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What is Tom Bombadil? (lemm.ee)

submitted 1 year 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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[–] nothacking@discuss.tchncs.de 58 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

As far as I know Tom is left as an enigmatic character and never explained. Just a strange encounter to make the world seem larger and more mysterious.

[–] lol3droflxp@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago

I don’t think that was the intention.