Tom Bombadil [SEP] from fictional universe
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The Adventures of Tom Bombadil


The Adventures of Tom Bombadil (full title The Adventures of Tom Bombadil and Other Verses from the Red Book) is a collection of poetry written by J. R. R. Tolkien and published in 1962. The book contains 16 poems, two of which feature Tom Bombadil, a character encountered by Frodo Baggins in "The Fellowship of the Ring" (the first volume in "The Lord of the Rings"). The rest of the poems are an assortment of bestiary verse and fairy tale rhyme. Three of the poems appear in
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Tom Bombadil is a character in J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium. He first appeared in print in a 1934 poem called "The Adventures of Tom Bombadil", which also included Old Man Willow and the Barrow-wight. They were not then explicitly part of the older legends that became "The Silmarillion", and are not mentioned in "The Hobbit". Bombadil is best known from his appearance as a supporting character in Tolkien's high fantasy epic "The Lord of the Rings", published in 1954 and 1955
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or near the Withywindle river and who are familiar to Tom Bombadil. He lives in his sett with his sow and cubs. Bombadil stumbles into the sett, but convinces Badger-brock to let him leave unmolested. Badger-brock features in the eponymous first poem of "The Adventures of Tom Bombadil". Whisker-lad is an otter, one of the animals who roam the Withywindle river. Tom Bombadil is familiar with Whisker-lad and his family. Bombadil and Whisker-lad engage in repartee; one of Bombadil
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introduced Tom Bombadil from the earliest drafts. In response to a letter from one of his readers, Tolkien described Tom's role in "The Lord of the Rings": Tom Bombadil is not an important person—to the narrative. I suppose he has some importance as a 'comment.' I mean, I do not really write like that: he is just an invention (who first appeared in "The Oxford Magazine" about 1933), and he represents something that I feel important, though I would not
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Goldberry


Goldberry is a supporting character from J. R. R. Tolkien's "The Lord of the Rings". Also known as the "River-woman's daughter", she is the wife of Tom Bombadil. Goldberry is described as a beautiful and (seemingly) young woman with golden hair. Goldberry first appeared in Tolkien's writings in his 1934 poem, 'The Adventures of Tom Bombadil', [re-worked in "The Adventures of Tom Bombadil" (1962)]. The poem tells of how she drags Tom
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folk and a Barrow-wight, attempt to capture Bombadil for their own ends, but quail at the power of Tom's voice, which defeats their enchantments and commands them to return to their natural existence. At the end of the poem, Bombadil captures and marries Goldberry. Throughout the poem, Bombadil is unconcerned by the attempts to capture him and brushes them off with the power in his words. The later poem "Bombadil Goes Boating" anchors Bombadil in Middle-earth, featuring a journey down the Withywindle to the
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" Hobbits of Buckland, the closest part of the Shire to Bombadil's dwelling, "probably" gave him the name "Bombadil". This name was in any case familiar to Elves such as Elrond. As with "Roverandom", Tolkien's initial inspiration came from an incident with his children playing with toys. Tolkien invented Tom Bombadil in memory of a Dutch doll which had been flushed down a lavatory. These original poems far pre-date the writing of "The Lord of the Rings", into which Tolkien
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to Stanley Unwin, Tolkien called Tom Bombadil the spirit of the vanishing landscapes of Oxfordshire and Berkshire. However, this letter was in reference to works which pre-dated the writings of "The Lord of The Rings". In most film and radio adaptations of the story, Bombadil is notable by his absence (an exception is the Mind's Eye recordings). Peter Jackson stated that the reason the character was omitted from his film was because, in his view and to his co-writers, Bombadil does little to
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river and who are familiar to Tom Bombadil. Old Swan is a cob (male) of the mute swan species ("dumb-throat"), and lives on Elvet-isle, an eyot in the river. It was from Old Swan that Bombadil obtained his original hat-feather. At one point Bombadil casually threatens Old Swan with upping by the Kings of Arnor. Old Swan features in the second poem in "The Adventures of Tom Bombadil". doves, sparrows bears, dogs, foxes, wolves,
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called "The Adventures of Tom Bombadil and other verses from The Red Book". It included a new poem with him as the main character, and several other unconnected poems. It presents itself as a selection of Hobbit poems. It has been republished along with five other short works by Tolkien in "Tales from the Perilous Realm". Tolkien invented Tom Bombadil in memory of his children's Dutch doll, and wrote light-hearted children's poems about him, imagining him as a nature-spirit evocative of the English
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manifestation of Middle-earth's inherent properties. This connection would explain Bombadil's seeming obliviousness to the transient concerns of mortals, as evidenced in Gandalf's concern that Tom would not understand the importance of the Ring and would lose it if entrusted with it. In reference to Bombadil, Tolkien himself said that some things should remain mysterious in any narrative, "especially if an explanation actually exists". Tom Bombadil is not the only being whose nature is unexplained in the book. While passing Caradhras in Book Two of "The
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advance the story, and would make their film unnecessarily long. Christopher Lee concurred, stating the scenes were left out to make time for showing Saruman's capture of Gandalf. Some of Bombadil's dialogue, as well as the scene in which the hobbits meet Old Man Willow, are transferred into scenes which Merry and Pippin share with Treebeard in Jackson's adaptation, included in the extended edition DVD. Although Tom Bombadil was not portrayed in Peter Jackson's film trilogy of "The Lord of the Rings", a Tom Bombadil
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the deliberations at the Council of Elrond at Rivendell suggest that Bombadil would be vulnerable to Sauron if the latter recovered the Ring, Bombadil seems unaffected by the Ring's power and more concerned with keeping his own "country" around the Withywindle in order. Tolkien says little about Tom Bombadil's origins, and he does not fit neatly into the categories of beings Tolkien created. Bombadil calls himself the "Eldest" and the "Master". He claims to remember "the first raindrop and the first acorn", and that
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who roam the Withywindle river and who are familiar to Tom Bombadil. Fisher Blue talks with Bombadil (or at least Bombadil understand the bird's language) and teases him, but later assists him. Fisher Blue features in the second poem in "The Adventures of Tom Bombadil". He also contributes the blue hat-feather that Bombadil wears in "The Lord of the Rings". Tolkien in one of his letters confirms that the species is a Common kingfisher. Old Swan is another of the birds who roam the Withywindle
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"The Lord of the Rings", as Frodo sails into the West and leaves Middle-earth, he has what seems to him the very experience that appeared to him in the house of Bombadil in his dream of the second night. Tom Bombadil is spry, with a quick, playful wit. He speaks in a rhyming whimsical way: "Hey dol! merry dol! ring a dong dillo! Ring a dong! hop along! fal lal the willow! Tom Bom, jolly Tom, Tom Bombadillo!"
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when Bombadil threatens to give the hide of a disrespectful otter to the Barrow-wights, who he says will cover it with gold apart from a single whisker. The poem mentions a number of Middle-earth locations, including Hays-end, Bree and the Tower Hills, and hints at the events of the end of the Third Age, speaking of "Tall Watchers by the Ford, Shadows on the Marches". The poems were published in the collections "The Adventures of Tom Bombadil" and later in "Tales
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from the Perilous Realm". In "The Lord of the Rings", Tom Bombadil is a mysterious character who aids Frodo Baggins and his companions on their journey. Tom and his wife Goldberry, the "Daughter of the River", still live in their house by the source of the Withywindle, and some of the characters and situations from the original poem appear in "The Lord of the Rings". In the book, he is described as "Master of wood, water and hill", and nearly always
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view of Rivendell seems to be that it is an excellent thing to have represented, but that there are in fact things with which it cannot cope; and upon which its existence nonetheless depends. Ultimately only the victory of the West will allow Bombadil to continue, or even to survive. Nothing would be left for him in the world of Sauron. Tolkien commented further: And even in a mythical Age there must be some enigmas, as there always are. Tom Bombadil is one (intentionally). In a letter
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Barrow-wight


