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Orald · 01-31-2001, 12:56 PM

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Re: Who do you think Tom Bombadil really was

Your point on Bombadil being like an Adam actually makes a lot of sense. After reading Athrabeth, he could have been one of the Fathers of Men that did not harken to Melkor in the beginning, he could have fled to where he is in LotR. In the histories of Men it was said that they were originally very powerful and long live creatures(how long lived I don't know), but Melkor turned them from Iluvatar and then Iluvatar took his gifts away from them. If Bombadil was one of these Fathers of Men, he could have fled from Morgoth at the first and maybe kept his inherent abilities.

The only problem I see with this is that Bombadil was the first: before the elves; before the Dark Lord Melkor, the first Ainu to reach Ea; before everything. So unless the time for the arrival of Men changes to before everything else, then I doubt he could truly be like Adam.

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01-31-2001, 12:56 PM	#11
Orald Shadow of Malice Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: right behind you Posts: 843	<font face="Verdana"><table><TR><TD><FONT SIZE="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Shade of Carn Dûm Posts: 394</TD><TD></TD></TR></TABLE> Re: Who do you think Tom Bombadil really was Your point on Bombadil being like an Adam actually makes a lot of sense. After reading Athrabeth, he could have been one of the Fathers of Men that did not harken to Melkor in the beginning, he could have fled to where he is in LotR. In the histories of Men it was said that they were originally very powerful and long live creatures(how long lived I don't know), but Melkor turned them from Iluvatar and then Iluvatar took his gifts away from them. If Bombadil was one of these Fathers of Men, he could have fled from Morgoth at the first and maybe kept his inherent abilities. The only problem I see with this is that Bombadil was the first: before the elves; before the Dark Lord Melkor, the first Ainu to reach Ea; before everything. So unless the time for the arrival of Men changes to before everything else, then I doubt he could truly be like Adam. </p>