Who do you think Tom Bombadil really was

[Bêthberry]

Originally Posted by Nogrod

Someone probably has said this already (and I'm not going back to see if one of you did like five years ago ), but Tom is JRRT himself naturally...

And I mean it. It's the obvious solution.

Beat ya too it, kid, and not like five years ago, but merely on the previous page: The Author in His Works by Bethberry

Note too that Pitchwife, al and Morth subsequently admired the theory as they thought it could tidily be incorporated into their own. I must say I think I'll go and work on Pitchwife's anagram idea a bit . . . .