goldberry

What manner of being was Goldberry? Did Tolkien even say what she was, or is she just as much of a mystery as Tom Bombadill?

I read this theory somewhere that Goldberry might be Nimrodel...how true do you think it can be?

This post may be a long-shot, but after recent re-readings of The Silmarillion, I could not help but wonder, could Goldberry be Nienor? I have always been told that mystery enshrouds Goldberry, and thet she is some sort of River-daughter, brought forth from the water to Bombadil. Is this...

Hello from Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿. I’m new to the forum, though not new to Tolkien of course. Have spent a lot of time with the published works through lockdown, and enjoyed the Prancing Pony Podcast. Listening to an episode recently I had a theory about Goldberry. Is the “River-daughter” a full on...

Tom Bombadil and Goldberry are the most enigmatic beings in all of Middle Earth and seem to be locked outside the eternal conflict of good and evil. When Tom saved Frodo, Sam, Merry and Pippin from Old Man Willow he was able to wear the One Ring without being corrupted or turning invisible. Tom...

Were they of the Maia? Perhaps not quite of the same rank with Sauron, Mithrandir (and the other Istari), Luthien, the Balrogs, or Eonwe, but nonetheless do you think they belonged to the same race? Based on the passage here from Chapter 7, 'In the House of Tom Bombadil', from Book One of the...

I havent posted a thread in YEARS Has this question been posed before? I’m sure it must have been at some point... I was idly flipping through the Fellowship of the Ring and I noticed a small detail that I had passed over many times before: “...her shoes were like fishes’ mail” - In the...

From TFOTR; In the House of Tom Bombadil: How do you interpret Frodo's feelings? Why is the delight 'deeper and nearer to mortal heart' than that of encountering Elves? I suppose that to us mortals, Goldberry would be just as 'magical' as the Elves. Why this distinction then?

when they say that Goldberry is the River daughter are they talking figuratively?? does bombadil call her that because he found her by the river? reem

We always debate who or what Tom Bombadil is, but in all of this we never pay any attention to Goldberry. What exactly is she? We never really find out for sure do we? All we know is that she is called the "river-daughter", thats not much information. Is she human? I doubt that. So here's the...

"Now let the song begin! Let us sing together Of sun, stars, moon and mist, rain and cloudy weather, Light on the budding leaf, dew on the feather, Wind on the open hill, bells on the heather, Reeds by the shady pool, lilies on the water: Old Tom Bombadil and the River-daughter!"...

Who Are These People? first off who the hell is tom bombadill. Who's goldberry? Who are the barrow wights? Who is elbereth and gilthoniel? who are they?

In all the threads we have talked about Tom being an unidentified enigma, not a real part of the Mythology of ME. But no-one that I know of has taken it from this angle? Why did Goldberry, river-daughter, whom Tom found down in the river Withy-Windle apparently, and who can conjure up a...