Editing Goldberry (section)

==Adaptations==

=== Radio ===

In a twelve-part radio adaptation of ''The Lord of the Rings'' which ran from 1955 to 1956, the producer [[Terence Tiller]] wrote Goldberry as Tom Bombadil's daughter.<ref name=radio/> This alteration annoyed Tolkien,<ref name=Letters2 group=T>{{harvnb|Carpenter|2023|loc=letter 175 To Mrs Molly Waldron, November 1955 }}</ref> though he conceded that the events described in the 1934 poem are not clearly summarized in the published version of ''The Lord of the Rings''.<ref name=radio>{{cite book |last1=Hammond |first1=Wayne |last2=Scull |first2=Christina |author1-link=Wayne G. Hammond |author2-link=Christina Scull |title=The J. R. R. Tolkien Companion and Guide: Vol 2. Reader's Guide |date=2006 |location=Boston |publisher=[[Houghton Mifflin]] |isbn=978-0-618-39101-1 |page=1256}}</ref> <!-- No actress was credited for the role. -->

The chapters involving the Old Forest and its characters were omitted from [[Brian Sibley]] and [[Michael Bakewell]]'s [[The Lord of the Rings (1981 radio series)|1981 radio adaptation of ''The Lord of the Rings'']]<!-- to fit within the air-time-->.<ref>{{cite book |editor1-last=Hiley |editor1-first=Margaret |editor2-last=Weinreich |editor2-first=Frank |title=Tolkien's Shorter Works: Proceedings of the 4th Seminar of the Deutsche Tolkien-Gesellschaft & Walking Tree Publishers Decennial Conference |date=2008 |location=Zollikofen |publisher=[[Walking Tree Publishers]] |page=12 |isbn=978-3-905-70311-5}}</ref> In 1992, Sibley produced a radio series, ''Tales from the Perilous Realm'', which featured short texts by Tolkien; the episode "The Adventures of Tom Bombadil" covered ''The Lord of the Rings'' chapters cut from the 1981 adaptation, including those about the Old Forest. Goldberry is voiced by [[Sorcha Cusack]] for the adaptation.<ref>{{cite web |title=Review: Tales of the Perilous Realm Dramatization re-released by BBC AudioBooks America (10.11.08 by Pieter Collier)|url=http://www.tolkienlibrary.com/press/853-Tales-Perilous-Realm-BBC-Dramatization.php |website=Tolkien Library |access-date=28 January 2021}}</ref> 

=== Film ===

[[File:Khraniteli_In_the_House_of_Tom_Bombadil.jpg|thumb|A scene of the chapter "The House of Tom Bombadil" from the 1991 Russian television play ''[[Khraniteli]]'', showing Goldberry and [[Tom Bombadil]] with the four [[hobbit]]s made to appear small using a [[Chroma key|green screen]] technique<ref name="Davis 2021"/> ]]

In 1957 Tolkien was consulted about a [[Animation|cartoon]] of ''The Lord of the Rings'', its first proposed cinematic treatment. On the subject of Goldberry, he said he would much rather that she be omitted from the adaptation than make a [[cameo appearance]] without context or meaning.<ref name=Letters2 group=T/> The film director [[Peter Jackson]] omitted Goldberry and Bombadil from [[The Lord of the Rings (film series)|his films]]; he stated that this was because they did little to advance the story and would have made the films unnecessarily long.<ref>{{cite video |people=[[Peter Jackson|Jackson, Peter]] |title=The Lord Of The Rings - The Fellowship of the Ring - Extended Edition Appendices | medium=DVD |date=2004}}</ref> 

Only one adaptation includes Goldberry, the 1991 Russian ''[[Khraniteli]]'', where she is portrayed by {{ill|Regina Lialeikite|ru|Лялейките, Регина Ляоновна}} (as "Zolotinka"{{efn|The name [[Zolotinka]] means "gold flake" and is the name of a gold-mining region in Siberia.}}). The version uses a [[Chroma key|green screen]] technique to present her as much larger than the hobbits dining at her table.<ref name="Davis 2021">{{cite web |last1=Davis |first1=Rebecca |title=Inside the Soviet 'Lord of the Rings': Cast Details Their Epic TV Movie, Uncovered After 30 Years |url=https://variety.com/2021/film/actors/russian-lord-of-the-rings-khraniteli-1234968603/ |website=Variety |access-date=26 October 2023 |date=2021}}</ref>

