Indo Silver - The Tom Bombadil-question is a topic that is discussed over and over on the downs. There are some ideas of what he could be:
- Eru, but Tolkien himself said that he wasn't
- Manwë (the reasons to believe this I do not know)
- Tolkien himself (somehow I don't think Tolkien would do such a thing)
- An earth spirit (it might be so and than Goldberry might be a Water spirit)
- A maiar (which can be so as well, but still seems quiet unlikely to fit the tale of the Silmarillion)
- An enigma (which, it is said, Tolkien himself claimes him to be)
The always-returning TB-question is quiet unanswerable, in my opinion, for there's too little proof anything about him.
As said before me you might check out our poll-results to get an idea.
greetings,
lathspell
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'Yes, I, Gandalf the Grey,' said the wizard solemnly. 'There are many powers in the world, for good or for evil. Some are greater than I am. Against some I have not yet been measured. But my time is coming.'
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