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

01-15-2001, 08:57 PM

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<img src="http://www.barrowdowns.com/images/posticons/bloody.jpg" align=absmiddle> Re: Who do you think Tom Bombadil really was

I thought that J.R.R.T explained that Tom was left unexplained so that he could be whatever you wanted him to be.
I know that takes all the fun out of it but I think he envisioned discussions like this when he did that.
The explanation was in The Letters Of J.R.R.Tolkien I think.

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01-15-2001, 08:57 PM	#11
mecor Guest Posts: n/a	<font face="Verdana"><table><TR><TD><FONT SIZE="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Pile o' Bones Posts: 15</TD><TD></TD></TR></TABLE> <img src="http://www.barrowdowns.com/images/posticons/bloody.jpg" align=absmiddle> Re: Who do you think Tom Bombadil really was I thought that J.R.R.T explained that Tom was left unexplained so that he could be whatever you wanted him to be. I know that takes all the fun out of it but I think he envisioned discussions like this when he did that. The explanation was in The Letters Of J.R.R.Tolkien I think. </p>