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Goldberry

the River-daughter; the fair wife of Tom Bombadil

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Name and Being

Goldberry was the fair and grave mistress of Tom Bombadil’s house in the Old Forest, called the River-daughter for her mother the River: her hair shone like the reeds of the stream when she sang, and she was shapely and grave, slender and fair, and kept the house in cleanliness with water and green herbs.

The Song

She wove for the hobbits a wonder of water and light — whose lament for the river, and whose counsel “sing, sing together” was like the river’s voice — and her name is linked with the old songs that the oldest of the wise cannot explain.

The River-woman

The old lore sets the River-woman behind her story: the water-sprite of the stream, her mother, of whom Tom Bombadil sang in his riddling song. Goldberry is called “the daughter of the River”, and her being is bound to the water that runs through the willows.

Verknüpfte Seiten

Tom BombadilThe Old ForestFrodoConcordance — A to ZThe Adventures of Tom Bombadil
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