Old Tom bombadil is a...?!?!

[yavanna II]

Originally Posted by Gurthang

I've got it! The final answer.

Bombadil is Beren!

1. Beren and Luthien dissappeared after the destruction of Beleriand. | Nobody knows where Tom or Goldberry came from.

2. Tom is immune to the Ring's power. | Beren died, and then came back to life... making him immortal and unaffected by the Ring.

3. Goldberry is the River-woman's daughter. | Melian, Luthien's mother, was a lover of trees who lived in caves alongside the River Esgalduin.

4. Tom commands trees. | Melian passed her knowledge of tree-lore on to Luthien, who passed it to Beren/Tom.

5. Tom sings about meeting Goldberry by a pond while she was singing. | All of us know that Beren happened upon Luthien and was enchanted by her song.

6. Tom could see Frodo when he put the Ring on. | This goes along with Beren dying. Since he died, he was part of the spirit world. When he was brought back, he was actually in both worlds. When Frodo slipped on the Ring and entered the spirit realm, Tom was there and could see him.

I love your idea.... but Beren and Luthien never came back, didn't they, cos it's part of her deal with Mandos? Somewhere in the Sil it says that alone of the Eldar Luthien never came back and passed away.... and isn't that supposed to mean that she'd never be able to do so even with another form?

Goldberry is Goldberry because of gold hair, isn't it? Luthien was dark-haired....

So it was that alone of the Eldalie she has died indeed, and left the world long ago.

Hehe... just found my Sil...