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La Llorona

2006-06-12T18:03:23Z

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=== Origins ===

=== External Links ===

''[http://bookwoman.org/lallorona.html La Llorona article and lyrics]'' Lee Anne Phillips

[http://www.oregonshadowtheatre.com/07_La_Llorona_MP3.mp3 ''La Llorona'': Tune]

[http://vistacruz.com/llorona.html ''Haunted From Within'': a La Llorona movie]

[http://lallorona.com/ ''The Cry'': a La Llorona movie]

Eowyn

2006-06-04T04:17:48Z

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'''Eowyn''' is a fictional character in [[J.R.R. Tolkien]]'s ''[[The Lord of the Rings (book)|The Lord of the Rings]]''.

=== Storyline ===

Niece of King Théoden of Rohan, she chafed at the restrictions placed on women in her society, striving to be a shieldmaiden of reknown, just as her brother Éomer was a doughty warrior.

Éowyn became the nursemaid of her uncle, Théoden, and while serving Théoden, she meets Aragorn, the future King, and falls in love with him, unaware that he is betrothed to Arwen.

During the flight to the refuge of Helm's Deep, she is relegated to caring for the women and children, despite her desire to guard the group against attack as do the men.

After Aragorn and his companions took The Way of the Dead at Dunharrow, she was told to go back to the women while the men rode off to the aid of Gondor. She rebelled against this stricture and disguised herself as a man, Dernhelm, riding off with the troops. In the movie, she isn't disguised but somehow escapes the notice of her Uncle and brother.

In battle with the forces of Sauron, she slays the Witch King (a Nazgûl), fulfilling Glorfindel's prophecy that the Witch King would never die by the hand of man. She is gravely wounded in the fight, and is at death's door when Aragorn heals her in both mind and spirit with an infusion of athelas, kingsfoil, although she is still too weak to travel when Aragorn rides off with the Host of Gondor to the final battle with the forces of Sauron.

She rests in the Houses of Healing with Faramir, Steward of Gondor, also recuperating from grievous wounds, and her eyes are opened. She realizes that she loves this gentle man and declares to him, ''"I will be a shieldmaiden no longer, nor vie with the great Riders, nor take joy only in the songs of slaying. I will be a healer, and love all things that grow and are not barren. No longer do I desire to be a queen."'' [[http://www.houghtonmifflinbooks.com/features/lordoftheringstrilogy/ Return of the King, Book 6, Chapter 5 - The Steward and the King (c. page 300) Text Copyright © 1955 by George Allen and Unwin Ltd.]]

Éowyn is an ambiguous figure, as are many of Tolkien's women, on the one hand courageous and noble, yet willing in the end to give up all her ambitions in order to become a wife and mother.

=== Eowyn in the movies ===

Éowyn is played by actress Miranda Otto in the recent [[The Lord of the Rings (movies)|movie adaptation]] of ''The Lord of the Rings''. This adaptation resulted in certain changes to her character.

Among the more amusing conclusions to be drawn by the ellipses forced by the movie's limits in transferring such a huge book to the screen, it can be inferred that Éowyn will become queen of Rohan at the end, because her brother's claims to the throne were omitted from the storyline, and her uncle, King Theoden, left the succession to her before departing for battle:

''"I have left instruction. The people are to follow your rule in my stead. Take up my seat in the Golden Hall. Long may you defend Edoras if the battle goes ill."''

== Sources ==
*[http://www.supershadow.com/archive/lordoftherings/return_of_the_king/script.html Transcript of ''Return of the King'']

[[category:Notable Female Characters]] [[category:Warrior Women]] [[category:Women Disguised as Men]]

Eowyn

2006-06-02T23:53:18Z

63.193.112.180: Article added by Lee Anne Phillips

Niece of King Théoden of Rohan, she chafed at the restrictions placed on women in her society, striving to be a shieldmaiden of reknown, just as her brother Eomer was a doughty warrior.

Éowyn became the nursemaid of her uncle, Théoden, and while serving Théoden, she meets Aragorn, the future King, and falls in love with him, unaware that he is betrothed to Arwen.

During the flight to the refuge of Helm's Deep, she is relegated to caring for the women and children, despite her desire to guard the group against attack as do the men.

