Estë
| Estë | |
|---|---|
| Vala | |
 | |
| "Este" by Olga Kukhtenkova | |
| Biographical Information | |
| Other names | Îdh, Eord |
| Position | Healer of hurts and weariness |
| Location | Lórellin-Lórien |
| Affiliation | Melian[1] |
| Family | |
| Spouse | Irmo |
| Physical Description | |
| Gender | Female |
| Clothing | Grey raiment[1] |
| Gallery | Images of Estë |
- "Grey is her raiment; and rest is her gift"
- ― Valaquenta[1]
Estë was a one of the Valier and the spouse of Irmo.
Attributes
Estë the gentle had the power to heal all hurts and weariness.[1] Her favourite place was an island on the tree-shadowed lake of Lórellin in the Gardens of Lórien where she slept during the day. She was always clad in grey.[1]
History
Estë dwelt with her spouse Irmo in misty halls and extensive, silver-lit gardens of Lórien. There were many Maiar who served her and her spouse Irmo. Estë and Irmo, tended to the Elves of Valinor, who drew refreshment from their fountains, and even the Valar would come to find repose and ease from the burdens of Arda.[1]
Tilion, a Maia hunter of the Vala Oromë, came to the gardens of Lórien to lay by the pools of Estë and dream while bathed in Telperion's silver light. Tilion loved silver, and therefore begged, after the destruction of the Two Trees, to tend the last Flower of Silver from Telperion and to steer the Moon.[2]
Varda originally intended to place the Sun and Moon in the sky, one travelling from the east and one from the west, to allow for a mingling of their lights. Estë and Irmo spoke against this as the excessive heat and light withered their garden, the stars were hidden, and restful sleep had been banished from the Earth. The course of the Moon and the Sun was changed so that each would take turns travelling through the sky as the other lay in Ekkaia.[2]
Etymology
Estë (Q, pron. [ˈeste]) means "rest".[3] The same Root, EZDE, also yielded her Sindarin name, Îdh (pron. [iːð])[4] and the Nandorin Eord.[5]
She was also referred to as Estë 'the Pale' several times in the Annals of Aman.[6]:446
Genealogy
| Vairë | Mandos | Nienna | Irmo | ESTË | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Valaquenta: Of the Valar"
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 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
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), Morgoth's Ring, "Index"
| Ainur | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
