Personally, I find Eowyn more believable than some of the "women warriors" of modern fiction. In the culture which Tolkien had in mind, the shield-maiden was not an unknown concept - and hey, there are comments in Roman writing about these scary Northern women fighting along with the men! Nver underestimae Goldberry and Galadriel - Galadriel is a wielder of one of the Rings of Power, not her husband, and is keeping Lothlorien going; once she has gone, he retires to Rivendell. As for Goldberry, have you noticed that on her "washing day" it's raining? The impression I got is that she was *making* it rain, as a sort of minor weather/water goddess, perhaps? Just because they don't wave swords doesn't mean they're powerless - I mean, come on, who has more power and strength, Galadriel or the average Gondorian trooper?
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