Tolkien Tapestry

4 ай бұрын

Secret of Tom Bombadil

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@LMinem10 күн бұрын

Very interesting, but far too brief. If you had gone on for an hour, I would listen with full attention.

@TolkienTapestry-cq5vk5 күн бұрын

Thanks for your comment. I wish I could do a few longer ones, but the render times would give my computer a hernia. We'll see though. :)

@SuperZekethefreak20 күн бұрын

With a single word, Tom had the power to overturn an entire continent or send the oceans washing over it in a massive deluge. In fact, it was Tom who destroyed Numenor with a single word, and later when the hobbits (then called hob-goblins) fled to the north-east, Tom would destroy these lands west of Eriador too. Only Iluvatar had that power, and Tom would then be his Avatar. We need to be mindful that Sauron was a minor character, just a Maia like Gandalf and his fellow wizards, and like the Balrogs. Sauron served Morgoth, formerly called Melkor, who was banished to the abyss but later escaped. And after he escaped, why didn't he appear in LOTR and other stories? Because Iluvatar sent his avatar Tom Bombadil to entrap him in a tree called Old Man Willow, who was said to be "imprisoned", and not of the race of Ents. In fact, OMW had a tremendous dark power to "corrupt" the world around him to a vast extent from his location, and he is credited with corrupting the Ents. Tom lived in a small valley close to the Withywindle river which he occasionally boated down to visit the hobbits. Many of the creatures in his valley were very old and magical, with talking animals and plants. Here he stayed to guard over OMW as his jailer, until one day OMW would be released from his "chains" and return to the world undoubtedly as Morgoth, who would gather all of the old evil to him once again for one final apocalyptic battle called the Dagor Dagorath with numerous Balrogs, Dragons, massive Spiders, Trolls, Orcs and such. Occasionally, Gandalf or some other important figure visits Tom for advice concerning the future wars, so he knew the future and was willing to guide the protagonists to the correct course of action. At this times, Gandfalf et alia spent long periods of time under Tom's tutelage, which shows us the authority matrix of Maia to Iluvatar's avatar. As for his relationship to Tolkien, Tom was a doll his son enjoyed as a boy. Some claim Tolkien identified with Faramir, but in so very many interviews and letters, Tolkien was 100% clear that he most identified with the hobbits, and with Sam Gamgee most of all. There are just so very many quotes of him saying this.

@Zomfoo22 күн бұрын

Why is his head so big in the AI thumbnail art? Where is his feathered hat?

@kennethhenderson9000Ай бұрын

Although they are pleasing to look at, too many of the illustrations show mountainous backgrounds not found in The Shire. Yes there are hilly areas in The Shire, but these are not alpine crags. Think about the terrain of England. Tolkien's love of rural England is the inspiration for his Shire.