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| position=Lady of pity and mourning
| location=[[Halls of Nienna]]
| affiliation=Close to [[Olórin]]
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| siblings=[[Mandos]], [[Irmo]]
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| gender=Female
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'''Nienna''' was a Queen of the [[Valar]], the sister of [[Mandos]] and [[Irmo]], acquainted with grief and sorrow but also pity and courage.

==Attributes==
The sister of the [[Fëanturi]], she is ranked as one of the eight [[Aratar]], the most powerful of the Valar. Her element is grief and she is ever mourning for the wounds of the world by evil. Those who listen to her learn wisdom and endurance in grief.<ref name=SIIb>{{S|IIb}}</ref>

Her [[Halls of Nienna|halls]] are in the distant west, close to the [[Halls of Mandos]], but on the western borders of the World, and her windows look outward from the [[Walls of the World]]. She dwells alone and rarely travels to the joyful city of [[Valmar]]. She goes more often to the halls of her brother [[Mandos]] to comfort and counsel those in the [[Halls of Waiting]] who cry to her.<ref name=SIIb/>

All that is known about her appearance is that she wears a grey hood.<ref name=S9>{{S|9}}: "cast back her grey hood"</ref>

==History==
Her part in the [[Music of the Ainur]] was one of deep sadness, and from this grief entered the world in its beginning.<ref name=SIIb/>

The [[Maiar|Maia]] [[Gandalf#Names|Olórin]], who was later to travel to [[Middle-earth]] as [[Gandalf]], learned much from her.<ref>{{S|IIc}}</ref>

Nienna played a part in the making of the [[Two Trees of Valinor]]; she wept on the mound of [[Ezellohar]], watering it with her tears.<ref>{{S|1}}</ref> After the destruction of the Trees by [[Morgoth|Melkor]], she once again wept on their wounded remains, cleansing the filth of [[Ungoliant]], and helping to bring forth the last fruit and flower that were to become the [[Sun]] and the [[Moon]].<ref name=S9/>

The pity of Nienna is most clearly seen in her support for Melkor when he sued for the pardon of the Valar. Though she spent her time in the world mourning for the destruction he has wreaked in Arda, when he sued for release after his three ages of Captivity, Nienna spoke on his part.<ref>{{S|6}}</ref>

==Etymology==
''Nienna'' is a [[Quenya]] name which contains the word ''nie'' ("tear").<ref>{{LR|Etymologies}}, entry "NEI"</ref>

==Genealogy==
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{{familytree| | | | | |,|-|-|-|v|-|-|-|.| | | | | | |}}
{{familytree| VAI |~| MAN | | NIE | | IRM |~| EST | |VAI=[[Vairë]]|MAN=[[Mandos]]|NIE='''NIENNA'''|IRM=[[Irmo]]|EST=[[Estë]]}}
{{familytree/end}}

==Other versions of the legendarium==
In the ''[[The Book of Lost Tales (disambiguation)|Book of Lost Tales]]'', other names of Nienna recorded were:
*'''''Nyenna''''' {{IPA|[ˈɲenːa]}}<ref>{{LT1|Appendix}}</ref>
*'''''Fui''''' ([[Quenya|Q]]: "Night", {{IPA|[fuɪ]}}), though this is more correctly the name of [[Halls of Nienna#Other versions of the legendarium|her dwelling]].
*'''''Heskil''''' ([[Qenya]]: "Winter One", {{IPA|[ˈheskil]}})<ref name=LT1/>
*'''''Núri''''' ([[Qenya]]: "Sighing One", {{IPA|[ˈnuːri]}})<ref name=LT1/>
*'''''Qalmë-Tári''''' ([[Qenya]]: "Mistress of Death", {{IPA|[ˌkʷalmeˈtaːri]}})<ref name=LT1>{{LT1|III}}, p. 66</ref>

The importance of Nienna increased along the development of the Legendarium, and even in ''[[The Annals of Aman]]'', she is referred to as the sister of [[Manwë]] and [[Melkor]].<ref>{{AA|3}}</ref>

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 Nienna played a part in the making of the [[Two Trees of Valinor]]; she wept on the mound of [[Ezellohar]], watering it with her tears.<ref>{{S|1}}</ref> After the destruction of the Trees by [[Morgoth|Melkor]], she once again wept on their wounded remains, cleansing the filth of [[Ungoliant]], and helping to bring forth the last fruit and flower that were to become the [[Sun]] and the [[Moon]].<ref name=S9/>
-The pity of Nienna is most clearly seen in her support for Melkor when he sued for the pardon of the Valar. Though she spent her time in the world mourning for the destruction he wrought in Arda, when he sued for release after his three ages of Captivity, Nienna spoke on his part.<ref>{{S|6}}</ref>
+The pity of Nienna is most clearly seen in her support for Melkor when he sued for the pardon of the Valar. Though she spent her time in the world mourning for the destruction he has wreaked in Arda, when he sued for release after his three ages of Captivity, Nienna spoke on his part.<ref>{{S|6}}</ref>
 ==Etymology==