burrahobbit, I understand your argumentation and it is fascinating, but I found a couple of quotes about Tom that contradict that theory:
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Out east my knowledge fails. Tom is no master of Riders from the Black Land far beyond his country. (Tom of himself in "Fog on the Barrow-Downs")
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I think that in the end, if all else is conquered, Bombadil will fall... (Glorfindel at "The Council of Elrond")
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Eru would have to be greater than the Black Power, and those quotes indicate that Tom is not.
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