The Lord of the Rings", where they are neighbours of the character Tom Bombadil. However Barrow-wights (together with Bombadil) originated in Tolkien's writings well before "The Lord of the Rings" and independently of his Middle-earth legendarium: namely in the first version of his poem "The Adventures of Tom Bombadil", which was published in the "Oxford Magazine" for 15 February 1934. Barrow-wights are absent in Peter Jackson's "The Lord of the Rings" film trilogy. Evil spirits
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but then produces it from his other hand and returns it to Frodo. While this seems to demonstrate that he has unique and mysterious power over the Ring, the idea of giving him the Ring for safekeeping is rejected in Book Two's second chapter, "The Council of Elrond". Gandalf says, rather, that "the Ring has no power over him..." and believes that Tom would not find the Ring to be very important and so might simply misplace it. Frodo spends two nights in Tom Bombadil's house
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countryside. The original version of Tolkien's poem "The Adventures of Tom Bombadil" was published on 15 February 1934 in "The Oxford Magazine". The poem depicts Bombadil as a "merry fellow" living in a small valley close to the Withywindle river, where he wanders and explores nature at his leisure. Several of the valley's mysterious residents, including the River-spirit Goldberry (also known as the "River-woman's daughter"), the malevolent tree-spirit Old Man Willow, the Badger-
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musical adaptation, towards the end of the show Gandalf explains to Frodo that on his journey back to the Shire he will spend some time in Bombadil's company. Tom Bombadil is an NPC in the MMORPG game "", serving as a main character in Book 1 of the epic quests. He also makes an appearance in EA Games' "" as a summonable hero for the forces of light (except the dwarves), where his only real use is skipping through the battlefield, kicking enemy troops out of the way
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huge army that Sauron had deployed to the battle. Late in the Third Age, Tom Bombadil had a small boat, which he used on at least one occasion to row down the Withywindle river to visit Farmer Maggot. The boat features in 'Bombadil Goes Boating', the second poem in "The Adventures of Tom Bombadil". The Bucklebury Ferry was a flat boat reserved for crossing the Brandwine river in the Shire. It was not permanently manned, but users had to operate the ferry themselves, using long poles.
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poem "The Adventures of Tom Bombadil", published in "The Oxford Magazine", 15 February 1934. In that poem, Old Man Willow trapped Bombadil himself briefly. Although the scene of Old Man Willow capturing Merry and Pippin did not appear in the , a very similar episode was included in the extended DVD edition of the where Merry and Pippin are attacked by a Huorn in Fangorn forest. In this interpretation, Tom Bombadil's lines are spoken by Treebeard. Old Man Willow is a featured boss in the 2002 game
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-folk are introduced in "The Adventures of Tom Bombadil". They are said to live between the Barrow-downs and the Old Forest. In one story they capture Tom Bombadil. In another poem Bombadil speaks with several local animals: Little Bird, the willow-wren; Fisher Blue, a kingfisher, Whisker-lad of the Otter-folk, and Old Swan of Elvet-isle. In "The Two Towers", when Gandalf returns, he mentions nameless things that dwelt along the path he followed deep
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", and who has been mistakenly referred to as "Tom Anderson", "Tom Bombadil", and "Stan". "Satan" is in a band with James Potter, Severus Snape, Sirius Black, and Lucius Malfoy. He is uncanonically depicted attending Hogwarts at the same time as the Marauders in what is further uncanonically portrayed as the 1980s. The author points out a few anachronisms in these scenes, telling readers to ignore them. There is also an unexplained cameo by a gothic Marty McFly, who gives
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Bree. Towards the end of "The Return of the King", when Gandalf leaves the hobbits, he mentions that he wants to have a long talk with Bombadil, calling him a "moss-gatherer". Gandalf says, in response to Frodo's query of how well Bombadil is getting along, that Bombadil is "as well as ever", "quite untroubled" and "not much interested in anything that we have done and seen", save their visits to the Ents. At the very end of
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he carefully differentiated Goldberry's response from the Biblical "I Am that I Am". Others, such as Robert Foster, have suggested that Bombadil is one of the Ainur, angelic beings who shaped the earth: Foster's "The Complete Guide to Middle Earth" describes him as "a Maia 'gone native'". At the Council of Elrond, Galdor suggests that Bombadil would be unable to withstand a siege by Sauron "unless such power is in the earth itself", implying that the character may be a
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". For example, Meriadoc Brandybuck obtains five ponies for the hobbits to ride from Crickhollow (on the eastern borders of the Shire) to Bree. One of the ponies bore Frodo Baggins, and therefore the One Ring. Their journey passed through the Old Forest and stayed at the house of Tom Bombadil, where the ponies got to know Bombadil's pony, Fatty Lumpkin. The hobbits became separated from the five ponies during an encounter with a barrow-wight. The hobbits were rescued by Bombadil, who also reunited them
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Ungoliant


