | Mga tawo sa Dale |
| Cambodian | បុរសនៃដលោកដេល |
| Catalan | Homes de Dóna-li |
| Chinese | 谷的男人 |
| Cornish | Tus a Nans |
| Croatian | Ljudi od Dejla |
| Czech | Muži z Dol |
| Danish | Mænd af Dal |
| Dutch | Mannen van Dal |
| Esperanto | Viroj de Dale |
| Estonian | Dale mehed |
| Faroese | Dalur av Dale |
| Filipino | Mga lalaking taga Dale |
| Finnish | Miehet Laakso |
| French | Hommes de Dale |
| Frisian | Mannen fen Dale |
| Galician | Gomes de Dale |
| Georgian | მამაკაცები ძალეი |
| German | Männer von Thal |
| Greek | Άνδρες της Δαλε |
| Haitian Creole | Moun lavil Dale |
| Hebrew | אנשי דייל |
| Hindi | डेल के पुरुषों |
| Hungarian | Férfiak Suhatag |
| Icelandic | Menn af Dale |
| Indonesian | Orang Dale |
| Irish Gaelic | Fir de Dale |
| Italian | Uomini di Dale |
| Javanese | Wong Dale |
| Kannada | ಡೇಲ್ ಮೆನ್ |
| Kazakh Cyrillic | Дейл ерлер |
| Korean | 데일의 남자들 |
| Kyrgyz Cyrillic | Дейл эркектер |
| Latin | Viri Dale |
| Latvian | Dale vīri |
| Lithuanian | Dale vyrai |
| Luxembourgish | Männer vun Dale |
| Macedonian Cyrillic | Мажите на Дејл |
| Malagasy | Lehilahy amin'ny Dale |
| Malaysian | Lelaki Dale |
| Maltese | Irġiel ta 'Dale |
| Marathi | डेल लोक |
| Nepalese | डेल को पुरुष |
| Norwegian | Menn av Dal |
| Pashto | د نارينه دره |
| Persian | مردمان دیل |
| Polish | Mężczyzn z Dal |
| Portuguese | Homens de Vale |
| Punjabi | ਡੇਲ ਦੇ ਪੁਰਸ਼ |
| Romanian | Bărbați din Vale |
| Russian | Бардинги |
| Sanskrit | डाल मौकुन्द |
| Scottish Gaelic | Fir de Dale |
| Serbian | Људи оф Долина (Cyrillic) Ljudi od Dolina (Latin) |
| Sesotho | Banna ba Dale |
| Sinhalese | ඩේල් මිනිසුන් |
| Slovak | Muži Dale |
| Slovenian | Možje Dolec |
| Somalian | Niman yahow reer Dale |
| Spanish | Hombres de Valle |
| Sundanese | Lalaki ti Dale |
| Swedish | Män av Dale |
| Tajik Cyrillic | Мардони Дейл |
| Tamil | டேல் ஆண்கள் |
| Telugu | డేల్ మెన్ |
| Thai | ผู้ชายของหุบเขา |
| Turkish | Dale Erkekleri |
| Vietnamese | Đàn ông của Dale |
| Welsh | Dynion o Dale |
| Ukrainian Cyrillic | чоловіки долина |
| Uzbek | Дале Эркаклар (Cyrillic) Dale Erkaklar (Latin) |
| Yiddish | מענטשן פון דייל |