- "There my pretty lady is, the River-woman's daughter."
- —Tom Bombadil
The River-woman is a debated subject of J.R.R. Tolkien's world, mentioned once in The Fellowship of the Ring and The Adventures of Tom Bombadil. It is speculated that the River-woman is a name for a single character of Goldberry's mother, or a name of an unspecified "nature spirit" or "magical being" among the Forest-folk in the Old Forest.
Translations[]
| Foreign Language | Translated name |
| Afrikaans | Riviervrou |
| Amharic | የወንዝ ሴት |
| Arabic | امرأة النهر |
| Armenian | Գետի կին |
| Assamese | নদী-মহিলা |
| Asturian | Muyer del ríu |
| Azerbaijani | Çay qadını |
| Basque | Ibai-emakumea |
| Belarusian Cyrillic | Рака-жанчына |
| Bengali | নদী-মহিলা |
| Bosnian | Rijeka-žena |
| Bulgarian Cyrillic | Речна жена |
| Burmese | မြစ်ရေအမျိုးသမီး |
| Cambodian | ស្ត្រីទន្លេ |
| Catalan | Dona del riu |
| Cebuano | Babaye sa suba |
| Chinese | 河边的女人 |
| Corsican | Fiume-donna |
| Croatian | Rijeka-žena |
| Czech | Řeka-žena |
| Danish | Flod-kvinde |
| Dari | زن رودخانه ای |
| Dutch | Riviervrouw |
| Esperanto | Rivero-virino |
| Estonian | Jõgi-naine |
| Faroese | Flóðakvinna |
| Filipino | Babae-ilog |
| Finnish | Jokinainen |
| French | Dame-Rivière |
| Frisian | Rivierfrou (Western) |
| Friulian | Dame dal flum |
| Galician | Muller-rio |
| Georgian | მდინარე-ქალი |
| German | Wasserfrau |
| Greek | Ποταμός-γυναίκα |
| Gujarati | નદી-સ્ત્રી |
| Hawaiian | Wahine muliwai |
| Hebrew | אשת נהר |
| Hindi | नदी-स्त्री |
| Hmong | Poj niam dej |
| Hungarian | Folyó-nő |
| Icelandic | Árkona |
| Indonesian | Wanita sungai |
| Irish Gaelic | Bean abhainn |
| Italian | Donna-fiume |
| Japanese | 川の女 |
| Javaese | Wong wadon kali |
| Kannada | ನದಿ-ಮಹಿಳೆ |
| Kazakh | Өзен-әйелі (Cyrillic) Özen-äyeli (Latin) |
| Konkani | न्हंयची-बायल |
| Korean | 강 여자 |
| Kurdish | Çem-jin (Kurmanji) (Sorani) ژنی ڕووبار |
| Kyrgyz Cyrillic | Дарыя-аял |
| Laotian | ແມ່ຍິງແມ່ນ້ຳ |
| Latin | Flumen-femina |
| Latvian | Upe-sieviete |
| Lithuanian | Upė-moteris |
| Luxembourgish | Floss-fra |
| Macedonian Cyrillic | Река-жена |
| Malagasy | Vehivavy renirano |
| Malayalam | നദി-സ്ത്രീ |
| Malaysian | Wanita-sungai |
| Maltese | Mara tax-xmara |
| Maori | Wahine-awa |
| Marathi | नदी-स्त्री |
| Mongolian Cyrillic | Голын-эмэгтэй |
| Nepalese | नदी-महिला |
| Norwegian | Elvekvinne |
| Occitan | Dama del riu |
| Pashto | د سیند ښځه |
| Persian | زن رودخانه ای |
| Polish | Rzeczna-kobieta |
| Portuguese | Mulher-rio |
| Punjabi | ਨਦੀ-ਔਰਤ |
| Romanian | Râul-femeie |
| Russian | Речная-женщина |
| Sardinian | Femmina de su riu |
| Scottish Gaelic | Bean-aibhne |
| Serbian | Река-жена (Cyrillic) Reka-žena (Latin) |
| Sicilian | Donna dû fiume |
| Sindhi | درياهه جي عورت |
| Sinhalese | ගංගා-කාන්තාව |
| Slovak | Riečna-žena |
| Slovenian | Rečna-ženska |
| Somali | Naag-webiga |
| Spanish | Mujer del río |
| Sundanese | Awéwé walungan |
| Swahili | Mto-mwanamke |
| Swedish | Flodkvinna |
| Tajik Cyrillic | Зани дарё |
| Tamil | நதி-பெண் |
| Tatar | Елга хатыны |
| Telugu | నది-స్త్రీ |
| Thai | หญิงแม่น้ำ |
| Turkish | Nehir-kadını |
| Turkmen | Derýa-zenany |
| Ukrainian Cyrillic | Річкова-жінка |
| Urdu | دریائی عورت |
| Uzbek | Дарё-аёллари (Cyrillic) Daryo-ayollari (Latin) |
| Venetian | Signora del fiume |
| Vietnamese | Người đàn bà sông nước |
| Welsh | Afon-wraig |
| Yiddish | טייך-פרוי |
| Yoruba | Odò-obinrin |