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The background of Tolkiens Mysterious character explained:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uy6n8T_7B7w
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>>1952275
why is this on /his/
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>>1952275
He's an omnipotent nature god of sort in the JRRT fantasy realm.
Next time post this anywhere that's not /his/.
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>>1952275
I don't get why people get so worked up over Tom Bombadil.
He's supposed to be just a personification of nature, you know, that thing Tolkien was obsessed with. Arguing over whether he is an Ainur or not is completely irrelevant to his place in the book.
I really wish people into fantasy weren't so hell bent on categorising things like a biologist and instead could see simple metaphors and themes when they are there.
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>>1953081
I always preferred the idea that he was a different myth that eventually crept into the red book of westmarch, like what happens all the time in mythologies.
I mean the Jaya was completely different from the Mahabharata.
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>>1953159
>I always preferred the idea that he was a different myth that eventually crept into the red book of westmarch, like what happens all the time in mythologies
That's actually quite an interesting idea, and would certainly make some sense.
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