Gardens of Lórien

This article refers to the place in Aman. For other namesakes, see Lórien (disambiguation).

A part of the Gardens of Lórien imagined by Anna Kulisz

The Gardens of Lórien were the home of the Vala Irmo and his wife Estë, located in Lórien in the land of Valinor.

History

The Vala Lórien (or Irmo) dwelt in these gardens far from Valmar, though still within Valinor. His dwellings were built south by the feet of the mountains of Valinor, upon the confines of the realm. Aulë had made Lorien's halls of mist gathered beyond Avathar upon the Shadowy Seas. His hall was great and dimly lit and had wide gardens which wandered marvelously about, winding near to the feet of Telperion whose shining lit them. The gardens were full of labyrinths and mazes, for Yavanna had given Lórien a great wealth of yew trees and cedars, and of pines that exuded drowsy aromas in the dusk, and these hung over deep pools. Bright glowworms crept about their borders and Varda had set stars within their depths for the pleasure of Irmo. His Maiar servants sang wonderfully in these gardens and the scent of nightflowers and the songs of sleepy nightingales filled them with great loveliness. There too grew the poppies glowing red in the dusk, and those the Valar called Fumellar; the flowers of sleep. In the middle of his gardens was set a ring of shadowy cypress reaching high above the cauldron Silindrin where Irmo, gazing upon it, saw many visions of mystery pass upon its face. In the gardens were also a lake called Lorellin, and in the lake was an isle on which Estë slept.

Being the most beautiful place in Arda, the Gardens of Lòrien were set upon a unique natural background containing forest groves, flowers, silver willows, fountains, and lakes; the overall color scheme seems to have been silver. Within the Gardens was Lorellin, the tree-shadowed lake where, on a small island at its center, slept Estë. Not far from its shores was a small dwelling considered to be a place of healing and rest. Many spirits were said to be loose in the gardens.

Here lay the body of Míriel, the first wife of Finwë, and for a time he came frequently to see her here.

Gandalf originally lived here, as did Melian before she became Queen of Doriath.

Translations

Foreign Language	Translated name
Afrikaans	Tuine van Lórien
Albanian	Xhennete te Lórien
Arabic	حدائق لوريين
Armenian	Լոռիենյան այգիները
Azerbaijani	Lórien Bağları
Basque	Lórien lorategiak
Belarusian Cyrillic	Сады Лориена
Bengali	লরিএন এর বাগান
Bosnian	Vrtovi Lórien
Bulgarian Cyrillic	Градини на Лориен
Burmese	ဠောရိဧန္၏ဥယျာဉ် ?
Catalan	La Jardins de Lórien
Cebuano	Mga tanaman Lórien
Chinese	洛里恩的花园
Cornish	Jardinyow a Lórien
Corsican	Giardini di Lórien
Croatian	Vrtovi Lóriena
Czech	Zahrady Lórienu
Danish	Lóriens haver
Dutch	Tuinen van Lorien
Esperanto	Ĝardenoj de Lórien
Estonian	Lórien aiad
Filipino	Mga hardin ng Lórien
Finnish	Lórienin puutarhoihin
French	Les Jardins de Lórien
Galician	Xardíns de Lórien
Georgian	ლორიენი ბაღები
German	Gärten von Lórien
Greek	Κήποι του Λοριεν
Gujarati	લોરિયનના ગાર્ડન્સ
Haitian Creole	Jaden de Lórien
Hebrew	גני לוריין
Hindi	लॉरियनचे उद्यान
Hungarian	Lórien kertjei
Icelandic	Lóriens garðar
Indonesian	Kebun Lórien
Irish Gaelic	Gairdíní de Lórien
Italian	I Giardini di Lórien
Japanese	ロリアンの庭園
Kannada	ಲೋರಿಯನ್ನ ಗಾರ್ಡನ್ಸ್
Kazakh	Лорианың бақтарын (Cyrillic) Lorïanıñ baqtarın (Latin)
Kyrgyz Cyrillic	Лориэнын бакчалар
Latin	Hortos et Lorien
Latvian	Lórien dārzi
Lithuanian	Lórien sodai
Luxembourgish	Gäert vu Lórien
Macedonian Cyrillic	Градини на Лориен
Malagasy	Zaridaina ny Lórien
Malayalam	ലോറിയൻ പൂന്തോട്ടങ്ങൾ
Malaysian	Taman Lórien
Maltese	Ġonna tal-Lórien
Maori	Nga māra o Lórien
Marathi	लॉरियनचे उद्यान
Mongolian Cyrillic	Лориэн-ийн цэцэрлэг
Nepalese	लोरियन बगैंचा
Norwegian	Lóriens hager
Occitan	Jardins de Lórien
Persian	باغ های لورین
Pashto	د باغونو لوریېن
Polish	Ogrody z Lorien
Portuguese	Os Jardins de Lórien
Punjabi	ਲੋਰਿਯਨ ਦੇ ਗਾਰਡਨ
Romanian	Grădinile din Lórien
Russian	Сады Лориен
Scottish Gaelic	Gàrraidhean de Lòrien
Serbian	Вртови Лоријена (Cyrillic) Vrtovi Lorijena (Latin)
Sinhalese	ලොරිියන් උද්යානය
Slovak	Záhrady Lórienu
Slovenian	Vrtovi Lórien
Spanish	Los Jardines de Lórien
Swahili	Bustani ya Lórien
Swedish	Lóriens trädgårdar
Tajik Cyrillic	Боғҳои Лориен
Tamil	லொரிஎந் தோட்டங்கள்
Telugu	లోరీన్ గార్డెన్స్
Thai	สวนลอเรียน
Turkish	Lórien Bahçeleri
Turkmen	Lórien Baglary
Welsh	Gerddi o Lórien
Ukrainian Cyrillic	Сади Лоріен
Urdu	کے باغات لوریےن
Uzbek	Лóриен Боғлари (Cyrillic) Lórien Bog'lari (Latin)
Vietnamese	Vườn Lórien
Yiddish	גארטן פון לאָריען