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tom bombariffic · 11-21-2002, 09:48 AM

Hey everyone...I was just thinking about this and trying to narrow down the possibilities so I wondered if anyone could help me:

As far as I know, "the adventures of tom bombadil" existed before "Lord of the rings". Therefore, Tom bombadil existed before tolkien had invented eru, arda etc. So, surely, it would be impossible for him to be an incarnation of Eru, or a representation of Arda, or anything else like that. It would be impossible for him to be ANY PHYSICAL THING from middle earth.

I'm sure this must be wrong, or else someone cleverer than me would have said it 20 years ago. Can anyone please prove me wrong? Im sure Ive miscalculated or not thought of something but I dunno what, so if theres a problem with my reasoning please tell me.

cheers,
Bombariffic

11-21-2002, 09:48 AM	#25
tom bombariffic Wight Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: In the house of Tom Bombariffic Posts: 196	Hey everyone...I was just thinking about this and trying to narrow down the possibilities so I wondered if anyone could help me: As far as I know, "the adventures of tom bombadil" existed before "Lord of the rings". Therefore, Tom bombadil existed before tolkien had invented eru, arda etc. So, surely, it would be impossible for him to be an incarnation of Eru, or a representation of Arda, or anything else like that. It would be impossible for him to be ANY PHYSICAL THING from middle earth. I'm sure this must be wrong, or else someone cleverer than me would have said it 20 years ago. Can anyone please prove me wrong? Im sure Ive miscalculated or not thought of something but I dunno what, so if theres a problem with my reasoning please tell me. cheers, Bombariffic __________________ The 'hum' generated by an electric car is not in fact the noise of the engine, but that of the driver's self-righteousness oscillating at a high frequency.