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<div>[[Image:Noble Collection - Nenya.jpg|thumb|''Nenya'' as conceived by [[The Noble Collection]]]]<br />
'''Nenya''', the '''Ring of Water''', is one of the [[Rings of Power]], specifically, one of the [[Three Rings]] of the [[Elves]] of [[Middle-earth]]. The name is derived from the [[Quenya]] ''nén'' meaning ''water''.<br />
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Nenya was made by [[Celebrimbor]] and the [[Gwaith-i-Mírdain]] of [[Eregion]] in the [[Second Age]], along with the other two Elven Rings, [[Narya]] and [[Vilya]]. Their existence was hidden from [[Sauron]], so they were untouched by his evil.<br />
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Nenya, also known as the '''Ring of Adamant''', is described as being made of ''[[mithril]]'' and set with a "white stone", presumably a diamond (though never stated explicitly, "adamant" is an old synonym for diamond). The ring was wielded by [[Galadriel]] of [[Lórien in Middle-earth|Lórien]], and not normally visible; while [[Frodo Baggins]] can see it by virtue of being a [[Ring-bearer]], [[Samwise Gamgee|Sam Gamgee]] tells Galadriel he only "saw a star through your fingers" (This appears in many editions as "finger"—which sounds more magical, since it suggests that her finger has somehow become transparent—but ''[[The Treason of Isengard]]'', ch. 13, note 34, mentions it as an error.)<br />
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Nenya's power was preservation, protection, and concealment from evil. Galadriel used these powers to create and sustain Lothlórien, but it also increased in her the longing for the Sea and her desire to return to the [[Undying Lands]]. After the destruction of the One Ring and the defeat of Sauron, its power faded along with the other Rings of Power. Galadriel bore Nenya on a ship from the [[Mithlond|Grey Havens]] into the [[Aman|West]], accompanied by the other two Elven Rings and their bearers. With the ring gone, the magic and beauty of Lórien also faded and it was gradually depopulated, until by the time [[Arwen]] came there to die in [[Fourth Age]] 121 it was deserted and in ruin.<br />
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