Who do you think Tom Bombadil really was

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for one thing i am sure, bombadil was not Eru. Some have said that he was a being like beorn, but i doubt that too because of the power bombadil wielded.

tolkien gave hints to what bombadil was. Now many scholars looked at those hints and now believe that bombadil was either aule or a nature spirit something like Ea incarnate. bombadil was most certainly something with a power much stronger than sauron's, otherwise bombadil would not be able to have mastery of the ring. unless the ring did not have any affect on him. but for the ring to have no affect on him he would have to be completely devoid of evil, like manwe.

do you agree? if not tell me details, i would like to know. thank you.

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