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

**lindil** · 02-05-2001, 11:59 AM

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<img src="http://www.barrowdowns.com/images/posticons/wight.jpg" align=absmiddle> Bombadillo

Imagine a word full of T.B.'s !!!
non-sense rhyming being the prefereed method of communication.

I see why some have postulated that the fall was a necessary part of the plan.
I love Bombadil but entire villages and countries of his like would be somewhat like a benevolent asylum<img src=smile.gif ALT="

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great tie -in w/ the letter mr.U. Those letters will cetainly be required reading for any Bachelors level degree in the Legendarium.

I think Gilthalions idea [after it has been worked over by a couple hundred more posts or so] may be as close as we can get to a paradoxical non-resolution.

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02-05-2001, 11:59 AM	#11
lindil Seeker of the Straight Path Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: a hidden fastness in Big Valley nor cal Posts: 1,680	<font face="Verdana"><table><TR><TD><FONT SIZE="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Seeker of the Straight Path Posts: 376</TD><TD></TD></TR></TABLE> <img src="http://www.barrowdowns.com/images/posticons/wight.jpg" align=absmiddle> Bombadillo Imagine a word full of T.B.'s !!! non-sense rhyming being the prefereed method of communication. I see why some have postulated that the fall was a necessary part of the plan. I love Bombadil but entire villages and countries of his like would be somewhat like a benevolent asylum<img src=smile.gif ALT=""> . great tie -in w/ the letter mr.U. Those letters will cetainly be required reading for any Bachelors level degree in the Legendarium. I think Gilthalions idea [after it has been worked over by a couple hundred more posts or so] may be as close as we can get to a paradoxical non-resolution. lindil </p> __________________ The dwindling Men of the West would often sit up late into the night exchanging lore & wisdom such as they still possessed that they should not fall back into the mean estate of those who never knew or indeed rebelled against the Light.