In this second novel in the Earthsea series, Tenar is chosen as high priestess to the ancient and nameless Powers of the Earth, and everything is taken from her—home, family, possessions, even her name. Tenar Also known as: Arha, Goha Titles: The Eaten One, One Priestess, First Priestess, Priestess Ever Reborn, One Ever Reborn, Priestess of the Tombs, White Lady of Gont, Tenar of the Ring, Peace Bringer, Lady Tenar Born in a tiny hamlet west of Entat, in the north of Atuan, fifth child of an apple orchard worker, on the night of the former One Priestess's death. The Tombs of Atuan. For once upon a time in Earthsea, a little after the events of A Wizard of Earthsea , there was a girl in Karg named Tenar. – Tombs, p. 178. What I like most is the inversion of the princess-in-the-tower trope, where the princess thinks she is in charge and ends up being rescued by her prisoner. The Tombs of Atuan is important to the genre and what it does was very rare – and still is fairly rare – and I am here to champion the fuck out of it. To me, the darkness of the labyrinth in The Tombs of Atuan is a metaphor for ignorance, fear, and sterility. Specifications. – ‘In the deep valley, in the twilight, the apple trees were on the eve of blossoming; here and there among the shadowed boughs one flower had opened early, rose and white, like a faint star. She is now known only as Arha, the Eaten One, and guards the shadowy, labyrinthine Tombs of Atuan. Tombs of Atuan is my favorite so far of the first three. The Tombs of Atuan, Book Two of the series, differs from A Wizard of Earthsea in a number of ways, the most obvious of which is that the main character is female. Like A Wizard of Earthsea before it, Le Guin’s The Tombs of Atuan was meant for kids. This is true throughout The Tombs of Atuan as it never feels flat or superfluous, whether it be a word or a sentence everything has weight and meaning. Age Range: 12 - … Now we call it a YA novel, though recent marketing schemes … Now the full Earthsea collection— A Wizard of Earthsea, The Tombs of Atuan, The Farthest Shore, Tehanu, Tales from Earthsea, and The Other Wind—is available with a fresh, modern look that will endear it both to loyal fans and new legions of readers. She is now known only as Arha, the Eaten One, and guards the shadowy, labyrinthine Tombs of Atuan. Book 2: The Tombs of Atuan About the Book In this second novel in the Earthsea series, Tenar is chosen as high priestess to the ancient and nameless Powers of the Earth, and everything is taken from her—home, family, possessions, even her name. A Wizard of Earthsea * The Tombs of Atuan * The Farthest Shore * Tehanu Ged is but a goatherd on the island of Gont when he comes by his strange powers over nature. Atuan is one of the islands which make up the Kargad Lands.On Atuan were the Tombs of Atuan, where Tenar was priestess Arha, the eaten one, of the Nameless Ones.In the tombs, and labyrinth, under their temple lay hidden one half of the Ring of Erreth Akbe.In second novel of the Earthsea series, The Tombs of Atuan, Tenar and Ged unite the ring and escape the tombs. Ged is able to separate her actions from her person, allows her the time and space to grieve for the loss of her past, and supports her in her journey towards a new beginning. Sent to the School of Wizards on Roke, he learns the true way of magic and proves himself a powerful magician.