After Aragorn and his companions took The Way of the Dead at Dunharrow, she was told to go back to the women while the men rode off to the aid of Gondor. She rebelled against this stricture and disguised herself as a man, Dernhelm, riding off with the troops. In the movie, she isn't disguised but somehow escapes the notice of her Uncle and brother.

In battle with the forces of Sauron, she slays the Witch King (a Nazgûl), fulfilling Glorfindel's prophecy that the Witch King would never die by the hand of man. She is gravely wounded in the fight, and is at death's door when Aragorn heals her in both mind and spirit with an infusion of athelas, kingsfoil, although she is still too weak to travel when Aragorn rides off with the Host of Gondor to the final battle with the forces of Sauron.

She rests in the Houses of Healing with Faramir, Steward of Gondor, also recuperating from grievous wounds, and her eyes are opened. She realizes that she loves this gentle man and declares to him, ''"I will be a shieldmaiden no longer, nor vie with the great Riders, nor take joy only in the songs of slaying. I will be a healer, and love all things that grow and are not barren. No longer do I desire to be a queen."''

Éowyn is an ambiguous figure, as are many of Tolkien's women, on the one hand courageous and nobel, yet willing in the end to give up all her ambitions in order to to become a simple wife and mother.

[[category:Fictional Characters]]

Eowyn

2006-06-02T23:49:33Z

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Eowyn

2006-06-02T23:48:47Z

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Niece of King Théoden of Rohan, she chafed at the restrictions placed on women in her society, striving to be a shieldmaiden of reknown, just as her brother Eomer was a doughty warrior.

Éowyn became the nursemaid of her uncle, Théoden, and while serving Théoden, she meets Aragorn, the future King, and falls in love with him, unaware that he is betrothed to Arwen.

During the flight to the refuge of Helm's Deep, she is relegated to caring for the women and children, despite her desire to guard the group against attack as do the men.

After Aragorn and his companions took The Way of the Dead at Dunharrow, she was told to go back to the women while the men rode off to the aid of Gondor. She rebelled against this stricture and disguised herself as a man, Dernhelm, riding off with the troops. In the movie, she isn't disguised but somehow escapes the notice of her Uncle and brother.

In battle with the forces of Sauron, she slays the Witch King (a Nazgûl), fulfilling Glorfindel's prophecy that the Witch King would never die by the hand of man. She is gravely wounded in the fight, and is at death's door when Aragorn heals her in both mind and spirit with an infusion of athelas, kingsfoil, although she is still too weak to travel when Aragorn rides off with the Host of Gondor to the final battle with the forces of Sauron.

She rests in the Houses of Healing with Faramir, Steward of Gondor, also recuperating from grievous wounds, and her eyes are opened. She realizes that she loves this gentle man and declares to him, ''I will be a shieldmaiden no longer, nor vie with the great Riders, nor take joy only in the songs of slaying. I will be a healer, and love all things that grow and are not barren. No longer do I desire to be a queen.''

Eowyn

2006-06-02T23:47:07Z

63.193.112.180:

Niece of King Théoden of Rohan, she chafed at the restrictions placed on women in her society, striving to be a shieldmaiden of reknown, just as her brother Eomer was a doughty warrior.

Éowyn became the nursemaid of her uncle, Théoden, and while serving Théoden, she meets Aragorn, the future King, and falls in love with him, unaware that he is betrothed to Arwen.

During the flight to the refuge of Helm's Deep, she is relegated to caring for the women and children, despite her desire to guard the group against attack as do the men.

After Aragorn and his companions took The Way of the Dead at Dunharrow, she was told to go back to the women while the men rode off to the aid of Gondor. She rebelled against this stricture and disguised herself as a man, Dernhelm, and rides off with the troops.

In battle with the forces of Sauron, she slays the Witch King (a Nazgûl), fulfilling Glorfindel's prophecy that the Witch King would never die by the hand of man. She is gravely wounded in the fight, and is at death's door when Aragorn heals her in both mind and spirit with an infusion of athelas, kingsfoil, although she is still too weak to travel when Aragorn rides off with the Host of Gondor to the final battle with the forces of Sauron.

She rests in the Houses of Healing with Faramir, Steward of Gondor, also recuperating from grievous wounds, and her eyes are opened. She realizes that she loves this gentle man and declares to him, ''I will be a shieldmaiden no longer, nor vie with the great Riders, nor take joy only in the songs of slaying. I will be a healer, and love all things that grow and are not barren. No longer do I desire to be a queen.''

