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- From: Michael.P.Colburn@dartmouth.edu (Michael P. Colburn)
- Newsgroups: alt.fan.tolkien
- Subject: Re: Re:Tom Bombadil
- Message-ID: <1992Nov24.010012.2102@dartvax.dartmouth.edu>
- Date: 24 Nov 92 01:00:12 GMT
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- In article <98942@netnews.upenn.edu>
- schoi@ccat.sas.upenn.edu (Samuel Choi) writes:
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- > I've heard someone say that that he's one of the maiar . . . don't know where
- > that info's from . . .
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- I'm just about finished rereading the Silmarillion and I'm almost
- certain there was a early reference to Tom Bombadil possibly being one
- of the lesser spirits of the Ainur, more specifically, a Maiar, as were
- Gandalf, Radigast, Saruman and Sauron.
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