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What is Tom Bombadil? (lemm.ee)

submitted 3 years ago by abbadon420@lemm.ee to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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He is not a hobbit, neither a man, but what is he? Is he a dwarf? A wizard? A god? Something else entirely?

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[–] Xyphius@lemmy.ca 34 points 3 years ago (1 child)

Some had suggested he was the spirit of "JRR Tolkien" placed into his own book

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[–] theodewere@kbin.social 8 points 3 years ago (1 child)

Bilbo is sort of covering for the professor too

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[–] theshatterstone54@feddit.uk 4 points 3 years ago

Yes, certainly, as the writer of "There and back again"

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