Who do you think Tom Bombadil really was - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

***Mithadan*** · 11-25-2000, 11:26 PM

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

Goldberry's another one. She fits right in with Uinen. Could be a cousin. Re: the poems, one way to look at them is to consider them as being written by Hobbits. They're rustic and the bit about Goldberry's parents and the like could be "poetic license".

You have a 4 year old? Me too, but I'm not force feeding him Tolkien yet. I did get my 7 year old to start reading the Hobbit (had to get a special edition to do it, she wouldn't touch the ones I had -- Annotated Hobbit and an old 70's paperback).

--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>

11-25-2000, 11:26 PM	#11
*Mithadan* Spirit of Mist Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Tol Eressea Posts: 3,393	<font face="Verdana"><table><TR><TD><FONT SIZE="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Shade of Carn Dûm Posts: 348</TD><TD></TD></TR></TABLE> <img src="http://www.barrowdowns.com/images/posticons/sting.jpg" align=absmiddle> Re: Tom Bombadil Goldberry's another one. She fits right in with Uinen. Could be a cousin. Re: the poems, one way to look at them is to consider them as being written by Hobbits. They're rustic and the bit about Goldberry's parents and the like could be "poetic license". You have a 4 year old? Me too, but I'm not force feeding him Tolkien yet. I did get my 7 year old to start reading the Hobbit (had to get a special edition to do it, she wouldn't touch the ones I had -- Annotated Hobbit and an old 70's paperback). --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> __________________ Beleriand, Beleriand, the borders of the Elven-land.