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My money would be on Tolkien's reference being more to Franks, Huns, Goths, Mongols and the like
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Huns and Mongols - I hadn't thought of them. They do match the description that Tolkien gives of the Easterlings: swarthy, dark, short and compact, a different people altogether from the Numenorean descendents, though I think the Easterlings came primarily on foot (correct me if I'm wrong on this point, I haven't got my LotR on hand) while the Huns and Mongols would most definitely have been horsed.
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"'You," he said, "tell her all. What good came to you? Do you rejoice that Maleldil became a man? Tell her of your joys, and of what profit you had when you made Maleldil and death acquainted.'" -Perelandra, by C.S. Lewis
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