The River Mother???

[Bêthberry]

Finwe, I think you are right that Tolkien's Goldberry lacks the darkness of the Greek myth's Persephone, but I think that was deliberate on his part, to write the myth without equating seasonal change with the underworld, as something hellish.

davem, those are interesting links. Can you tell me more about the book? The Amazon link didn't provide any summary about it. And for me to order from the UK is very expensive. Also, I would like to ask you to put that link up on the Rohan RPG resource thread, which is in the Rohan forum, down in the role playing section. It complements nicely a link I put there to 'Mysterious Britain.' Thanks in advance!