tom bombadil

Though they don't purely seem to be this (two of them seem to have a certain power level as well that is on a par with Maia, if not higher) but I think Tom Bombadil is an embodiment of carefreeness and Ungoliant and her daughter Shelob are embodiments of gluttony. I realize that Ungoliant had...

Tom Bombadil is described as "oldest and fatherless" in The Council of Elrond and Treebeard is described as "the oldest living thing that still walks beneath the sun" in The White Rider. Tom Shippey's explanation is to accept that Bombadil is not living in the way that the Nazgul and the...

Been watching the "Rings of Power" and eyeing it closely. Although my knowledge of Tolkien lore is lacking in some areas, I'm thinking the man discovered where the meteor crashed is Tom Bombadil, and not Gandalf as most have surmised. Heck, I have even been told that he is Sauron! What say...

In chapter 7 ("Homeward Bound") of book 6 in the RoTK we read (Gandalf speaking to the four hobbits): ‘But if you would know, I am turning aside soon. I am going to have a long talk with Bombadil: such a talk as I have not had in all my time. He is a moss-gatherer, and I have been a stone...

Why did neither side seek out Bombadil in the First Age? given his pre-eminence as the oldest living thing on Earth, and his undoubted but unspecified powers and abilities, he would have been a massive asset to either side, yet he took no part, even though his entire world was at risk. Was he on...

While driving home and listening to the radio the other day, I discovered who Tom Bombadil is. Recall that just before the hobbits left the house of Bombadil, we read the following: "Then he taught them a rhyme to sing, if they should by ill-luck fall into any danger or difficulty the next day...

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could tom bombadill have destroyed The Durins Bane balrog like gandalf did had he joined the fellowship along with gandalf? please give a reason for your answer

I found this essay that seems to have been around for a while. In summary, he believes that Tom Bombadil is Aule and Goldberry is Yavanna. While this may have been argued for or against previously, he makes some pretty good points. https://itservices.cas.unt.edu/~hargrove/bombadil.html

Greetings. I'm new to this forum, but a long time fan of Tolkien's works. One of my pastimes for the last several years has been looking at the various Bombadil theories. I've always found him fascinating. I finally put all of my thoughts together and expressed a tentative conclusion in a blog...

Hey everyone, new member here — my wife and I are enjoying LotR (again), and recently read the section where the hobbits meet Tom Bombadil (everyone's favorite enigma). One passage in particular caught my eye: I remarked to my wife, "I'd love to hear something written in that language". Then...

Tom Bombadil and Goldberry are the most enigmatic beings in all of Middle Earth and seem to be locked outside the eternal conflict of good and evil. When Tom saved Frodo, Sam, Merry and Pippin from Old Man Willow he was able to wear the One Ring without being corrupted or turning invisible. Tom...

I would like some help in translating the prayer of Tom Bombadil into Sindarin, I am not good at all with languages but I attempted a translation - the meaning of it, not word for word. Please all of you scholars of the ancient tongues help me! Alae! Iarwain, Iarwain Ben-adar! Na nên, eryn a...

This is actually a pretty solid theory. If the Ring is to be used to get someone what they wanted, whether just invisibility like in the cases of Smeagol and Bilbo, to gold (in the case of dwarves), to power and strength (in the case of men and perhaps wizards), then, to somebody who was...

I'm still not sure what Bombadil is, but I now think it's possible that I've found his opposite, Ungoliant, a spider-like creature that appears to have come from the darkness and the Void itself. Bombadil, on the other hand, is possibly an essence of the Secret Fire itself or something...

Hello everyone! This is my first post on the Tolkien Forum. Here it goes: Tom Bombadil (Iarwain Ben-adar) is a character of much debate, yet I find myself extremely disappointed with the outcome of each argument every single time I read of him. Every debate about Tom and his origins ends...

Was this chapter about the odd Tom bombadil of any important's at all or was it just filler? It seemed rather useless to me. If you can't tell me about Tom without spoiling some upcoming event then just tell me I'll find out but if you can tell me I would like to know.

In LoTR, Gandalf said that Treebeard was the oldest living thing on Middle Earth. Treebeard also said that the Elves woke them up. Bombadil said that he was in Middle Earth before even the first acorn. In Morgoth's Ring, p. 52, in the year 1500 VY, it says that 'there was a great growth...

Hey gang, The other day I started rereading LOTR cover to cover (for the first time in Oh 6-7 years) and came across this interesting little passage from Fog on the Barrow Downs. This happens after Tom frees the Hobbits from the Barrow Wight and they were going through the treasure that was...

Hey dol! Merry dol! ring a dong dillo! Tom's so perplexing I cannot damn chill-o! Yes, to the abyss he has been explored! And because of this I know you're all bored! But why dost Tom deserve such a stigma! So let us now truly ponder this enigma! I know the nature, persona, character and...