The Trickster in LotR

[Elianna]

Originally Posted by littlemanpoet

He possesses no values, moral or social, is at the mercy of his passions and appetites, yet through his actions all values come into being.' ... How is one to reconcile a figure at once benefactor, buffoon, and malignant tease; who is at the same time incarnate spirit of destructive mischief, and yet culture hero who teaches man the use of fire and cultivation of plants, a destroyer of monsters and divider of seasons?

This kinda reminds me of Tom Bombadill, strangely enough.