The Adventures of Tom Bombadil
by J.R.R. Tolkien · first published 1984
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« Les Aventures de Tom Bombadil est un recueil de poèmes de J. R. R. Tolkien paru en 1962. Il se compose de seize poèmes, dont seuls les deux premiers ont véritablement à voir avec le personnage de Tom Bombadil. L'ensemble forme une collection hétéroclite où l'humour léger (« Le Troll de pierre », « Fastitocalon ») et les jeux sur les sonorités (« Errance », « Chat ») côtoient des vers plus sombres et mélancoliques (« La Cloche marine », « Le Dernier Vaisseau »). » --
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…the ring to Tom is that he would probably lose the ring, not thinking it very important. Tom only cares of eating and drinking and making merry. In that regard he is a Dionysian figure. If you read the Adventures of Tom Bombadil (which this author surprisingly doesn't reference) he is clearly modeled on the Dionysus cycle of myths.
on “Oldest and Fatherless: The Terrible Secret of Tom Bombadil (2011)” ↗…enigmatic after the book concludes. He transcends the plot and is unaffected by the ring, unlike literally every other character, including gods. In cross-reference to his characteristics depicted in The Adventures of Tom Bombadil, and to the letters of Tolkien (which contain a specific denial of Bombadil being "Iluvatar", that is, Tolkien's fictional creator) I came to the conclusion years ago that Tom Bombadil is J.R.R. Tolkien…
on “Amazon Wants to Turn Lord of the Rings into the Next Game of Thrones” ↗I always felt that Tom Bombadil was filler in order to bridge events between Crick Hollow and the Prancing Pony. Tolkien had already written The Adventures of Tom Bombadil as a separate piece with Goldberry and Old Man Willow. He just dropped that into the Fellowship and used it to fill the space. I used to skip the Tom section and move right up to Bree. Now I read the…
on “Oldest and Fatherless: The Terrible Secret of Tom Bombadil (2011)” ↗…familiar with all forms of human myth. To blindly assume that all characters in LotR must have a Biblical corollary is lazy. Tom Bombadil "rapes" Goldberry (in the ancient sense of the word[1]) in The Adventures of Tom Bombadil that comports nicely with other myth cycles and not very well with the idea of the "first Man" or "Adam" (it's not even clear that Bombadil is Eru's direct creation). I think if you actually read the…
on “Oldest and Fatherless: The Terrible Secret of Tom Bombadil (2011)” ↗