Re:Amazon spending $465M on season 1 of The Lord of the Ring...
by philsnow on Tuesday July 05, 2022 @03:18PM
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> The theory is usually that he's one of the major gods, not a demigod
It's probably too blatant for Tolkien to have cone up with but Tom Bombadil has the same number of letters in first/second names as Eru Iluvatar. The ring has absolutely zero effect on him, but that would probably be true of any of the Valar just as much as Eru himself.
Re:Amazon spending $465M on season 1 of The Lord of the Ring...
by red369 on Wednesday July 06, 2022 @02:50AM
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I think the theory that Tom Bombadil is Eru is fun, but in letter 181, Tolkien said:
“There is no ’embodiment’ of the Creator anywhere in this story or mythology.”
It's probably too blatant for Tolkien to have cone up with but Tom Bombadil has the same number of letters in first/second names as Eru Iluvatar. The ring has absolutely zero effect on him, but that would probably be true of any of the Valar just as much as Eru himself.