Goldberry is portrayed by Raya Yarbrough in the second season of ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power]]''.<ref>{{cite web |date=14 September 2024 |title=The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power (2022– ) Full Cast & Crew |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7631058/fullcredits/?ref_=tt_cl_sm |access-date=14 September 2024 |website=Internet Movie Database}}</ref>

=== Games and other media ===

Along with Bombadil, Goldberry appears as a [[non player character]] in the 2002 video game ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (video game)#Plot|The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring]]'', where she is voiced by [[Kath Soucie]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Kath Soucie |url=https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/video-games/The-Lord-of-the-Rings-The-Fellowship-of-the-Ring-The-Video-Game/ |website=Behind the Voice Actors |access-date=22 June 2021}}</ref>

Goldberry appears in the [[massively multiplayer online role-playing game]] ''[[The Lord of the Rings Online]]''. She is found in "Goldberry's Glade" in the Old Forest, where a quest to gather lilies on her behalf at the foot of Old Man Willow is given to the player by Bombadil.<ref>{{cite web |title=A Hero's Guide to the Old Forest |url=https://www.mmorpg.com/lord-of-the-rings-online/developer-journals/a-heros-guide-to-the-old-forest-2000116523 |website=MMORPG.com |access-date=13 May 2020 |date=18 February 2009 |quote=After finding Tom in Chapter 9: Lilies for the River-daughter, he agrees to help you—only if you collect lilies for his wife Goldberry. Tom warns you that the lilies are guarded by the ancient tree known as Old Man Willow. Some say that this venerable tree and its dark heart is the source of all that is evil within the Old Forest.}}</ref> Her race is referred to as "River-maid", as the game also features Goldberry's sister Naruhel, an original character who is of a darker and crueller nature.<ref name="BR">{{cite thesis |degree=Masters |last=Martinez |first=L. Y. L. |title=O diálogo intermidiático entre ''A sociedade do anel'' e ''The lord of the rings online (lotro)'': aspectos de remidiação, meia-realidade, estrutura e ficção interativa |trans-title=Intermediary dialogue between ''The Ring Society'' and ''The Lord of the Rings Online (lotro)'': aspects of remediation, half-reality, structure and interactive fiction |url=https://lume.ufrgs.br/bitstream/handle/10183/172954/001060423.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y |date= 2017 |publisher=Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul |language=pt |access-date=28 January 2021}}</ref>

The 1969 ''[[Harvard Lampoon]]'' novel ''[[Bored of the Rings]]'' depicts a [[parody]] character named "Hashberry", partner to the equally drug-soaked [[Timothy Leary|Tim]] [[Benzedrine]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Barnett |first=David |author-link=David Barnett (writer) |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/booksblog/2011/feb/08/tolkien-bored-of-the-rings |title=After Tolkien, get Bored of the Rings |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=8 February 2011 |access-date=22 June 2021}}</ref> Her name was a reference to [[Haight-Ashbury]],<ref>''[[Bored of the Rings]]'', 2012 Touchstone edition, footnote to page 28.</ref> a district of San Francisco nicknamed [[Hashish|Hash]]bury and widely seen as the origin of [[hippie counterculture]].<ref name="DemocracysChildren">{{cite book |last=Spann |first=Edward K. |title=Democracy's Children: The Young Rebels of the 1960s and the Power of Ideals |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ixE9n65NNVMC&pg=PA111 |year=2003 |location=Lanham |publisher=[[Rowman & Littlefield]] |page=111|isbn=9780842051415 }}</ref>

The 2023 ''[[Magic: The Gathering]]'' set ''The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth'' includes the card “Goldberry, River-Daughter” and represents her as a Nymph whose color alignment is blue.