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'''Vána''' ([[Quenya|Q]]: "Beauty", pron. {{IPA|[ˈvaːna]}}) or '''Wána''' ([[Vanyarin]], {{IPA|[ˈwaːna]}}) is the name of a [[Valar|Valië]] also called ''the Ever-young''. In [[Sindarin]], her name is '''Gwann''' ({{IPA|[ɡʷanː]}}). She is the younger sister of [[Yavanna]] and wife of [[Oromë]]. "All flowers spring as she passes and open if she glances upon them; and all birds sing at her coming." She dwells in gardens filled with golden flowers and often comes to the forests of Oromë.
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'''Vána''' ([[Quenya|Q]]: "Beauty", pron. {{IPA|[ˈvaːna]}}) or '''Wána''' ([[Vanyarin]], {{IPA|[ˈwaːna]}}) was the name of a [[Valar|Valië]] also called ''the Ever-young''.  
==Attributes==
She was the younger sister of [[Yavanna]] and wife of [[Oromë]]. "All flowers spring as she passes and open if she glances upon them; and all birds sing at her coming."<ref>{{S|IIb}}</ref>
==History==
She dwelt in gardens filled with golden flowers and often came to the forests of Oromë.


==Quenya noun inflection==
Before her departure to [[Middle-earth]], the [[Maiar|Maia]] [[Melian]] served Vána and [[Estë]], tending the flowering trees in the gardens of [[Irmo]].<ref>{{S|IIc}}</ref>  Another Maia, [[Arien]], tended the golden flowers of the garden of Vána before she was chosen as the guide of the vessel of the Sun.<ref>{{S|Sun}}</ref>
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==Other versions of the legendarium==
 
In the earliest form of the [[legendarium|mythology]], Vána and Oromë had the daughter [[Nielíqui]].<ref>{{LT1|Index}}, p. 288</ref>
 
==See also==
 
*[[:Category:Images of Vána|Images of Vána]]
 
{{References}}
 
{{Ainur}}


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Revision as of 21:53, 17 March 2015

Vána
Vala
Elena Kukanova - The Ever Young.jpg
Biographical Information
Other namesthe Ever-young
LocationValinor
AffiliationMelian, Arien
Family
SiblingsYavanna
SpouseOromë
Physical Description
GenderFemale
GalleryImages of Vána

Vána (Q: "Beauty", pron. [ˈvaːna]) or Wána (Vanyarin, [ˈwaːna]) was the name of a Valië also called the Ever-young.

Attributes

She was the younger sister of Yavanna and wife of Oromë. "All flowers spring as she passes and open if she glances upon them; and all birds sing at her coming."[1]

History

She dwelt in gardens filled with golden flowers and often came to the forests of Oromë.

Before her departure to Middle-earth, the Maia Melian served Vána and Estë, tending the flowering trees in the gardens of Irmo.[2] Another Maia, Arien, tended the golden flowers of the garden of Vána before she was chosen as the guide of the vessel of the Sun.[3]

Other versions of the legendarium

In the earliest form of the mythology, Vána and Oromë had the daughter Nielíqui.[4]

See also

References

Ainur
Valar Lords Manwë · Ulmo · Aulë · Oromë · Mandos · Irmo · Tulkas · Melkor
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