Ungoliant is a fictional character in J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium, described as an evil spirit in the form of a spider. She is mentioned briefly in "The Lord of the Rings", and plays a supporting role in "The Silmarillion". Her origins are unclear, as Tolkien's writings do not explicitly reveal her nature, other than that she is from "before the world". She is one of a few instances, along with Tom Bombadil and the Cats of Queen Berúthiel, where Tolkien does not
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book was originally illustrated by Pauline Baynes and later by Roger Garland. The book, like the first edition of "The Fellowship of the Ring", is presented as if it is an actual translation from the "Red Book of Westmarch", and contains some background information on the world of Middle-earth that is not found elsewhere: e.g. the name of the tower at Dol Amroth and the names of the Seven Rivers of Gondor. There is also some fictional background information of those poems, linking them to Hobbit folklore
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wearing the Ring would enter a shadowy world revealing the physical world from a different aspect, from which physical objects were harder to see. The wearer was mostly invisible to ordinary beings, such as Men, but visible to the Nazgûl. The Ring dimmed the wearer's sight, while at the same time sharpening the other senses. The enigmatic Tom Bombadil appeared to be unaffected by the Ring; when he wore the Ring, he did not become invisible, nor did Frodo wearing the Ring become invisible to Bombadil. Tom played
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end of the story in "Homeward Bound" and "The Grey Havens". Behind Bombadil's simple façade are hints of great knowledge and power, though limited to his own domain. However, there is a certain amount of evidence that he may be the oldest being in Middle-earth; he tells Frodo, Sam, Merry and Pippin that he was there when the Elves first came West, Elrond states that Bombadil was considered old during the Elder Days (even by high Elf lords), and Bombadil names himself
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science fiction. Tom Bombadil and the Ents in "The Lord of the Rings" could be considered possible examples. In Kenneth Grahame's 1908 children's classic "The Wind in the Willows", a depiction of a natural deity, analogous with Pan and Green Man legend, appears as the climax of a mystical experience within the chapter "The Piper at the Gates of Dawn". (Later, the psychedelic rock band Pink Floyd's debut studio album took its name from that chapter.) Elsewhere, Robert Jordan's
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Tolkien's fiction. Alternatively a pre-modern instrument is intended, such as the medieval double clarinet. The hornpipe is a dance originally accompanied by the musical instrument of the same name. Tom Bombadil danced a hornpipe in the house of Farmer Maggot, a Hobbit of the Shire. Horns are found in virtually all cultures in the world of Middle-earth: Valar, Elves, Dwarves, Men, Hobbits and Orcs. These horns are the older (valveless) type of horn, generally fashioned from readily-available natural
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he "knew the dark under the stars when it was fearless—before the Dark Lord came from Outside". When Frodo asks Goldberry just who Tom Bombadil is, she responds simply by saying "He is", which some have taken as a reference to God's statement "I Am that I Am" in the Book of Exodus. But Tolkien rejected this notion, saying that in Middle Earth "there is no embodiment of the One, of God, who indeed remains remote, outside the World", and
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hobbits travel through the Old Forest. There the group fall asleep by a willow-tree and wake up to realize that its roots are trying to strangle them, but luckily Tom Bombadil comes to their aid. They then go to the house of Bombadil and meet his wife Goldberry. There they discover that the Ring has no power over Bombadil—he does not disappear while wearing it and can see Frodo even after he has vanished from his friends' sight. In the evening, Frodo has a dream about Gandalf standing on
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"Eldest". Tom first appears when Merry and Pippin are trapped by Old Man Willow, and Frodo and Sam cry for help. Tom commands Old Man Willow to release them, singing him to sleep, and shelters the hobbits in his house for two nights. Here it is seen that the One Ring has no power over Bombadil; he can see Frodo when the Ring makes him invisible to others, and can wear it himself with no effect. He even tosses the Ring in the air and makes it disappear,
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. In the first volume, "The Fellowship of the Ring", Frodo Baggins and company meet Bombadil in the Old Forest. This idea and an appearance by both Old Man Willow and the Barrow-wight were included in some of Tolkien's earliest notes for a sequel to "The Hobbit". Bombadil is mentioned but not seen near the end of "The Return of the King", with Gandalf planning to pay him a long visit. A slightly expanded version of the original poem appeared in a collection of poems
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speaks or sings in stress-timed metre: 7-beat lines broken into groups of 4 and 3 (old English metre as first noted in Caedmon's Hymn in the story of Bede, discovered in the 19th century). He appears in three chapters, "The Old Forest", "In the House of Tom Bombadil" and "Fog on the Barrow-downs". He is mentioned in the chapter "The Council of Elrond" as a possible keeper and protector of the One Ring, as well as at the
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, spirits, and elementals (including the Maia): "Thus Melian is a 'fay', (as, in all probability, are Goldberry and Bombadil; the one a nymph, the other a "genius loci"). Goldberry and Tom are notably absent from most media adaptations of "The Lord of the Rings". Filmmakers Ralph Bakshi and Peter Jackson stated that the reason the characters were omitted from their films was because, in their view, he (Bombadil) does little to advance the story,
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Tolkien on Middle-earth as a whole. Other writers look to the entire body of work of the author as a "Tolkien canon", rather than a subset defined by the fictional "Middle-earth" setting. The works on Middle-earth published by Tolkien during his lifetime include "The Hobbit", "The Lord of the Rings", "The Adventures of Tom Bombadil", and "The Road Goes Ever On". After Tolkien's death his son Christopher published "The Silmarillion" with many
