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rangerfromthenorth
Rivendell
Feb 1 2013, 3:32pm
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Squire, you are right and I am sorry for throwing out "most" so carelessly without defining, I was referring to most Tolkien scholars and other Bombadil theorists I have read recognize that not all of Tolkien's works bear the same authority in a final assesment of his world. Perhaps canon is poor term.
But what I mean is this is, Tolkien wrote many things when trying to formulate his world and many things never made the final cut. For instance, there many different versions of the Fall of Gondolin that have been publlished before the final version came out in the Silmarrillion. Within these versions are many contradictions, as with any writing project, for instance early on there hundreds of Balrogs later Tolkien decided that there should only be few.
The Hobbit also went through different versions of how bilbo got the ring, the authoritative version is the final one.
Tolkien wrote in many of his letters that he was seeking to create a consistent world that is why so many versions came about and were constantly being refined. So by canon what I meant is that the authority rests with his final completed work of the world including the Hobbit, LOTR, and the Silmarrillion. On top of that any official intrepration Tolkien gives in his letters is clearly authoritative.
The adventures of Tom Bombadil were not written purely to be in Middle Earth so the the context needs to be remembered but even within them there is no contradiction to Tom being any of the theories. So essentially what I am saying is that we need to understand the context of each of Tolkien's writings all of them shed light but some of them are of higher authority and some of lesser when it comes to Middle Earth.
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Tom Bombadil As the Spirit of the Music of the Ainur
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rangerfromthenorth
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Jan 17 2013, 4:27pm
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Thanks for this!
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Radagast-Aiwendil
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Jan 17 2013, 8:57pm
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Great Theory
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Lost_istari
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Jan 18 2013, 7:56pm
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Thank you much
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rangerfromthenorth
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Jan 22 2013, 2:07pm
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Agreed
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CuriousG
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Jan 23 2013, 5:53pm
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A quick thought on children of Ainur
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Lost_istari
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Jan 24 2013, 6:46am
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Excellent theory!
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FlyingSerkis
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Jan 23 2013, 9:13pm
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Thank You
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rangerfromthenorth
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Jan 23 2013, 9:33pm
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Regarding Bombadil's boundedness
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Plurmo
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Jan 28 2013, 5:59am
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I Know
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Tolkien Forever
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Jan 30 2013, 8:38pm
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"None has yet defined him, for Tom is an enigma"
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squire
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Jan 31 2013, 1:27am
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Great poem/
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CuriousG
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Jan 31 2013, 1:34am
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Great Poem Indeed
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rangerfromthenorth
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Jan 31 2013, 2:29am
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It is certainly a great topic to debate
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squire
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Feb 1 2013, 3:14am
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a "most" dangerous discussion
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rangerfromthenorth
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Feb 1 2013, 3:32pm
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ATB was published after LOTR.
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N.E. Brigand
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Feb 1 2013, 5:55pm
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yes yes it was
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rangerfromthenorth
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Feb 1 2013, 6:14pm
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thats where the confusion came from
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rangerfromthenorth
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Feb 1 2013, 6:22pm
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Tolkien did alter the poem for its 1962 re-publication.
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N.E. Brigand
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Feb 1 2013, 7:51pm
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Very nicely stated
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squire
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Feb 1 2013, 8:38pm
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This may interest you.
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N.E. Brigand
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Feb 1 2013, 5:46am
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