#nessa is basically a rohirric artemis and you cannot prove me wrong

[actuallyfingolfin]

continuing from my nessa-train-of-thought earlier: the rohirrim know orome as bema, so i’m thinking that since orome & nessa are siblings, they know of her too, and of vana and then i got to thinking “then what are their domains?” 

well, they exist as sort of two ends of a continuum: with nessa representing the more “untamed” side of nature and with vana representing the more “domesticated” side. 

nessa is a patron of the shieldmaidens too, as well as being considered the protector of children. vána is particularly associated with agriculture and all the things that grow, and in rohirric iconography she wears a crown of wheat stalks. (nessa has a crown of antlers and fawn spots on her arms)

#nessa #valar #vana #nolo's meta #nessa is basically a rohirric artemis and you cannot prove me wrong