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and literature and to their actual writers (some of them are ascribed to Samwise Gamgee). The book uses the letter "K" instead of "C" for the /k/ sound in Sindarin (one of the languages invented by Tolkien), a spelling variant Tolkien used many times in his writings. *Poems featured in "The Lord of the Rings" "The Adventures of Tom Bombadil" was first published as a stand-alone book in 1962. Some editions, such as the Unwin Paperbacks edition (1975)
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card exists in "The Lord of the Rings Trading Card Game" by Decipher, Inc. (part of the trilogy's merchandise). The model portraying Bombadil on this card is Harry Wellerchew. Bombadil has appeared in a number of other adaptations, including the Mind's Eye radio adaptation. He was played by Norman Shelley in the 1955–1956 BBC radio adaptation of "The Lord of the Rings". He was portrayed by Esko Hukkanen in the 1993 Finnish miniseries "Hobitit". Although the character does not actually appear in the
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Brandywine river, where hobbits ("Little Folk I know there") live at Hays-end. Bombadil is challenged by various river-residents on his journey, including birds, otters and hobbits, but charms them all with his voice, ending his journey at the farm of Farmer Maggot, where he drinks ale and dances with the family. At the end of the poem, the charmed birds and otters work together to bring Bombadil's boat home. The poem includes a reference to the Norse lay of Ótr,
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Tom Bombadil, Old Man Willow and Goldberry. The powers of these beings doubtless contributed to its survival when other forests were destroyed. The house of Tom Bombadil was located beside the eastern eaves of the forest, near where the Withywindle stream flowed over a waterfall into the woods. Old Man Willow stood in the centre of the forest, on the Withywindle's meandering banks. The Old Forest was about 1,000 square miles in area (≈ 2,600 km²). It was bordered on the east by the Barrow-downs, in
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in complete and abridged forms. For more details see list of Kalevala translations. Väinämöinen has been identified as a source for Gandalf, the wizard in J. R. R. Tolkien's novel "The Lord of the Rings". Another Tolkienian character with great similarities to Väinämöinen is Tom Bombadil. Like Väinämöinen, he is one of the most powerful beings in his world, and both are ancient and natural beings in their setting. Both Tom Bombadil and Väinämöinen rely on the power of song and lore. Likewise, Treebeard and the Ents
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inside to put the fire out because the tree said it was going to squeeze them to death. They were saved by the timely arrival of Tom Bombadil who 'sang' to the ancient tree to release Merry and Pippin. The tree then ejected the two hobbits. According to Tom Bombadil, at the dawn of time in Middle-earth, long before even the Awakening of the Elves, trees were the only inhabitants of vast stretches of the world. Because the Elves awoke far in the East, it was still a
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gold for news of 'Baggins.' Maggot told him off and ordered him not to return. The Black Rider nearly ran Maggot down, and Maggot's dogs were no help — they were terrified of the Rider. Maggot was said to have three daughters and at least three sons, in addition to Mrs. Maggot. Through some unknown means, Maggot was acquainted with Tom Bombadil and informed him that Frodo and friends might be coming towards Bombadil's house through the Old Forest. Bombadil himself described Maggot as very wise. Maggot
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also figures as a friend of Bombadil in "The Adventures of Tom Bombadil". In Peter Jackson's film adaptation of "", the shortcut through Maggot's field is extremely condensed and altered. In the movie, Frodo and Sam set out from Bag End alone and run into Merry and Pippin stealing vegetables from Maggot's fields. According to Pippin, he and Merry had been stealing from Maggot for some time, though in the book the two are very good friends of Maggot. Maggot himself is not seen, though
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chapters describing events from a hobbit's perspective. Thus, the Uruk-hai of Isengard and the Mordor orc-captain Grishnakh are described as both "orcs" and "goblins" in "The Lord of the Rings". Later in his life, Tolkien expressed an intention to change the spelling to "ork", but the only place where that spelling occurred in his lifetime was in the published version of "The Adventures of Tom Bombadil", in the poem "Bombadil Goes Boating": "I'll call
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The following is an overview of the fictional peoples and races that appear in J. R. R. Tolkien's fantasy world of Middle-earth. Seven peoples or races are listed in Appendix F of The Lord of the Rings as inhabiting Middle-earth: Elves, Men, Dwarves, Hobbits, Ents, Orcs and Trolls. In addition, Middle-earth is overseen or inhabited by various spirits, known as Valar and Maiar. Other beings inhabit Middle-earth whose nature is unclear, such as Tom Bombadil and his wife Goldberry
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were no suitable ships at all. If the latter is the case, then the Last Ship had already sailed by this time. This could point to the ship which Sam Gamgee is said to have boarded in F.A. 61. "The Last Ship" is also the name of a poem by Tolkien about an idealized last Elvish ship; within his fiction the poem is by Hobbits based on Gondorian sources. It is published in "The Adventures of Tom Bombadil". J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium of Middle-earth –
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Lord of the Rings", Aragorn mentions beings more ancient even than Sauron. In Book Three, when describing his fall in the pits of Moria, Gandalf mentions dark creatures who gnaw the world. Gandalf calls Tom Bombadil the eldest being in existence; his Sindarin name "Iarwain Ben-adar" means "Eldest and Fatherless". Dwarves called him "Forn" (Old Norse, meaning "Ancient" or "Belonging to the distant past"; in Icelandic it can also mean that he has magical abilities).
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Bombadil Publishing


