Tom Bombadil's Five Great Theories Tolkien's Theory

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Tom Bombadil's Five Great Theories Tolkien's Theory
Tom Bombadil's Five Great Theories Tolkien's Theory
Who is Tom Bombadil? This is one of the biggest questions in all of Middle Earth. Today we're going to cover five of the best and most popular theories about who or what Tom Bombadil is. We'll cover many of the oldest and most common ones: Tom is one of the Valar, Maiar, and Eru himself. As well as a newer, more complicated theory!

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For the full theory on Tom being the music of the Ainur, check out this blog: http://whoistombombadil.blogspot.com/2013/01/outline-of-sections-regarding-tom.html

00:00-04:17 – Introduction/What we know
04:17-6:50 – Tom is Eru Ilúvatar
6:50-12:47 – Tom is a Vala
12:47-14:46 – Tom is a Maia
14:46-20:22 – Tom is the music of the Ainur
8:22 p.m. – 10:20 p.m. – Tom is…

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Old Tom Bomabdil – Tammy Martin (Painted Brush Studio)
Tom Bombadil – Greg Hildebrandt
Tom Bombadil – Francesco Amadio
Golden Berry – Greg Hildebrandt
Ho, Tom Bombadil – Alisaryn
In Tom Bombadil's House – Anke Eissman
Ghosts of the Barrows – Julio Rocha
Leaving the Barrow Downs – Anke Eissman
Tom Bombadil – Mélanie L. Hullier
Old Man Willow – Greg Hildebrandt
The old forest – FAQ
Tom Bombadil – Alan Lee
Tom Bombadil and Goldberry – Mareishon
Tom Bombadil – Dracarys Drekkar
Tom Bombadil – João Machay
Tom Bombadil – João Machay
Tom Bombadil – sprat9069
Tom Bombadil – Williweissfuss
Tom Bombadil and the Hobbits – Anke Eissman
Tom Bombadil – Borja Pindado
Tom Bombadil – Cynthia Blair
Tom Bombadil – Denis Gordeev
Tom Bombadil – Pavel Filippov
Argonath – Elaine Dezso
Rise of the Elves – Ted Nasmith
Music of the Gods – Kip Rasmussen
Ascension – Jean Pitre
The Council of Elrond – Alan Lee
Eru Iluvatar – Jankolas
Gandalf Returns – Ted Nasmith
Melkor weaves opposing music – Ted Nasmith
Minas Tirith – Ludovic Burgeois
Rivendell – Philip Straub
Rivendell – Zak Seymour
The mill in the forest – Shishkin
Barrow-wight – John Howe
Frodo and Gandalf in Cul de Sac – Raul Vitale
Saruman – AIMaNeGrA
The Balrogs of Morgoth – Thylacinee
Specters of the Rings – Anato Finnstark
Nazgul on Weathertop – Anato Finnstark
Battle of the Last Alliance – entar0178
The Nazgul of Minas Morgul – Daniel Pilla
Balrogs defending Morgoth against Ungoliant – Jovan Delic
Nazgul – Lukasz Jaskolski
Melkor and Ungoliant before the two trees – John Howe
Radagast – Aleksander Karcz
The Blue Wizards – Daniel Pilla
Finrod among the men of Beor – Ted Nasmith
Aulé – Kamehame
Aule – Jankalateckova
Council of Elrond – Mysilvergreen
Forging the One Ring – Mako Manev
Orome hunts the creatures of Morgoth – Kip Rasmussen
Powers of Arda – Skinnyuann
Vana the ever young – Steamey
Aule the Destroyer – Ted Nasmith
Valar – Mock Turtle
Vana and Orome – Auta i Lomé
Yavanna – Gustavo Malek

Check out these resources for that and more information about Tom Bombadil:
The Lord of the Rings – JRR Tolkien
The Adventures of Tom Bombadil – JRR Tolkien
History of Middle-earth: Return of the Shadow – JRR Tolkien/Christopher Tolkien
The letters of JRR Tolkien – Humphrey Carpenter
The Arda Encyclopedia
Tolkien Gateway

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