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- From: warren@nysernet.org (Warren Burstein)
- Subject: Re: Eowyn
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- Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 09:12:07 GMT
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- In <1992Dec17.213445.24835@leland.Stanford.EDU> jchokey@leland.Stanford.EDU (James Alexander Chokey) writes:
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- > Actually, the term "shieldmaiden" appears a couple of times-- and
- >I agree it does suggest the possibility that there were "fighting woman" in
- >Rohan. However, there are no other "shieldmaidens" anywhere in the text of
- >LOTR. No women ride with Eomer's company in the battle outside of Fangorn,
- >no women go off with Theoden's armies to battle against Saruman, and no women
- >(other than Eowyn, of course) with the Rohirrim to do battle in Gondor. There
- >is clearly only one shieldmaiden in LOTR, and that shieldmaiden is Eowyyn.
-
- I agree. Evidence of this can be found in Imrahil's words on III,
- 147:
-
- And rising he looked then on Eowyn and was amazed. 'Surely, here is a
- woman?" he said. 'Have even the women of the Rohirrim come to war in
- our need?'
-
- And from the way the Riders answer him: 'Nay! Only one.'
-
- And if there *were* sheildmaidens in Rohan, it would have been easier
- for Eowyn to disguise herself as an anonymous shieldmaiden than to
- pretend to be a man.
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