Eowyn

2006-06-02T23:46:32Z

63.193.112.180:

Niece of King Théoden of Rohan, she chafed at the restrictions placed on women in her society, striving to be a shieldmaiden of reknown, just as her brother Eomer was a doughty warrior.

Éowyn became the nursemaid of her uncle, Théoden, and while serving Théoden, she meets Aragorn, the future King, and falls in love with him, unaware that he is betrothed to Arwen.

During the flight to the refuge of Helm's Deep, she is relegated to caring for the women and children, despite her desire to guard the group against attack as do the men.

After Aragorn and his companions took The Way of the Dead at Dunharrow, she was told to go back to the women while the men rode off to the aid of Gondor. She rebelled against this stricture and disguised herself as a man, Dernhelm, and rides off with the troops.

In battle with the forces of Sauron, she slays the Witch Kind (a Nazgûl), fulfilling Glorfindel's prophecy that the Witch King would never die by the hand of man. She is gravely wounded in the fight, and is at death's door when Aragorn heals her in both mind and spirit with an infusion of athelas, kingsfoil, although she is still too weak to travel when Aragorn rides off with the Host of Gondor to the final battle with the forces of Sauron.

She rests in the Houses of Healing with Faramir, Steward of Gondor, also recuperating from grievous wounds, and her eyes are opened. She realizes that she loves this gentle man and declares to him, ''I will be a shieldmaiden no longer, nor vie with the great Riders, nor take joy only in the songs of slaying. I will be a healer, and love all things that grow and are not barren. No longer do I desire to be a queen.''

Eowyn

2006-06-02T23:37:06Z

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Niece of King Théoden of Rohan, she chafed at the restrictions placed on women in her society, striving to be a shieldmaiden of reknown, just as her brother Eomer was a doughty warrior.

Éowyn became the nursemaid of her uncle, Théoden, and was slated to be left behind with the women when the men rode off to war at Minas Tirith, after the Battle of Helm's Deep. While serving Théoden, she meets Aragorn, the future King, and falls in love with him, unaware that he is betrothed to Arwen.

During the flight to the refuge of Helm's Deep, she is again relegated to caring for the women and children, despite her desire to guard the group against attack.

After Aragorn and his companions took The Way of the Dead at Dunharrow, she was told to go back to the women while the men rode off to the aid of Gondor. She rebelled against this stricture and disguised herself as a man, Dernhelm, and rides off with the troops.

In battle with the forces of Sauron, she defeats the Witch Kind (a Nazgûl), fulfilling Glorfindel's prophecy that the Witch King would never die by the hand of man.

J.R.R. Tolkien

2006-06-02T22:57:33Z

63.193.112.180: /* Analyses & Commentary */ Added specific names of interest

=Analyses & Commentary=

* race, Orcs, Haradrim, Easterlings
* women, missing entwives, scarce dwarvish women, elven queens, [[Valier]], and others
* [[Eowyn]]
* [[Galadriel]], [[Celebrían]], [[Arwen]], [[Nimrodel]], [[Mithrellas]], [[Elwing]]
* [[Varda]], [[Yavanna]], [[Nienna]], [[Este]], [[Vaire]], [[Vana]], [[Nessa]]

=Bibliographies=

==Tolkien Bibliography==

* [[The Hobbit]] (1937)
* [[The Lord of the Rings (book)|The Lord of the Rings]] (1954-1955)
** [[The Fellowship of the Ring]]
** [[The Two Towers]]
** [[The Return of the King]]

* [[Peter Jackson]]'s film trilogy of [[The Lord of the Rings]]

==Feminist, Subaltern, Critical Reworkings==

* [[Mary Gentle]], [[Grunts!]] ([[1992]])
* [[Pat Murphy]], [[There and Back Again]] (2000)
* [[Jacqueline Carey]], [[Banewreaker]] (2005) and [[GodSlayer]] (2005) (Volumes 1 and 2, respectively, of [[The Sundering (series)]])

==Feminist, Subaltern Critiques & Analyses==

''a draft list; haven't read this; not sure of actual content & basing just on title''

