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Arvedui of Pelargir wrote: Gandalfthewhitest wrote: Arvedui of Pelargir wrote: Gandalfthewhitest wrote: Arvedui of Pelargir wrote: Middle-earth peoples of the Third Age seem pretty irreligious. Elves don't worship Eru or anything. Gondorians dont care. Rohirrim know of Eru, but don't worship him... Orcs probably don't worship, considering they're only purpose in life is to be part of expendable hordes of their kind. The only religious people might be the Black Numenoreans. From what we do know about the Haradrim, i'd say they worship Sauron. Same goes for Easterlings.

Tolkien never made religion a major part of his world, and thus I don't think it should be made a big deal out of. He may have done some Judeo-Christian references in his works, but he never made his people devoutly religious.

Not saying worship never occured (it did; Numenoreans said three prayers to Eru per year at meneltarma, and they also worshipped Morgoth in later years, a tradition presumeably carried on by men of Umbar), but just saying, all things considered, it really doesnt matter too much. Yes ,yes I know that!!

But what if they were religious?

What kind of religion would it be like? Uh.... like every other religion on the planet....

I imagine it being pretty Western, i guess. Well if there are sects, then it could vary.

Like maybe Avari and Red Dwarves would kinda be a little bit different since they are Easterlings.

Also there would probably be some minor hidden groups in the Near Harad. You have no proof of any of those last two claims. And Avari and Red Dwarves certainly do worship Iluvatar.

And bacause Near Haradrim are forced to serve Sauron, some of them probably do worship Iluvatar secretly.

Remember we are talking about "what if" things.

You do not need a proof in this coversations, as long as it does not go completely against the canon its okay.