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Yavanna “Giver of fruits”
also called Kementári, “Queen of the Earth”, spouse of Aulë and older sister of Vána. She is the lover of all things that grow in the earth. As a woman, she is robed in green and tall, but can take other forms. In the beginning of days, Yavanna planted all the seeds and made everything grow in Arda. She also made the two great lamps for lighting Middle-earth. After Melkor broke the lamps, Yavanna sang as she always did, for her songs had growing power. Two great trees grew from her song and those trees were Telperion and Laurelin of Valinor. Yavanna and Aulë’s house was separate from the other houses of the Valar in Valmar (capital of Valinor); it was upon the plain of Valinor. In this court were some of all the trees that grew upon the earth, and a pool of blue water lay among them. There, fruits fell throughout the day and they were gathered by Yavanna’s maids. Her fields, the Pastures of Yavanna were in the South of Valmar near the Woods of Oromë. She was the maker of the Ents, her shepherds, created to protect the trees, which she held dearest among all living things. The wizard Radagast the Brown was originally a Maia named Aiwendil who served Yavanna.
