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Ulvenok · 01-13-2013, 07:02 AM

He played quite a big role in Glorfindel's prophecy. I don't know things just doesn't seem to be quite right here, one could imagine that Tom also gave the hobbits their blades because the barrows were within his land and he wished the wraiths to go away and hoped the hobbits would get rid of the witch king. It's quite a coincidence that they would jump into Bombadil and that he would eventually give them the only weapon capable of killing the witch king. Or maybe not....

Ardent · 01-18-2013, 08:02 PM

Tom's indifference to the affairs surrounding the ring is one reason for thinking of him as an embodiment of nature. Another reason would be his care for Goldberry, who fits Treebeard's description of the Entwives:

...But the Entwives gave their minds to the lesser trees, and to the meads in the sunshine beyond the feet of the forrest; and they saw the sloe in the thicket, and the wild apple and the cherry blossoming in spring, and the green herbs in the waterlands in summer, and the seeding grasses in the autumn fields...

01-13-2013, 07:02 AM	#1
Ulvenok Banned Join Date: Jan 2013 Posts: 41	He played quite a big role in Glorfindel's prophecy. I don't know things just doesn't seem to be quite right here, one could imagine that Tom also gave the hobbits their blades because the barrows were within his land and he wished the wraiths to go away and hoped the hobbits would get rid of the witch king. It's quite a coincidence that they would jump into Bombadil and that he would eventually give them the only weapon capable of killing the witch king. Or maybe not.... Last edited by Ulvenok; 01-13-2013 at 07:17 AM.

01-18-2013, 08:02 PM	#2
Ardent Wight Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Black Country, West Midlands Posts: 130	Tom's indifference to the affairs surrounding the ring is one reason for thinking of him as an embodiment of nature. Another reason would be his care for Goldberry, who fits Treebeard's description of the Entwives: ...But the Entwives gave their minds to the lesser trees, and to the meads in the sunshine beyond the feet of the forrest; and they saw the sloe in the thicket, and the wild apple and the cherry blossoming in spring, and the green herbs in the waterlands in summer, and the seeding grasses in the autumn fields...