Logo após o despertar, os homens conseguiram se comunicar diretamente com Eru ("a voz"), conforme ilustrado neste conto presente em Anel de Morgoth (parte dos rascunhos inéditos de Tolkien):
Isso muda, no entanto, uma vez que as mentiras de Morgoth levam os homens a abjurar a voz (chamando-a de manifestação de vazio e escuridão):The Voice said: 'Ye are my children. I have sent you to dwell here. In time ye will inherit all this Earth, but first ye must be children and learn. Call on me and I shall hear; for I am watching over you.'
In that time we called often and the Voice answered. But it seldom answered our questions, saying only: 'First seek to find the answer for yourselves. For ye will have joy in the finding, and so grow from childhood and become wise. Do not seek to leave childhood before your time.'
The first Voice we never heard again, save once. In the stillness of the night It spoke, saying: 'Ye have abjured Me, but ye remain Mine. I gave you life. Now it shall be shortened, and each of you in a little while shall come to Me, to learn who is your Lord: the one ye worship, or I who made him.'
Este é o pecado original dos homens aludido no Silmarillion , e a razão pela qual homens se esforça para esquecer seu passado antes de chegar em Beleriand.