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littlemanpoet · 12-30-2004, 07:13 PM

I guess I'm satisfied with the idea that Tom is master of his little realm, that he is the place itself, in person (notice that I didn't say "personified"). I'm thinking that Tom and Goldberry are elemental persons. I do not say "spirits", as that raises more issues than it solves; same as "beings". He is the place, she is the riverdaughter. He has been there as long as there has been an Arda. She has been there as long as there has been a river.

12-30-2004, 07:13 PM	#5
littlemanpoet Itinerant Songster Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: The Edge of Faerie Posts: 7,066	I guess I'm satisfied with the idea that Tom is master of his little realm, that he is the place itself, in person (notice that I didn't say "personified"). I'm thinking that Tom and Goldberry are elemental persons. I do not say "spirits", as that raises more issues than it solves; same as "beings". He is the place, she is the riverdaughter. He has been there as long as there has been an Arda. She has been there as long as there has been a river.