"There are no mortal words to describe that which she was. To call her beautiful is to rob the morning of its light. To call her gentle is to rob the wind of its essence. To call her mother is to deny us memory."

-- from "Annapippalaga's Song", a Goliath history ballad

Ithilenna, also known as the Moon-Mother and Lyratonna, was one of the Elder Giants, best known as being friend to the folk hero Annapippalagarah and the consort to Harasib. She is often associated with the moon, and seen as a benevolent figure of kindness. Goliaths see her example as the paragon of parenthood, and give thanks to her as their ultimate progenitor, also with Harasib.

Little is known about Ithilenna's history: whether she was, like her consort, one of the most powerful and eldest amongst her cohort. She is credited with very little other than several history songs concerning the protection of the Embrace (the area within the Iron Mountains now within the Kingdom of Endon), the duties of the giants in protecting their kin, and the creation of the Titans, the Giants, the Goliaths, and the other Little Folk.

The Moon-Mother

The earliest known record of Ithilenna is found carved into the walls of the Tower of Night, where a complex frieze depicts the Song of the Apple, the tale of the first of the Storm Giants, Üll. In the song, Üll is taught strength and knowledge from his father, but continues to fail Harasib's test. When he approaches his mother to ask her aid in succeeding in his father's tasks, Ithilenna merely asks him what his name is. Üll, not having been referred to by name in his interactions with his father, does not know.

When Ithilenna reminds him that his name is Üll (literally "apple", for how he was born from the branch of a Lieptre), Üll sees that he had not considered that he, like an apple, was a seed that had not yet finished growing. In thanks to Ithilenna, he made her a crown of solid lightning, which she wore thereafter.

Death

While other references to Ithilenna exist, they are only mentions or incomplete fragments. The next most intact reference is from the Tales of Annapippalagarah, in which she lays down in the shadow of a mountain and dies of weariness. The titular hero then goes in search of her closest friend, one of the Arboriad, who has also died.

In the story, the body of Ithilenna bleeds magic into the environment, creating a Feywild around it. The wilds of Ithilenna's Rest are said to be her graveplace.