Who do you think Tom Bombadil really was - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Elenanna · 03-07-2001, 11:11 PM

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He can't be a maia because Gandalf, Saruman and Sauron were affected by the ring but he wasn't. And for the same reason he can't be man, elf, dwarf etc. I don't think he would be one of the Valar either since he says that he was here before the first tree which was done by the Valar when they first arrived on Arda, and he was there before the 'great enemy' (probably Melkor) although Melkor is believed to have been the first Valar there. So I think that he is and embodiment of Arda or a spirit of the earth.

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03-07-2001, 11:11 PM	#1
Elenanna Haunting Spirit Join Date: Mar 2001 Posts: 98	<font face="Verdana"><table><TR><TD><FONT SIZE="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Newly Deceased Posts: 5</TD><TD></TD></TR></TABLE> <img src="http://www.barrowdowns.com/images/posticons/onering.jpg" align=absmiddle> Re: Tom Bombadil He can't be a maia because Gandalf, Saruman and Sauron were affected by the ring but he wasn't. And for the same reason he can't be man, elf, dwarf etc. I don't think he would be one of the Valar either since he says that he was here before the first tree which was done by the Valar when they first arrived on Arda, and he was there before the 'great enemy' (probably Melkor) although Melkor is believed to have been the first Valar there. So I think that he is and embodiment of Arda or a spirit of the earth. Elen sila lumenn omentielvo. </p>