The
river's
daughter (presumably the river
Withywindle) and
Tom Bombadil's merry and beautiful wife in
Tolkien's
The Lord of the Rings.
"O slender as a
willow-wand! O clearer than
clear water!
O reed by the living
pool! Fair River-Daughter!
O
spring-time and
summer-time, and spring again after!
O wind on the
waterfall, and the leaves'
laughter!"
-(from The
Fellowship of the Ring)
I'm struck by the
eerie similarity between her and
Polychrome, the
rainbow's daughter, from the
Oz books. The
ethereal beauty, the diet of
dew drops, the whole water-daughter thing.. of course, even in her bit-part, Goldberry carries a lot more dignity than Polychrome ever did, P's charming sweetness aside.