Or was it "dryad"? No, they are spirits of trees, right? I see her
as being nymph-like, though this part of the story, as Curious has pointed out,
seems not to be with faerie as such. To me she seems like an inbetween
person, much like Tom Bombadil. You don't hear of any other River
Daughters, or even the spirits of rivers. I did just see "Spirited Away"
by Miyazake (or some such spelling) and I don't want to give anything away, but
there was a river spirit in it, personified. What a wonderful
concept!!
"Those were the days of Gloaming (Lomendánar), for light there was, silver and golden, but it was not gathered together but flowed and quivered in uneven streams about the airs, or at times fell gently to the earth in glittering rain and ran like water on the ground; and at that time Varda in her playing had set but a few stars within the sky."
-The Book of Lost Tales, Part One
In memoriam: Rosemary St. George 1970-2002
and if sometimes i can't seem to talk, you'll know this blackboard lacks a piece of chalk.
-stan ridgway
