I too believe that Farmer Maggot met Bombadil on one of his visits to the Old Forest well before the Lord of the Rings, perhaps under similar circumstances as Frodo, Sam, Merry and Pippin found themselves at their first meeting with Tom. This is all purely conjectural. I always found the link between Maggot and Bombadil quite interesting, and the fact that Bombadil had so much respect for the old farmer even more so.
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Or maybe since nobody knows where hobbits came from, nor Bombadillo and Goldberry, Old Tom and Goldberry gave life to the Hobbits.
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--Keeper of Dol Guldur
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[Keeper of Dol Guldur] - Hey, you may be on to something. Just as Aulė created the dwarves, maybe ol' Tom and Goldberry created the Hobbits.
Which would mean that T&G were Ainur. Two riddles solved in one stroke!
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--Birdland
Just so you know wo it was who put forth this interesting (and to my knowledge completely original) idea, Osse. [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]
[ July 26, 2003: Message edited by: Lord of Angmar ]