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Re: where did bombadil came from
Gandalf:
Actually you're remembering words of Treebeard, not Bombadil. Just as a side note, this proves that Bombadil has to be older than Treebeard.
I think that Bombadil was an enigmatic embodiment of Arda itself, quite much like Ungoliant was an embodiment of the Void. Remember, Bombadil remembers "the starry sky when it was free of fear, before the Dark Lord came from Outside" (I'm quoting from memory of a translation, the words aren't exactly these). I believe that this refers to Melkor's first entrance to Arda, but it can be interpreted in other ways as well (or perhaps Tom was telling a big fat lie to the Hobbits <img src=smile.gif ALT="
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Either that, or he's the Witch King.
Or Mad Bilbo.
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Elenhin
"My god, it's full of stars!"</p>