* Bigger, Andreas. "Love Song of the Dark Lord: Some Musings on the Reception of Tolkien in an Indian Context," in ''Root and Branch'', ed. Honegger, 165-179
* Craig, David M. "’Queer Lodgings’: gender and sexuality in The Lord of the Rings." ''Mallorn'' 35 (1997): 11-18.
* Doughan, David. "An Ethnically Cleansed Faëry?" Tolkien and the Matter of Britain." ''Mallorn'' 32 (1995): 21-24.
* Doughan, David. "Tolkien, Sayers, Sex and Gender," in ''Proceedings of the J. R. R. Tolkien Centenary Conference'', ed. Reynolds and GoodKnight, 356-59.
* Fenwick, Mac. "Breastplates of Silk: Homeric Women in The Lord of the Rings." ''Mythlore'' 21 (1996): 17-23, 50.
* Fredrick, Candice and Sam McBride. ''Women Among the Inklings: Gender, C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien, and Charles Williams''. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 2001.
* Hopkins, Lisa. "Female Authority Figures in the Works of Tolkien, C. S. Lewis and Charles Williams," in ''Proceedings of the J. R. R. Tolkien Centenary Conference'', ed. Reynolds and GoodKnight, 364-66.
* Lewis, Alex and Elizabeth Currie. ''The Uncharted Realms of Tolkien''. Wimbledon: Medea Publishing, 2002. Includes three chapters on the "Realms of Gender".
* Ringel, Faye. "Woman Fantasists: In the Shadow of the Ring," in ''J.R.R. Tolkien and His Literary Resonances: Views of Middle-Earth'', ed. George Clark and Daniel Timmons. Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 2000. (pp. 159-71).

==External Links==

* Thevina, [http://www.trickster.org/symposium/symp144.html Does Gender Matter? Women, Tolkien, and the Online Fanfiction Community]. FanFic symposium.

[[category:1892 Births|Tolkien, J.R.R.]] [[category:1973 Deaths|Tolkien, J.R.R.]]

* The Thain's Book, [http://www.tuckborough.net/ An encyclopedia of Middle-earth in the Third Age]

J.R.R. Tolkien

2006-06-02T22:55:03Z

63.193.112.180: /* Analyses & Commentary */

=Analyses & Commentary=

* race, Orcs, Haradrim, Easterlings
* women, missing entwives, scarce dwarvish women, elven queens, Valier, and others
* Eowyn
* Galadriel, Celebrían, Arwen, Nimrodel, Mithrellas, Elwing
* Varda, Yavanna, Nienna, Este, Vaire, Vana, Nessa

=Bibliographies=

==Tolkien Bibliography==

* [[The Hobbit]] (1937)
* [[The Lord of the Rings (book)|The Lord of the Rings]] (1954-1955)
** [[The Fellowship of the Ring]]
** [[The Two Towers]]
** [[The Return of the King]]

* [[Peter Jackson]]'s film trilogy of [[The Lord of the Rings]]

==Feminist, Subaltern, Critical Reworkings==

* [[Mary Gentle]], [[Grunts!]] ([[1992]])
* [[Pat Murphy]], [[There and Back Again]] (2000)
* [[Jacqueline Carey]], [[Banewreaker]] (2005) and [[GodSlayer]] (2005) (Volumes 1 and 2, respectively, of [[The Sundering (series)]])

==Feminist, Subaltern Critiques & Analyses==

''a draft list; haven't read this; not sure of actual content & basing just on title''

