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<img src="http://www.barrowdowns.com/images/posticons/bloody.jpg" align=absmiddle> Re: Who do you think Tom Bombadil really was
I thought that J.R.R.T explained that Tom was left unexplained so that he could be whatever you wanted him to be.
I know that takes all the fun out of it but I think he envisioned discussions like this when he did that.
The explanation was in The Letters Of J.R.R.Tolkien I think.
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