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What is Tom Bombadil? (lemm.ee)

submitted 1 year ago by abbadon420@lemm.ee to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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He is not a hobbit, neither a man, but what is he? Is he a dwarf? A wizard? A god? Something else entirely?

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[–] theodewere@kbin.social 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Bilbo is sort of covering for the professor too

[–] theshatterstone54@feddit.uk 4 points 1 year ago

Yes, certainly, as the writer of "There and back again"