Bombadil Publishing is a youth-to-youth publishing house, founded in Sweden in 2007 by Marianne Rugård-Järvstråt. It operates on a franchise basis and has branches in many countries. The company publishes both fiction and non-fiction books written by and for pre-teens, teenagers, and young adults (ages 12–26). It uses mentors and tutors, rather than traditional editors, to assist the authors in creating a quality book, and organises searches for promising authors as well as finding them through social media.
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the Earth's Old World (albeit in a fictional prehistoric era). This section generally uses traditional names and groupings rather than scientific taxonomy (biology). crows, eagles, falcons, hawks, owls (including barn owls and white owls), ravens, vultures chickens, ducks, geese, quail finches, larks, nightingales, robins, starlings, swallows, thrushes, willow-wrens, wrens A willow warbler called Little Bird is one of the creatures who roam the Withywindle river and who are familiar to Tom Bombadil
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's retorts is a reference to the Norse lay of Ótr, when Bombadil threatens to give the hide of the disrespectful otter to the Barrow-wights, who he says will cover it with gold apart from a single whisker. Whisker-lad features in the second poem in "The Adventures of Tom Bombadil". dolphins, seals, whales ("Roverandom" is connected to the world of Middle-earth via Elvenhome)br dugongs, manatees, porpoises, right whales, sea-cows, sea-lions apes, bats,
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"". Here, playing as Frodo, the player must hit Old Man Willow's trunk with rocks from a distance while avoiding his swinging willow switches until Tom Bombadil arrives. In the MMORPG "Lord of the Rings Online", a quest to gather lilies for Goldberry at the foot of Old Man Willow is given to the player by Bombadil, who warns that the tree will "sing you right to sleep". A song called "Old Man Willow" by the band Elephant's Memory describes the anger, frustration
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Bombadil is a three-piece Americana, folk-pop band from Durham, North Carolina with guitar, bass, piano, and drums as their primary instruments. The band is known for their creative and heartfelt lyrics, lush vocal harmonies, thoughtful arrangements, and engaging live show. Bombadil began in early 2004 after guitarist Bryan Rahija and bassist Daniel Michalak were studying abroad in Bolivia as students at Duke University. They recorded several demos at an elementary school in La Paz during their spare time. After returning to the U.S.,
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draft of a reply to Hastings, Tolkien, also a devout Roman Catholic, defended his creative ideas as an exploration of the infinite "potential variety" of God: that it need not conform to the reality of our world so long as it does not misrepresent the essential nature of the divine: Hastings had also criticised the description of Tom Bombadil by Goldberry simply as "He is", saying that this seemed to be a reference to the Biblical quotation "I Am that I Am", implying that Bombadil was God
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deep in the Old Forest are omitted. Maggot and his family and Bombadil and his wife Goldberry are thus all omitted, along with Fatty Bolger, a hobbit who accompanied Frodo at the beginning. According to Bakshi, the character of Tom Bombadil was "dropped" because "he didn't move the story along." Additionally, the character Glorfindel is amalgamated with Legolas. Publicity for the film announced that Bakshi had created "the first movie painting" by utilizing "an entirely new technique in filmmaking." Much of the
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animate the bodies and bones of the former kings of the Dúnedain. These undead monsters haunted the Barrow-downs near Bree. Tom Bombadil is an enigma; it is unknown to which of the peoples of Middle-earth he belongs. He is clearly sentient and humanoid though. Unlike the other races, he is seemingly unaffected by the One Ring and appears to predate the Children of Ilúvatar (Elves and Men). As to the nature of Bombadil, Tolkien himself said that some things should remain mysterious in any mythology,
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List of Middle-earth animals


