The Trickster in LotR

[littlemanpoet]

It's somewhat reassuring to learn, Child, that I'm not the first to think of this.

I'm not surprised that Tolkien was well versed in Jung, or knew Campbell.

The answer is that there is no one answer, no single and unified figure to find.

Notwithstanding this rather self-confident statement of negation, I still think that the Trickster (in its positive elements) is the least worst fit for Tom Bombadil (more or less on a par with Churchill's statement regarding democracy, if you know what I mean).