Goldberry

by Varda-(Valar)
1999
Goldberry

    The River Daughter, wife of Tom Bombadil, possibly the daughter of the River-woman of the Withywindle who was probably a Maia of Ulmo. We don't know exactly in what way she was the daughter, or who Goldberry's father was if she had one, as she could have been a pure Maia of Ulmo. She could also have been a human drowned in the Withywindle and brought back by the Maiar as a nature spirit, somewhat like a good rusalka. Tom refers in song to having met her when her heart was beating.

References: Lord of the Rings, Silmarillion