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To: NCSteve
The actor that played the nutjob Irishman in Braveheart would make a decent Bombadil as well.

Steven?! Never thought of him. Could work!

Yep. He is a singularity. There is nothing in any of Tolkein's contributory or related works that even hints at what or who Bombadil might be. My pet theory has always been that he was a corporeal embodiment of Iluvatar. Very Druidic, very much in keeping with Tokein's mythological and literary roots.

I agree. Mainly by firmly concluding what he is not, I think Bombadil is none other than Iluvatar himself.

95 posted on 07/20/2004 1:47:43 PM PDT by StoneColdGOP (Nothing is Bush's fault... Nothing is Bush's fault... Nothing is Bush's fault...)
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To: StoneColdGOP
I agree. Mainly by firmly concluding what he is not, I think Bombadil is none other than Iluvatar himself.

Which leaves me wondering about Goldberry. My favorite theory for a while was that they were Aule and Yavanna on vacation (stolen from a web page which backed it up pretty impressively), but upon consideration I canNOT picture Aule singing Bombadil-style.

117 posted on 07/20/2004 4:06:01 PM PDT by Foxfire4
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