Post by Móreadhiel on Jan 16, 2007 12:55:09 GMT -5
Ioreth Ioreth with Aragorn
unused image from the New Line film
Wise-woman of Gondor. At the time of the War of the Ring, Ioreth was the eldest of the women who worked in the Houses of Healing in Minas Tirith. She was skilled at her work, but she had a tendency to chatter.
Ioreth worked long and hard helping the wounded after the Battle of the Pelennor Fields on March 15, 3019. When Faramir was brought to the Houses of Healing, Ioreth wept.
"Alas! if he should die. Would that there were kings in Gondor, as there were once upon a time, they say! For it is said in old lore: The hands of the king are the hands of a healer. And so the rightful king could ever be known."
The Return of the King: "The Houses of Healing," p. 136
At her words, Gandalf realized that Aragorn should be brought in to tend Faramir, as well as Merry and Eowyn who were gravely ill as a result of their contact with the Lord of the Nazgul. Aragorn asked Ioreth for athelas. Ioreth recognized the plant by its common name, kingsfoil, for she had seen it growing in the woods near Lossarnach where she walked with her sisters. But she was unaware of any healing properties of the plant and told Aragorn that there was none in the Houses of Healing.
Aragorn sent Ioreth off to find some athelas and at last six leaves were found. Aragorn used the athelas to revive Faramir, Merry, and Eowyn. Ioreth was amazed and said the scent reminded her of the roses of Imloth Melui from her youth. She was equally amazed to learn that Aragorn was the rightful King. On May 1, Ioreth attended Aragorn's coronation with her kinswoman from Imloth Melui.
Etymology:
The meaning of Ioreth is uncertain. The stem ior may come from the word iaur meaning "old, ancient" or it may come from iôr meaning "run, course."
Sources:
The Return of the King: "The Houses of Healing," p. 136-37, 139-42; "The Steward and the King," p. 244-45
The History of Middle-earth, vol. V, The Lost Road and Other Writings: "The Etymologies," YA and YUR entries
Lord of the Rings Dictionary
unused image from the New Line film
Wise-woman of Gondor. At the time of the War of the Ring, Ioreth was the eldest of the women who worked in the Houses of Healing in Minas Tirith. She was skilled at her work, but she had a tendency to chatter.
Ioreth worked long and hard helping the wounded after the Battle of the Pelennor Fields on March 15, 3019. When Faramir was brought to the Houses of Healing, Ioreth wept.
"Alas! if he should die. Would that there were kings in Gondor, as there were once upon a time, they say! For it is said in old lore: The hands of the king are the hands of a healer. And so the rightful king could ever be known."
The Return of the King: "The Houses of Healing," p. 136
At her words, Gandalf realized that Aragorn should be brought in to tend Faramir, as well as Merry and Eowyn who were gravely ill as a result of their contact with the Lord of the Nazgul. Aragorn asked Ioreth for athelas. Ioreth recognized the plant by its common name, kingsfoil, for she had seen it growing in the woods near Lossarnach where she walked with her sisters. But she was unaware of any healing properties of the plant and told Aragorn that there was none in the Houses of Healing.
Aragorn sent Ioreth off to find some athelas and at last six leaves were found. Aragorn used the athelas to revive Faramir, Merry, and Eowyn. Ioreth was amazed and said the scent reminded her of the roses of Imloth Melui from her youth. She was equally amazed to learn that Aragorn was the rightful King. On May 1, Ioreth attended Aragorn's coronation with her kinswoman from Imloth Melui.
Etymology:
The meaning of Ioreth is uncertain. The stem ior may come from the word iaur meaning "old, ancient" or it may come from iôr meaning "run, course."
Sources:
The Return of the King: "The Houses of Healing," p. 136-37, 139-42; "The Steward and the King," p. 244-45
The History of Middle-earth, vol. V, The Lost Road and Other Writings: "The Etymologies," YA and YUR entries
Lord of the Rings Dictionary
