Estë
| Estë | |
|---|---|
| Vala | |
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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 had the power to heal and to give rest and cure fpr 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 spouse in the gardens of Lórien, the fairest of all Arda. There, many Maiar served her and her spouse the Vala Irmo(Lórien), who was the Master of Dreams and Desires. The Valar 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 from the great silver Tree Telperion of Valinor. The Maia Tilion loved silver, and was therefore 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 all together from the Earth. Thus Varda changed it: now, Sun and Moon would each take turns to 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 | |