(Tolkien uses the old name "willow-wren"). She brings news to Bombadil; thus her name is an allusion to the idiom "a little bird told me". She features in the second poem in "The Adventures of Tom Bombadil". boobies, coots, cormorants, dabchicks, gulls, herons, kingfishers, moorhens, storks, swans (especially the mute swan; there are also black swans, presumably not the black swan of Australia) A kingfisher called Fisher Blue is one of the birds
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Tom Bombadil


, Tom teaches them a rhyme to summon him if they fall into danger again within his borders. This proves fortunate, as the four encounter Barrow-wights in the following chapter, "Fog on the Barrow-downs". After saving them from the Barrow-wights, Tom gives each hobbit a long dagger taken from the treasure in the barrow. As the hobbits leave the Barrow Downs, he refuses to pass the borders of his own land, but before he goes he directs them to The Prancing Pony Inn at
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Tom Bombadil


He has a jolly, carefree attitude, and little seems to concern him. He sometimes refers to himself in the third person, as if simultaneously weaving his own epic narrative, even as he lives it. In "The Lord of the Rings" he twice describes himself in his songs as: "Bright blue his jacket is, and his boots are yellow." Bombadil does not seem concerned about the One Ring, though he seems to know at least as much as the hobbits about its provenance and power. Although
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Frodo Baggins


the Nine Nazgûl, had entered the Shire as Black Riders, looking for Bilbo and the Ring. They followed Frodo's trail across the Shire and nearly intercepted him. Frodo and his companions escaped the Black Riders by travelling through the Old Forest, but they were misled by the magic of Old Man Willow until they were rescued by Tom Bombadil, who gave them shelter and guided them on their way. After leaving Bombadil, they were caught in fog on the Barrow Downs by Barrow-wights and were entranced under a spell
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Zookeeper (comics)


Zookeeper, a.k.a. Dr. Samuel Register, is a fictional character from the "Teen Titans" comics. Zookeeper first appeared in "Teen Titans" #13-15 (Sep. - Nov. 2004) and was created by Geoff Johns and Tom Grummett. Dr. Samuel Register worked with Mark and Marie Logan in Africa. He despised their rambunctious son Garfield who constantly caused damage in his lab. He was (and still is) obsessed with people calling him "Dr. Register" and nothing else. After Logan's parents successfully cured
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"especially if an explanation actually exists." Tom is also known as "The First", "Master Tom", "Old Tom", "Iarwain Ben-adar" (a Sindarin name meaning "The Oldest without a father"). The Noldor call him "Orald" meaning "Very Old", Dwarves call him "Forn" (meaning: The Ancient). Spirits of nature tied to rivers and waterways. Only two are mentioned by Tolkien: Goldberry, the wife of Tom Bombadil, and
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The Oxford Magazine


The Oxford Magazine is a review magazine and newspaper published in Oxford, England. It was established in 1883 and published weekly during Oxford University terms. Contributors included: J. R. R. Tolkien, whose character Tom Bombadil, who later featured in "The Lord of the Rings", first appeared in the magazine around 1933. A joint poem by C. S. Lewis and Owen Barfield called "Abecedarium Philosophicum" was published on 30 November 1933. Dorothy Sayers published two of her poems, "Hymn in Contemplation of Sudden Death" and
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List of Legion of the Unliving members


The Legion of the Unliving is the name of five groups of fictional characters that appear in comic books published by Marvel Comics. The five versions first appear in "Avengers" #131 (Jan. 1975); "Avengers" Annual #16 (Dec. 1987); "Avengers West Coast" #61 (Aug. 1990); "Avengers" #353 (Sep. 1992) and "Avengers" vol. 3, #10 (Nov. 1998) respectively. The groups were created by Steve Englehart and Sal Buscema; Tom
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Legion of the Unliving


The Legion of the Unliving are five groups of fictional characters appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The five versions first appear in "Avengers" #131 (Jan. 1975); "Avengers" Annual #16 (Dec. 1987); "Avengers West Coast" #61 (Aug. 1990); "Avengers" #353 (Sep. 1992) and "Avengers" vol. 3, #10 (Nov. 1998) respectively. The groups were created by Steve Englehart and Sal Buscema; Tom DeFalco and various
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List of Middle-earth animals


gave him a kick. Sam later took the pony to Hobbiton. The pony kept by Tom Bombadil. Fatty Lumpkin (sometimes just "Lumpkin") was rarely ridden by Tom, and spent much of his time roaming free on the Barrow-downs. The ponies of Frodo, Sam, Merry, and Pippin got to know Fatty Lumpkin and managed to find him after the hobbits encountered a wight in the Barrow-downs. When the hobbits' ponies escaped from Bree, their familiarity with Fatty Lumpkin led them back to
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The Man in the Moon Stayed Up Too Late


is able to jump over the Moon with ease because the Man in the Moon has temporarily brought it down to Earth. Tom Shippey cites this 1923 poem and its mate, "The Man in the Moon Came Down Too Soon" (also from 1923, also subsequently included in "The Adventures of Tom Bombadil") as typical examples of Tolkien's working strategy for reconstructing philological information about sources now lost. In this case the question is: what lies behind the abbreviated version of this poem that survives as a well-
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Michael Bishop (author)


" overall a pleasure to read… Its treatment of anthropology is so effective that the few flaws are easily overlooked."Easton, Tom. "The Reference Library." "Analog: Science Fiction/Science Fact". New York: Davis Publications. Sep. 1982: 164. Editor and critic David Pringle writes that the novel "is narrated in an oddly detached, quizzical and dryly humorous manner… The paleo-anthropological details are superbly imagined, the African landscapes beautifully described, yet the final effect is one of coolness,
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Tolkien family


an inspiration for Tom Bombadil. In 1939, Michael volunteered for the British Army but he was told to continue his university studies. He studied history at Trinity College, Oxford. In 1941, Michael Hilary Tolkien served in an anti-aircraft role during the Battle of Britain for which he was awarded the George Medal. He met a nurse named Joan Audrey Griffith (1916–1982) whom he married the same year. Later in World War II, he served as an anti-aircraft gunner in France and Germany. In 1944
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Rita (2009 Italian film)


- Artistic Direction 9th Concorto Film Festival | 2010 22 Aug – 29 Aug | Italy Special Jury Mention 8th Imaginaria Film Festival | 2010 24 Aug – 29 Aug | Italy Jury Mention 16th Aye Aye Film Festival Nancy-Lorraine | 2010 3 Sep – 11 Sep | France Best Sound 3rd Festival Internacional Curtametraxes Bueu | 2010 Bueu International Shortfilm Festival 6 Sep – 11 Sep | Spain Best Short Fiction Film 17th Altin Koza Film Festival | 2010 Golden Boll Film Festival 20 Sep – 26 Sep | Turkey Special Jury Mention 7th Filmfest Eberswalde |
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List of Jeeves characters


