Bombadil as Aule?

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Gwaihir Said:

At present, I am really of the opinion -- I was enlightened in this respect by a post of burrahobbit's -- that Bombadil is some kind of personification of the Music of the Ainur,

I think that is what I was trying to say in my post, (and Gwaihir/Burrahobbit seemed to find the wording, where I was blank) The music of the Ainur of course came from Illuvatar, and that is what I was referring to. So that leads to Goldberry again... is she the same perhaps? Also, (this is kind of far-fetched)I wonder if Bombadil really knew who he was himself? When goldberry was asked who Bombadil was, she replied "he is". I wonder if Bombadil himself told goldberry who he was, and about his power(and where it came from), or if bombadil was really not aware of how he was created and he and goldberry arrived at the same time? But I Do not think that is correct, because when they speak of him at the council, they say he would be the last as he was the first, and a few other quotes about how he is the oldest. But nothing is mentioned of Goldberry. I am now starting to Confuse myself, so I will end this post. Any opinions?

~Namarie~