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CuriousG
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Nov 14 2012, 7:42pm
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Exactly my thoughts; and, what about hobbits?
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I have trouble picturing Aule understanding a willow intimately and telling it what to do and being obeyed. Bombadil is more like a male Yavanna.
I will say for my part, however, that Tolkien created such a detailed world that I couldn't imagine Bombadil being left out of the whole order of things, so I figured he was a Vala or Ainu who stayed behind, as Melian did. Or moved back after the fall of Morgoth, or for whatever reason.
I think it's a sign of the loyalty of Tolkien readers that we figure he doesn't leave anything dangling, and even the cats of Queen Beruthiel have a backstory, so Bombadil must too. But if Tolkien admitted somewhere that Bombadil exists outside of the Big Picture, no one can argue with him.
Now that I think about it, is the creation of hobbits ever accounted for? I can't think of where it is. There have the same enigmatic origins that Bombadil does.
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Why Tom Bombadil is not Aule
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News from Bree
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Nov 7 2012, 4:26am
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Why does anyone think he is Aule?
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Elizabeth
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Nov 7 2012, 5:41pm
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it's beyond me
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Demosthenes
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Nov 7 2012, 11:56pm
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I could see it.
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Escapist
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Nov 8 2012, 12:29am
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I think the original motivation for that theory was:
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Plurmo
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Nov 9 2012, 3:07pm
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Exactly my thoughts; and, what about hobbits?
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CuriousG
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Nov 14 2012, 7:42pm
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RE: what about hobbits
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Eärwen of Mithlond
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Dec 14 2012, 5:42am
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It never Fails
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Tolkien Forever
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Nov 9 2012, 4:40am
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Never mind the fact
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ElendilTheShort
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Nov 9 2012, 9:47am
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If we ever found out
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Elenorflower
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Nov 15 2012, 12:16am
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