Who do you think Tom Bombadil really was

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<img src="http://www.barrowdowns.com/images/posticons/bluepal.jpg" align=absmiddle> Re: Tom Bombadil

Welcome Wanderer! Undoubtedly the mystery of Tom will always be a mystery. That is what intrigues people. Leave him be? Then how could we have any fun? Nothing like beating a dead horse, except maybe beating it over and over again. As long as there are message boards and JRRT is popular, Tom's origin will be a popular topic. At this point, even if some forgotten manuscript emerged in which JRRT explicitly stated &quot;Tom is a ______&quot;, someone would say &quot;Oh, he was experimenting, JRRT didn't really mean it. Tom is clearly the Wraith of Angmar (hee hee).

--Mithadan--
"The Silmarils with living light
were kindled clear, and waxing bright
shone like stars that in the North
above the reek of earth leap forth." </p>