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To: Overtaxed
He's one of my favorite characters in the book. He's like a pan-dimensional being who just "is"....None of the currents of Middle Earth concern him;
He is the proverbial "uncarved block", "the stone in the stream o'er which the water flows".
95 posted on 03/16/2002 2:50:18 PM PST by The Drowning Witch
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To: The Drowning Witch
He's like a pan-dimensional being who just "is".

I'm not sure what you mean by this... but I got a strange vision of white mice. Brockian Ultra Cricket, anyone?

And since that is totally off-subject, let me justify my post a little. Tom, according to Tolkien, is the "manifestation of the Oxford countryside" but I'm not really sure what that means. Or how it relates to Middle-Earth, really. While I might argue that he seems to best fit the Maia category, in reality he doesn't quite fit any box, which is probably exactly what Tolkien intended. Why don't we just say that Tom is - he's one of a kind, not entirely understandable by human - or hobbit! - standards, and he's got his own purpose, plans, and destiny. After all, in a world with Elves, Dwarves, dragons and Balrogs, why is Bombadil weird?

Does anyone know exactly what a 'Green Man' is? I've read a few different description of these folklore creatures, and they might be sort of Bombadilesque beasties.

Oh, and as for Goldberry, she is the River-daughter, probably a minor Maia (my belief) but possibly some sort of nymph. There aren't any indications of nymphs or fauns in Tolkien, but as I said before, why not?

102 posted on 03/16/2002 5:04:43 PM PST by JenB
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