Golden Compass

[Geoff Bannister]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "Lee Storm(God Is The Healing Force)" 
<n2fgc at ...> wrote:
>
> | Kemper, who enjoys strong female characters in fantasy (Alice,
> | Dorothy, and that chic in LotR... oh wait, there wasn't one)
> 
> [Lee]:
> Well, at least in the books, Galadriel and Iowan (forgive misspelling) were
> quite strong.  Galadriel was the queen elf, so to speak, and Iowan was a
> warrior.

Geoff:
I quite agree that Eowyn and Arwen Undómiel and Galadriel were 
valiant but I think that you have overlooked perhaps the most 
valiant woman in the Tolkien canon.

For me, the actions of the above pale into insignificance compared 
to the trials and tribulations suffered by, and the bravery of Lúthien 
Tinúviel when she battled side by side with her lover Beren in their 
quest to win one of the Silmarils from the crown of Morgoth; a 
heroic story told in its fullness in the chapter "Of Beren and  
Lúthien" in "The Silmarillion".