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{{quote|Grey is her raiment; and rest is her gift|''[[Valaquenta]]''<ref name=vala/>}} | {{quote|Grey is her raiment; and rest is her gift|''[[Valaquenta]]''<ref name=vala/>}} | ||
'''Estë''' ([[Quenya|Q]], pron. {{IPA|[ˈeste]}}) was a one of the [[Valier]], the spouse of [[Irmo]]. She was the | '''Estë''' ([[Quenya|Q]], pron. {{IPA|[ˈeste]}}) was a one of the [[Valier]], the spouse of the [[Vala]] [[Irmo]]. She was the Healer of Hurts and Weariness. | ||
==Attributes== | ==Attributes== | ||
''Estë the Gentle'' was the wife of [[Irmo]] and was able to give rest and cure of all hurts and weariness. Her favorite place was an island | ''Estë the Gentle'' was the wife of the [[Vala]] [[Irmo]] and was able to give rest and cure of all hurts and weariness. Her favorite place was an island on the tree-shadowed lake of [[Lórellin]] in the [[Gardens of Lórien]] where she slept during day, and she was always clad in grey.<ref name=vala/> | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
Estë dwelt with her consort in the gardens of [[Lórien (Valinor)|Lórien]], the fairest of all [[Arda]]. There, many [[Maiar]] served her and her husband | Estë dwelt with her consort in the gardens of [[Lórien (Valinor)|Lórien]], the fairest of all [[Arda]]. There, many [[Maiar]] served her and her husband the Vala [[Irmo]](Lórien), the Master of Dreams and Desires. Estë and Irmo, tended to the [[Elves of Valinor]], even the Valar would come to find repose and ease from the burdens of [[Arda]].<ref name=vala>{{S|IIb}}</ref> | ||
[[Tilion]], a hunter of [[Oromë]], had often come to the gardens of Lórien to bathe in the silver light of [[Telperion]]. | [[Tilion]], a [[Maia]] hunter of the Vala [[Oromë]], had often come to the gardens of Lórien to bathe in the silver light of [[Telperion]]. The Maia Tilion loved silver, and was chosen by the [[Valar]] to steer the [[Moon]] after the destruction of the [[Two Trees]]. Queen [[Varda]]'s original purpose was to place [[Sun]] and Moon in the skies together, but Estë and her spouse Irmo spoke against it. For with the paths set in place, sleep and rest had been banished from the Earth. Thus Varda changed it: now, Sun and Moon would each travel through the sky as the other lay in [[Ekkaia]].<ref>{{S|Sun}}</ref> | ||
==Etymology== | ==Etymology== | ||
Revision as of 07:25, 5 March 2016
| Estë | |
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| "Estë the Gentle" by Šárka Škorpíková | |
| Biographical Information | |
| Other names | the Pale, Îdh, Eord |
| Position | Healer of hurts and weariness |
| Location | Lórellin-Lórien |
| Affiliation | Melian[1] |
| Family | |
| Spouse | Irmo(Lórien) |
| Physical Description | |
| Gender | Female |
| Clothing | Grey raiment[1] |
| Gallery | Images of Estë |
- "Grey is her raiment; and rest is her gift"
- ― Valaquenta[1]
Estë (Q, pron. [ˈeste]) was a one of the Valier, the spouse of the Vala Irmo. She was the Healer of Hurts and Weariness.
Attributes
Estë the Gentle was the wife of the Vala Irmo and was able to give rest and cure of all hurts and weariness. Her favorite place was an island on the tree-shadowed lake of Lórellin in the Gardens of Lórien where she slept during day, and she was always clad in grey.[1]
History
Estë dwelt with her consort in the gardens of Lórien, the fairest of all Arda. There, many Maiar served her and her husband the Vala Irmo(Lórien), the Master of Dreams and Desires. Estë and Irmo, tended to the Elves of Valinor, even the Valar would come to find repose and ease from the burdens of Arda.[1]
Tilion, a Maia hunter of the Vala Oromë, had often come to the gardens of Lórien to bathe in the silver light of Telperion. The Maia Tilion loved silver, and was chosen by the Valar to steer the Moon after the destruction of the Two Trees. Queen Varda's original purpose was to place Sun and Moon in the skies together, but Estë and her spouse Irmo spoke against it. For with the paths set in place, sleep and rest had been banished from the Earth. Thus Varda changed it: now, Sun and Moon would each travel through the sky as the other lay in Ekkaia.[2]
Etymology
Estë is a Quenya name meaning "rest".[3] The same Root, EZDE, also yielded her Sindarin name, Îdh (pron. [iːð])[4] and the Nandorin Eord.[5]
Genealogy
| Vairë | Mandos | Nienna | Irmo | ESTË | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Valaquenta: Of the Valar"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Quenta Silmarillion: Of the Sun and Moon and the Hiding of Valinor"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Index"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, "The Etymologies", entry EZDE
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Carl F. Hostetter, Patrick H. Wynne (eds.), "Addenda and Corrigenda to the Etymologies", published in Vinyar Tengwar 45 (November 2003), pages 3-38, especially 13
| Ainur | ||
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| Valar | Lords | Manwë · Ulmo · Aulë · Oromë · Mandos · Irmo · Tulkas · |
| Valier | Varda · Yavanna · Nienna · Estë · Vairë · Vána · Nessa | |
| Maiar | Arien · Blue Wizards · Eönwë · Gandalf · Ilmarë · Melian · Ossë · Radagast · Salmar · Saruman · Tilion · Uinen | |
| Úmaiar | Sauron · Balrogs (Gothmog · Durin's Bane) · Boldogs | |
| Concepts and locations | Almaren · Aratar (indicated in italics) · Creation of the Ainur · Fana · Máhanaxar · Ainulindalë · Order of Wizards (indicated in bold) · Second Music of the Ainur · Timeless Halls · Valarin · Valinor · Valimar | |
