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Old 06-05-2003, 11:26 AM   #19
Oricon Ancalime
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I don't think any of the ringwraiths were female. When you think about the way Middle Earth society worked and the way our society was when Tolkien was writing his stories (pre-women's liberation) women probably wouldn't have held strong roles like that. Eowyn being the obvious exception... Even Luthien and Galadriel, while female and still quite powerful, had power that ran to vocal ends as opposed to physical ones (like chasing down Rings!) However, the prefix "Tar" is used for both kings and queens of Numenor, so who knows. I guess you'd really have to study the language, but I don't think that there's enough information on it to hazard much of a guess.
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