* Bigger, Andreas. "Love Song of the Dark Lord: Some Musings on the Reception of Tolkien in an Indian Context," in ''Root and Branch'', ed. Honegger, 165-179
* Craig, David M. "’Queer Lodgings’: gender and sexuality in The Lord of the Rings." ''Mallorn'' 35 (1997): 11-18.
* Doughan, David. "An Ethnically Cleansed Faëry?" Tolkien and the Matter of Britain." ''Mallorn'' 32 (1995): 21-24.
* Doughan, David. "Tolkien, Sayers, Sex and Gender," in ''Proceedings of the J. R. R. Tolkien Centenary Conference'', ed. Reynolds and GoodKnight, 356-59.
* Fenwick, Mac. "Breastplates of Silk: Homeric Women in The Lord of the Rings." ''Mythlore'' 21 (1996): 17-23, 50.
* Fredrick, Candice and Sam McBride. ''Women Among the Inklings: Gender, C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien, and Charles Williams''. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 2001.
* Hopkins, Lisa. "Female Authority Figures in the Works of Tolkien, C. S. Lewis and Charles Williams," in ''Proceedings of the J. R. R. Tolkien Centenary Conference'', ed. Reynolds and GoodKnight, 364-66.
* Lewis, Alex and Elizabeth Currie. ''The Uncharted Realms of Tolkien''. Wimbledon: Medea Publishing, 2002. Includes three chapters on the "Realms of Gender".
* Ringel, Faye. "Woman Fantasists: In the Shadow of the Ring," in ''J.R.R. Tolkien and His Literary Resonances: Views of Middle-Earth'', ed. George Clark and Daniel Timmons. Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 2000. (pp. 159-71).

==External Links==

* Thevina, [http://www.trickster.org/symposium/symp144.html Does Gender Matter? Women, Tolkien, and the Online Fanfiction Community]. FanFic symposium.

[[category:1892 Births|Tolkien, J.R.R.]] [[category:1973 Deaths|Tolkien, J.R.R.]]

* The Thain's Book, [http://www.tuckborough.net/ An encyclopedia of Middle-earth in the Third Age]

J.R.R. Tolkien

2006-06-02T16:56:24Z

63.193.112.180: /* External Links */

=Analyses & Commentary=

* race, Orcs, Haradrim, Easterlings
* women, missing entwives, scarce dwarvish women, elven queens

=Bibliographies=

==Tolkien Bibliography==

* [[The Hobbit]] (1937)
* [[The Lord of the Rings (book)|The Lord of the Rings]] (1954-1955)
** [[The Fellowship of the Ring]]
** [[The Two Towers]]
** [[The Return of the King]]

* [[Peter Jackson]]'s film trilogy of [[The Lord of the Rings]]

==Feminist, Subaltern, Critical Reworkings==

* [[Mary Gentle]], [[Grunts!]] ([[1992]])
* [[Pat Murphy]], [[There and Back Again]] (2000)
* [[Jacqueline Carey]], [[Banewreaker]] (2005) and [[GodSlayer]] (2005) (Volumes 1 and 2, respectively, of [[The Sundering (series)]])

==Feminist, Subaltern Critiques & Analyses==

''a draft list; haven't read this; not sure of actual content & basing just on title''

* Bigger, Andreas. "Love Song of the Dark Lord: Some Musings on the Reception of Tolkien in an Indian Context," in Root and Branch, ed. Honegger, 165-179
* Craig, David M. "’Queer Lodgings’: gender and sexuality in The Lord of the Rings." Mallorn 35 (1997): 11-18.
* Doughan, David. "An Ethnically Cleansed Faëry?" Tolkien and the Matter of Britain." Mallorn 32 (1995): 21-24.
* Doughan, David. "Tolkien, Sayers, Sex and Gender," in Proceedings of the J. R. R. Tolkien Centenary Conference, ed. Reynolds and GoodKnight, 356-59.
* Fenwick, Mac. "Breastplates of Silk: Homeric Women in The Lord of the Rings." Mythlore 21 (1996): 17-23, 50.
* Fredrick, Candice and Sam McBride. Women Among the Inklings: Gender, C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien, and Charles Williams. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 2001.
* Hopkins, Lisa. "Female Authority Figures in the Works of Tolkien, C. S. Lewis and Charles Williams," in Proceedings of the J. R. R. Tolkien Centenary Conference, ed. Reynolds and GoodKnight, 364-66.
* Ringel, Faye. "Woman Fantasists: In the Shadow of the Ring," in J.R.R. Tolkien and His Literary Resonances: Views of Middle-Earth , ed. George Clark and Daniel Timmons. Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 2000. (pp. 159-71).

==External Links==

* Thevina, [http://www.trickster.org/symposium/symp144.html Does Gender Matter? Women, Tolkien, and the Online Fanfiction Community]. FanFic symposium.

[[category:1892 Births|Tolkien, J.R.R.]] [[category:1973 Deaths|Tolkien, J.R.R.]]

* The Thain's Book, [http://www.tuckborough.net/ An encyclopedia of Middle-earth in the Third Age]