Earendil a Man? Or Aragorn as King of Arnor? - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

06-28-2005, 08:13 PM

Ahh yes, Firefoot , that would make sense! Perhaps my own internal allusion to similarities with Earendil clouded my judgment a little

Was through the devices of Bombadil that they came to have such an accurate vision - a true and proper foresight of things to come? Or through something about their own hobbit-natures when exposed to his encapsulating words?

I personally dont feel it to be unusual for Frodo on his own to have such moments, though in the House of Bombadil it seems much of the lore of Middle-earth was translated in tale by Bombadil for the ears of all four hobbits. Perhaps it was just down to the magic of ol' Tom.

06-28-2005, 08:13 PM	#3
swiftshadowofutumno Guest Posts: n/a	Ahh yes, Firefoot , that would make sense! Perhaps my own internal allusion to similarities with Earendil clouded my judgment a little Was through the devices of Bombadil that they came to have such an accurate vision - a true and proper foresight of things to come? Or through something about their own hobbit-natures when exposed to his encapsulating words? I personally dont feel it to be unusual for Frodo on his own to have such moments, though in the House of Bombadil it seems much of the lore of Middle-earth was translated in tale by Bombadil for the ears of all four hobbits. Perhaps it was just down to the magic of ol' Tom.