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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''. The Valie Vána was responsible for the persevering of youth made for all life in [[Arda]]. She was considered the rank of six among the Queens of the Valar.
'''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==
==Attributes==
Vána was the younger sister of [[Yavanna]] and the wife of the Vala [[Oromë]]. "All flowers spring as she passes and open if she glances upon them; and all birds sing at her coming."<ref>[[The Silmarillion]], ''Valaquenta'', "Of the Valar"</ref>  
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>  
Vána robed herself in flowers and she had the beauty of both heaven and earth upon her face and in all her works.<ref>[[The History of Middle-earth]] Vol.5: [[The Lost Road and Other Writings]], ''Quenta Silmarillion'', "Of the Valar"</ref>
==History==
 
She dwelt in gardens filled with golden flowers and often came to the forests of Oromë.
In The History of Middle-earth, Tolkien wrote that even when the spells of Vána's sister [[Yavanna]] failed to heal the wounds of the [[Two Trees]], Vána's love for the great golden Tree [[Laurelin]] was so great that it caused the tree's remaining power to blossom in the form of a fruit of gold from which the [[Valar]] later fashioned in the making of the [[Sun]].


==History==
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>
Vána dwelt in gardens filled with golden flowers and often came to the forests of her spouse Oromë. She was clearly a great lover of nature and also was considered to be the Queen of all flowers. In the Days of the [[Two Trees]] of [[Valinor]], the Maia-maiden [[Arien]], before she was chosen to carry the Vessel of the [[Sun]] had served Vána, tending to the golden flowers of the gardens of Vána by watering them with the bright dews from the great Tree [[Laurelin]] of Valinor. [[Melian]] was another Maia-maiden who initially served Vána before she departed and lived in [[Middle-earth]].<ref>[[The Silmarillion]], ''Valaquenta'', "Of the Maiar"</ref>


After the Darkening of Valinor and the flight of the [[Noldor]] to Middle-Earth, most of the [[Valar]] were glad to have their ancient peace back, wishing neither the rumors of [[Melkor]] and his violence nor the murmur of the restless [[Noldor]] to come upon them again. Thus for such reasons, they clamored for the concealment of their land [[Aman]]. And it was said that Vána was one among them.<ref>[[The History of Middle-earth]] Vol.2: [[The Book of Lost Tales 2]], "The Fall of Gondolin"</ref>
==Genealogy==
==Genealogy==
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Vána
Vala
Elena Kukanova - The Ever Young.jpg
"The Ever Young" by Elena Kukanova
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]

Genealogy

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Aulë
 
Yavanna
 
VÁNA
 
Oromë
 
Nessa
 
Tulkas
 
 
 
 


Other versions of the legendarium

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

See also

References

  1. ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Valaquenta: Of the Valar"
  2. ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Valaquenta: Of the Maiar"
  3. ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Quenta Silmarillion: Of the Sun and Moon and the Hiding of Valinor"
  4. ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Book of Lost Tales Part One, Index, p. 288
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
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