Vána

Nature

Vána is the younger sister of Yavanna and the spouse of Oromë, the huntsman of the Valar. She is called the Ever-young, and her domain is the freshness of spring and the beginning of things: flowers open where she walks and birds sing at her coming. Where Yavanna cares for the whole cycle of growth, fruit and harvest, Vána is the power of youth and renewal, and in Valinor her gardens are full of golden flowers.

In the histories

Vána does not act in the narrative of the Silmarillion, but two figures of importance came out of her circle. Melian, the Maia who married Thingol and ruled Doriath, served both Vána and Estë before she left Valinor, and the nightingales and the perpetual spring of Doriath under her protection reflect Vána's nature. Arien, the fire-spirit who was chosen to guide the Sun, had tended the golden flowers in Vána's gardens and watered them with the dew of Laurelin, and it was because of this that she was fitted to bear the Sun's heat.

Legacy

Vána remains in Valinor with Oromë. She is one of the least described of the Valar, but through Melian and Arien her gift of renewal reached the Elves of Beleriand and the whole daylight world.

Vána remains in Valinor with Oromë, ever young.