‘Here is Nimrodel!’ said Legolas. ‘Of this stream the Silvan Elves made many songs long ago, and still we sing them in the North, remembering the rainbow on its falls, and the golden flowers that floated in its foam. All is dark now and the Bridge of Nimrodel is broken down. I will bathe my feet, for it is said that the water is healing to the weary.’
- The Fellowship of the Ring (Book 2), Chapter 6
A tributary of the Celebrant in north-western Lothlórien, the Nimrodel is named after the Elven maid of the same name, who dwelt near the river for many millennia.