Vána

Vána is a Valar in J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium, one of the god-like Powers who inhabit Valinor. She is associated with youth, renewal, and the growth of living things, especially flowers and springtime.

In the traditional arrangement of the Valar, Vána is described as the wife of Oromë, the hunter of the Valar. Her influence is linked to the flowering of plants, the renewal of life, and the beauty of the natural world. She embodies the gentler, formative aspects of growth that accompany the cycles of the year, complementing Yavanna, who is more directly concerned with cultivation and fertility.

In Tolkien’s writings, Vána’s presence is often felt through the flourishing of nature in Valinor. While she is not typically the focus of long narrative episodes, her character helps illuminate the harmony of the world the Valar seek to shape and protect. Her associations with spring, youth, and blossoms contribute to the broader themes of renewal that recur throughout the tales of the First Age and beyond.

Summary details in various texts indicate Vána as part of the Valar’s order in Valinor, living alongside other great powers who govern the physical and spiritual realms of Arda. Her character functions as a symbol of continual rebirth and the gentle, sustaining forces that nurture the world’s flora and, by extension, its inhabitants.

See also: Yavanna, Oromë, Valar, Elves in Valinor. Sources for Vána appear primarily in The Silmarillion and related Tolkien legendarium materials.