Silmarillion - Chapter 12 - Of Men

[Morwen]

Originally Posted by Aiwendil

In this brief chapter we are finally introduced to the race of Men. Though it is said here that ‘of men little is told in these tales’, this strikes me as actually being rather misleading. As we will see, much of the latter half of the Silmarillion focuses on the Men of the three houses of the Edain. I rather wonder why Tolkien makes this somewhat strange statement.

Perhaps he meant "men" in a broader sense, i.e. mankind as a whole and not just those who were fortunate enough to encounter the Eldar. The Silm doesn't tell us anything really about the Easterlings, the Southrons, etc.