Lotr Ladies

Who is your favorite Lotr Lady

  • Galadriel, The Lady of Light, Wife of Celeborn, Mother of Celebrian

    Votes: 19 26.0%

  • Arwen Undomiel, Evenstar, Queen of Gondor, Mother of Eldarion

    Votes: 31 42.5%

  • Eowyn,Princess of Ithilien, Wife of Faramir

    Votes: 32 43.8%

  • Luthien Tinuviel, Wife of Beren, Mother of Dior

    Votes: 15 20.5%

  • Celebrian, Wife of Elrond, Mother of Arwen, Elladen, and Elrohir

    Votes: 2 2.7%

  • Goldberry, Wife of Tom Bombadil

    Votes: 7 9.6%

  • Gilrean, Wife of Arathorn, Mother of Aragorn

    Votes: 3 4.1%

  • Lothiriel, Wife of Eomer, Mother of Elfwine

    Votes: 2 2.7%

  • Finduilas, Wife of Denethor, Mother of Faramir and Boromir

    Votes: 3 4.1%

  • Morwen of Lossarnach, Wife of Thengel, Mother of Theoden and Theodwyn

    Votes: 3 4.1%
  • Total voters
    73
hmmm, hard choice between Eowyn and Arwen, but I think Eowyn wins out....I admire both of them for the sacrifices they make, but i'm more of the athletic type, so Eowyns skill in battle (pluss the guy she gets :p) are why I would choose her over Arwen...and I don't think I would want to live forever either.
 
That's a sweet gal and no mistake, Elindil! :) She certainly shares her place in the pantheon of honorable LOTR ladies, even if she's not in this list. (I personally liked her portrayal in the movies.)
 
I voted for Galadriel, but had I known I could've voted for more than one, I would have added Goldberry. These two ladies are so strong, and the way Tolkien describes them in such detail made me nigh well fall in love with them while reading it!!! Galadriel's strength in passing the Ring's test is awesome, and I admire her for it. And I,too, think Rosy would've made a fine addition to the list! I call my GF "Rosy Cotton" sometimes (even though her name's Alicia!)LOL!! I'm into hobbits obviously!
 
I think that's rather sweet, actually. Especially if someday you get married and you can always have a pet name for your wife, one of deep affection. Awesome.
 
I like Galadriel because she resisted the ring, is so old and wise, yet is so beautifully eerie. I also like Luthien and the whole story behind her.
 
Hmmm... such a hard choice between Arwen and Eowyn :( Because Eowyn is so brave... but I admire Arwen for her willingness to sacrifice anything for love.
 
In the book, Rosie Cotton was a farm girl. It annoyed me that they felt they had to make her a tavern wench in the movie trilogy--the more so since they TWICE had her say the phrase "Good night, lads," and DIDN'T give her any OTHER dialogue! But I suppose the tavern thing was intended as a way to emphasize for us the fact that hobbits WERE capable of sexual attraction and romance among themselves.

The mention of Goldberry above reminds me of a larger annoyance--the absence of Mr. and Mrs. Bombadil from the movie. It would NOT have been hard to include them in--just show them for a few minutes, helping the hobbits to evade the Ringwraiths initially, give a minimal explanation for their existence (prefaced maybe by Gandalf previously DIRECTING the hobbits to leave the Shire by way of Tom and Goldberry's territory), and then explain that they could not leave their area.
 
I have voted for Galadriel. She is my all time favorite. She was not only beautiful, but just the way she was. She was already my favorite female in the books and also in the movies.
 
In the LotR books Galadriel is definately my favorite. In the Sil. i like Lúthien also a lot, so i voted them both :)

EDIT: and i voted Goldberry too:D
 
I had a hard time deciding on this one. These were all strong women in their own ways. But I finally chose Galadriel. She had boldness, fortitude, a strong will, power, love and devotion even to those who are not elven. After Galadriel it's a toss up between Eowyn and Arwen.
 
I especially appreciated Galadriel's kindness to Gimli. It reminds me of when I was a college sophomore whom the girls on campus did NOT consider a desirable date; one beautiful and popular senior girl, though out of my reach romantically, showed me kindness which was a morale-booster for me. Gimli's purehearted, unselfish devotion to Galadriel, inspired by her kindness to him, is one of the uplifting things about LOTR.

NOT so uplifting was what Tolkien did--if I have not misread him--to the marriage of Galadriel and Celeborn. I've said elsewhere that I was not yet a Christian when I first read LOTR, and that some things in it actually _hindered_ me from getting spiritual benefit out of the story. One such hindrance was the idea that Galadriel could go back to the True West, but Celeborn couldn't. Even as an agnostic, I had the reaction, "What does Tolkien mean by compromising the holiness of marriage, letting a married couple be split up by the will of the nearest thing to God present in the story?" There's a case where a movie does improve on the book: the movie of ROTK indicated that Celeborn _did_ also get to sail west.
 
I voted for Luthien Tinuviel. Her story is so pretty. Though my favorite lady of Lord of the Rings is Rose Cotten. The hobbits are my favorite.
 
Copperfox said:
I especially appreciated Galadriel's kindness to Gimli. It reminds me of when I was a college sophomore whom the girls on campus did NOT consider a desirable date; one beautiful and popular senior girl, though out of my reach romantically, showed me kindness which was a morale-booster for me. Gimli's purehearted, unselfish devotion to Galadriel, inspired by her kindness to him, is one of the uplifting things about LOTR.

NOT so uplifting was what Tolkien did--if I have not misread him--to the marriage of Galadriel and Celeborn. I've said elsewhere that I was not yet a Christian when I first read LOTR, and that some things in it actually _hindered_ me from getting spiritual benefit out of the story. One such hindrance was the idea that Galadriel could go back to the True West, but Celeborn couldn't. Even as an agnostic, I had the reaction, "What does Tolkien mean by compromising the holiness of marriage, letting a married couple be split up by the will of the nearest thing to God present in the story?" There's a case where a movie does improve on the book: the movie of ROTK indicated that Celeborn _did_ also get to sail west.
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There is not known if Celeborn stayed in ME forever. There is not said he wasn't allowed to go to Valinor. After Galadriel left, je stayed in Lorien for a while, but then he left and stayed with the sons of Elrond. After that periode, there is not known what happened with him. Maybe he did go to Valinor.
 
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