, or Bertie simply preferred not to discuss his family with a man who had threatened him with physical harm. Seppings is a fictional character in the Jeeves stories. He is the butler of Dahlia Travers and Tom Travers at their country house, Brinkley Court. His first name is not given in the stories. He is a dignified and stoic figure, though he has been on friendly terms with Bertie Wooster since Bertie's boyhood. Bertie has enjoyed many a port in his pantry, and they sometimes have conversations, mainly about
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The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (video game)


branches. Frodo is then approached by a man, Tom Bombadil (Daran Norris), who tells him the tree is called Old Man Willow. Tom puts Willow to sleep, and releases the hobbits. They go to his house, meeting his wife, Goldberry (Kath Soucie). The hobbits spend the night, before heading to the Barrow-downs, where Sam, Pippin and Merry are captured by a Barrow-wight. Tom arrives, again saving them, and leads them to Bree, advising them to stay
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Tom Chiarella


Tom Chiarella is Hampton and Esther Boswell Distinguished University Professor of Creative Writing at DePauw University and writer-at-large and fiction editor of Esquire Magazine. Chiarella was born in Rochester, New York in 1961, and received a BA in Studio Art/Writing at St. Lawrence University, 1983, and an MFA in Fiction Writing from the University of Alabama in 1987. Chiarella has written on movies, television, sports, culture, masculinity, food and culinary arts, self-improvement, drug addiction, architecture and sexuality.
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Tom Bombadil


as he goes. Tom is a usable model in "The Lord of the Rings Strategy Battle Game" produced by Games Workshop. In this, he is invincible, in that he can never be harmed in any way, but neither can he cause harm to any of his opponents. He can only be played in the Old Forest, as in keeping with his story. He also appears in "" video game, and has an appearance as a purchasable character in "Lego The Lord of the Rings" and "
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The Fringe of the Unknown


" (from "The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction", Jun. 1969) 8. "Dinosaurs Today" (original title: "Dinosaurs in Today's World") (from "The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction", Mar. 1968)br 9. "Mammoths and Mastodons" (from "The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction", May 1965)br 10. "Death Comes to the Megafauna" (from "If Worlds of Science Fiction", Sep. 1971)br 11. "Xerxes' Okapi" (original title
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The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring


, are changed and combined with him setting out for Bree. Characters such as Tom Bombadil and the incidents in the Old Forest and the Barrow Downs are left out to simplify the plot and increase the threat of the Ringwraiths. Such sequences are left out to make time to introduce Saruman, who doesn't appear in the book until Gandalf's account at the Council of Elrond. While some characters are left out, some are referenced such as the trolls Tom, Bert, and William to show how "The Hobbit" and
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Barrow-wight


mentioned in "The Lord of the Rings" Appendix A that Frodo was trapped in the cairn of the last prince of Cardolan; Merry's exclamation on waking from his trance suggests this. Frodo cut off the wight's hand; then, when the wight extinguished the dim light in the cavern where the company was imprisoned, Frodo called for Tom Bombadil, who expelled the wight from the barrow. Due to his inspiration from "Hrómundar saga Gripssonar", during the writing of "The Lord of the Rings" (see
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List of Middle-earth animals


from the Shire. The poem appears in "The Two Towers" and "The Adventures of Tom Bombadil". The word "oliphaunt" is a variant spelling of the archaic word "oliphant", used in literature to denote "elephant", "ivory", "elephant-tusk", "musical horn made of an elephant tusk", or "a musical instrument resembling such a horn". The most famous use of the term in literature outside Tolkien is in "The Song of Roland", wherein
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The Sea-Bell


in Tolkien's work: mortality, the otherworld, alienation, desire, suffering, pride, the sea and nature. Michael D. C. Drout suggests that the poem that follows it in "The Adventures of Tom Bombadil", "The Last Ship", is a companion piece. Verlyn Flieger relates the poem to the sense of alienation many of Tolkien's generation felt on returning from the First World War, but notes that it differs from many literary responses to the war by operating 'in the fantastic mode, rather than
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The Lord of the Rings (1979 radio series)


), Mac McCaddon (Pippin), Lou Bliss (Sam), Bernard Mayes (Gandalf and Tom Bombadil), Gail Chugg (Narrator), and Tom Luce (Strider/Aragorn). Additionally, Franklyn, McCaddon, Chugg, Reinhardt, Bob Lewis, John Vickery, Erik Bauersfeld and Carl Hague were credited for "additional voices". The radio script of "The Lord of the Rings" was written by Bernard Mayes. It emphasized dialogue over description. The broadcasts totaled more than 11 hours. The budget
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List of Middle-earth characters


, Tar- • Telemnar, Tar- • Telemnar king of Gondor • Telperiën, Tar- • Telumehtar • Tevildo • Tharkûn • Thengel • Théoden • Théodred • Théodwyn • Thingol • Thorin I • Thorin II Oakenshield • Thorin III Stonehelm • Thorondir • Thorondor • Thorongil • Thráin I • Thráin II • Thranduil • Thrór • Thuringwethil • Tilion • Tindomiel • Tinúviel • Tom Bombadil • Tom (Troll) • Took, Adalgrim • Took, Belladonna • Took, Bullroarer • Took, Faramir • Took, Ferumbras III • Took, Fortinbras II
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travelled through the Barrow-downs on their journey from the Old Forest to Bree. On the night of 28th 'September' they were ensnared in the downs by a barrow-wight, probably in the same barrow which held the grave of the last prince of Cardolan. They were rescued by Tom Bombadil, and from the burial treasure received enchanted daggers—designed to slay the evil servants of Angmar. The daggers from the Barrow-downs had varying fates in "The Lord of the Rings". When the Nazgûl attacked
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Bircham International University


