Éowyn
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Éowyn ( or ) is a fictional character in J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings. She is a noblewoman of Rohan who describes herself as a shieldmaiden. With the hobbit Merry Brandybuck, she rides into battle and kills the Witch-King of Angmar, Lord of the Nazgûl, in the Battle of the Pelennor Fields. This fulfils the Macbeth-like prophecy that he would not be killed by a man.
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- Character.name
- Éowyn
- Character.series
- Tolkien
- Character.aliases
- Dernhelm
- Character.race
- Rohirrim
- Character.spouse
- Faramir
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- Book(s)
- Character.data24
- The Two Towers (1954)The Return of the King (1955)
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- Éowyn de Rohan.jpg
- Number of children
- 1
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- name in native language
- Éowyn
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- Early films
- Peter Jackson
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Éowyn ( or ) is a fictional character in J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings. She is a noblewoman of Rohan who describes herself as a shieldmaiden. With the hobbit Merry Brandybuck, she rides into battle and kills the Witch-King of Angmar, Lord of the Nazgûl, in the Battle of the Pelennor Fields. This fulfils the Macbeth-like prophecy that he would not be killed by a man.
Éowyn's brief courtship by Faramir has been seen by scholars as influenced by Tolkien's experience of war brides from the First World War. She has been seen, too, as one of the few strong female characters in the story, especially as interpreted in Peter Jackson's film trilogy, where her role, played by Miranda Otto, is far more romantic than Tolkien made her.