Brithonin and Guiðlin

Brithonin and Guiðlin were two groups of people from the Great Lands in early stages of J.R.R. Tolkien's legendarium.
==History==
Brithonin and Guiðlin once invaded Leithian, the island were the Elves lived, after the failure of the First Faring Forth. They were the fifth invaders of the island.The History of Middle-earth, Vol. II: The Book of Lost Tales Part Two, chapter VI: "The History of Eriol or Ælfwine and the End of the Tales"
==Other versions==
In another account, the Elves traveled to the Great Lands on Tol Eressëa, which was dragged by Uin, the whale servant of the Vala Ulmo. A magic bridge was cast between the island and the promontory of Rôs, in front of which it was anchored. However, the Vala Ossë was angered by the uprooting of the island he had placed in front of Valinor long before, and he tried to drag it back. This broke off the western portion of Tol Eressëa, forming as second smaller island. Thus, the larger island was renamed Leithian, while the smaller one became the Isle of Íverin. However, the Elves were utterly defeated and condemned to fade, and groups of evil Men invaded Leithian. In this account Ælfwine/Eriol witnessed the battle and in its aftermath, escaped from the battlefield through the valley of the Brook of Glass, but found the waters "fouled with the war of men and grime of strife". Afterwards, the sons of Ælfwine led their people to the reconquest of Leithian, defeating the Guiðlin and establishing themselves in the lands of Tavrobel, Kortirion, and Taruithorn.
==Background==
The Brithonin and Guiðlin could have been parallels to the Britons and , who lived in from the end of the . J.R.R. Tolkien originally had started the creation of the legendarium with the intent to build a proper British mythology, wherefore, in earlier versions of his myths, he drew largely from British history and legend.John Garth, "The Land of Lúthien" in The Worlds of J.R.R. Tolkien
==References==
Category:Precanonical Men
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