I am a huge LOTR fan and to this day I still cant figure out who the hell Tom Bombadil was.... Tolkein was too methodical not to have some deeper understanding of who he is.... I must know!!!

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@freemo From Wikipedia: «Scholars have noted that he is the spirit of a place, a genius loci.» I assume he'd be a bit like Puck in _A Midsummer Night's Dream_, but I'm no Tolkien expert.

@josemanuel There are soooo many theories on who he is... each of them have a bit of problem to them... but I personally would agree that he is the embodiment of the land as it was before the corruption. Thus by the time of the ring only maintains a small area.

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