jurisdictions. In 2003, South Florida's "CityLink" magazine reported that Oregon education officials said that Bircham was "totally bogus". In July 2007, the Secretariat of Public Education (SEP) of Mexico issued a notice stating that degrees lacking RVOE (Official Recognition from the Mexican Government) will not be validated by the SEP. Degrees via online or distance learning issued by foreign institutions like Bircham University will not be recognized by the SEP. In April 2008 the "Nairobi Business Daily" reported that Bircham International University was
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J. R. R. Tolkien


series of short stories (later compiled and published as "The Father Christmas Letters"). Other works included "Mr. Bliss" and "Roverandom" (for children), and "Leaf by Niggle" (part of "Tree and Leaf"), "The Adventures of Tom Bombadil", "Smith of Wootton Major" and "Farmer Giles of Ham". "Roverandom" and "Smith of Wootton Major", like "The Hobbit", borrowed ideas from his "legendarium". Tolkien never expected
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The Lord of the Rings


"The Lord of the Rings". In 1965, songwriter Donald Swann, who was best known for his collaboration with Michael Flanders as Flanders & Swann, set six poems from "The Lord of the Rings" and one from "The Adventures of Tom Bombadil" ("Errantry") to music. When Swann met with Tolkien to play the songs for his approval, Tolkien suggested for "Namárië" (Galadriel's lament) a setting reminiscent of plain chant, which Swann accepted. The songs were published in 1967
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Nigel Planer


of "Romuald the Reindeer", and Dr. Marmalade in an episode of "SpongeBob SquarePants" (alongside Young Ones co-stars Christopher Ryan and Rik Mayall). Planer has also been the narrator of many of BBC Four's "Britannia" series of documentaries, including "Prog Rock Britannia", "Blues Britannia" and "Heavy Metal Britannia". In addition he voiced Frodo in "The Adventures of Tom Bombadil" from the 1992 radio series "Tales from the Perilous Realm". He was a narrator in
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The Fellowship of the Ring


the pinnacle of a tower and then a vision of a rain curtain in front of a ship on which he is sailing. They then leave Bombadil's only to be captured by a barrow wight in the Barrow-downs, but they again escape with help from Tom and finally reach the gate of the village of Bree. In Bree, the hobbits go to The Prancing Pony Inn, where Barliman Butterbur is the owner. Frodo goes by the name of "Underhill" rather than Baggins. While visiting with other hobbits and
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List of hobbit families


in the poem "Perry-the-Winkle", published in "The Adventures of Tom Bombadil". Shire hobbits primarily found in the Southfarthing. The name was derived from an old family occupation. Tobold Hornblower, "Old Toby" was the first to introduce pipe-weed in the Shire. The Westron language form of Baggins. A surname appearing only on the Bolger family tree in "The Peoples of Middle-earth". It is also the name of a horse of Rohan. Hobbits of Bree and possibly
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Meriadoc Brandybuck


and organized — he assembled their packs and brought ponies. His shortcut through the Old Forest distanced them from the Nazgûl for a time, though they had to be rescued from Old Man Willow by the enigmatic Tom Bombadil. In the Barrow-downs, he acquired his sword, which was actually a dagger forged in the kingdom of Arnor. At Bree, Merry was actually not present in the "Prancing Pony" when Frodo put on the Ring; instead, he was outside taking a walk, and was nearly overcome by
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Frodo Baggins


. Frodo broke loose from the spell, attacked the barrow-wight and summoned Tom Bombadil, who again rescued the hobbits and set them on their way. At the "Prancing Pony", an inn in the village of Bree, Frodo received a delayed letter from Gandalf, and met Aragorn, also called Strider, a Ranger of the North. The One Ring slipped onto Frodo's finger inadvertently in the "Prancing Pony"'s common room, turning Frodo invisible. This attracted the attention of Sauron's agents, who
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Prancing Pony" was a meeting place for both Bree-folk and travellers, and was frequented by Men, Hobbits and Dwarves. Some of the Bucklanders from the Shire are known to have travelled to the inn occasionally. The art of smoking pipe-weed was said to have begun in Bree and from "The Prancing Pony" it spread among the races of Middle-earth. The inn was also noted for its fine beer, enchanted at an occasion by Gandalf. Tom Bombadil knew the inn well, but presumably by
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Society of Experimental Psychologists


conduct plenary sessions in which members can present papers. It holds meetings every spring, scheduled by a member at the host university who serves as the chair of the SEP for that year. The meetings are open to all members and to students and faculty from the host university who are invited by the chair. Membership in the SEP is by invitation only and is considered to be a great honor because it represents significant accomplishment in the field of experimental psychology. The SEP currently admits at least 6 new members annually from among the
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Kalevala


one of his sources for "The Silmarillion". For example, Kullervo is the basis of Túrin Turambar in "Narn i Chîn Húrin", including the sword that speaks when the anti-hero uses it to commit suicide. Echoes of "The Kalevala"'s characters, Väinämöinen in particular, can be found in Tom Bombadil of "The Lord of the Rings". The Neustadt Prize-winning poet and playwright Paavo Haavikko who is regarded as one of Finland's finest writers, also took influence from "The Kalevala
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Middle-earth objects


'The Last Ship' in "The Adventures of Tom Bombadil"); and Men (in Minas Tirith among the celebrations for the downfall of Sauron and the coronation of Elessar). The flutes played by Hobbits at the Farewell Party of Bilbo Baggins had enchanting tones; they had been imported from Dale. True clarinets are a relatively modern woodwind instrument, so the "clarinets" played by the Dwarves Bifur and Bofur during the Unexpected Party in "The Hobbit" are possibly one of the handful of anachronisms that appear in
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