My friend Gene Edward Veith posted today, on his Cranach blog, concerning a theory about Tom Bombadil, which he found at the GameRant website, by a Melissa C. The conclusion: “Tom Bombadil would be the equivalent of Adam.”
Although Dr. Veith is a self-confessed fan of my novels, it seems he doesn’t follow this blog. I advanced this theory sometime in the dear, dead long-ago, in the earlier version of Brandywine Books that was lost when we changed hosts. But I refer to it in this post from last year.
I hasten to clarify that I do not charge Melissa C. with plagiarism. The theory seems fairly obvious to me, for anyone familiar with the Bible.
I simply reserve the right to do a little gloating dance, in the presence of friends.
I was at a lecture once (Late 1990s??) where the speaker was an
expert on Tolkien. In the Q&A at the end, I asked him about Tom Bombadil. He basically said the same thing. Tom is representative of Adam in his unfallen state. This is why he could put the ring on without disappearing. The evil had no affect on him.