[narfforc]

Galadriel may wear the Ring, but she says: For the Lord of the Galahrim is accounted the wisest of the Elves of Middle-earth, and a giver of gifts beyond the power of kings. It has always bugged me the way that Celeborn has been made to look somehow inferior to Galadriel, just because she has the ring. These two are equals. At their parting in Lorien Galadriel tells the Fellowship that the gifts are from both of them, later upon meeting Eomer, Aragorn says: But we have passed through Lothlorien, and the gifts and favour of the Lady go with us. This I think is a mistake by Tolkien, it should have been: the gifts and favour of the Lord and Lady go with us. It seems that everyone that passes through Lorien is somehow blind or ignorant of the fact that there is also a very powerful Lord there also, he seems to have been pushed into the: Oh he's only there to father Celebrian mode. I am sure that men knew of Celeborn, he had not always been at Lorien, he had dwelt in Doriath, Lindon and Eregion, to these places men and dwarves had access at times, I feel his existance would have been known. When the Rohirrim, whether in the time Eorl or Theoden speak of the Lady of The Golden Wood, I think they speak almost in semi-reverence, similar to calling on Elbereth without having to mention Manwe.

There is no doubt that Galadriel is very powerful, and it is not all the doing of Nenya. I would like to add that not all men fear powerful women, anymore than all women love only powerful men.