<a target="_blank" href="https://www.google.com/search?ved=1t:260882&q=The+Haradrim+Tolkien&bbid=3791261586259430510&bpid=7900681507630141969" data-preview>The Haradrim</a> — <a target="_blank" href="https://www.google.com/search?ved=1t:260882&q=Tolkien%E2%80%99s+Peoples+of+the+South+analysis&bbid=3791261586259430510&bpid=7900681507630141969" data-preview>Tolkien’s Peoples of the South</a>The Haradrim — Tolkien’s Peoples of the South Thesis: The Haradrim (Southrons) are Tolkien’s primary “southern” culture: vivid, strategically described, and repeatedly othered in the narrative. Geography and political position The Haradrim come from Harad, the lands south of Gondor and Mordor. Tolkien’s maps and text emphasize heat, wide horizons, and desert or savanna-like environments. Harad = Harad in the novels. Contextualize medieval tropes Tolkien’s sources are medieval maps, travel literature, and epic motifs.