Re: LOTR
| From: | John Cowan <cowan@...> |
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| Date: | Saturday, November 10, 2001, 17:13 |
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The Gray Wizard scripsit:
> Well, Tolkien scholars with better credentials than mine have consistently
> considered Tom something of an enigma.
Indeed. There are a number of crackpot theories: Tom is God (Eru Iluvatar),
Tom is Aule (one of the chief Valar), Tom is the Lord of the Nazgul
(have you ever seen them together?).
Robert Foster calls him "a Maia gone native", which is a pretty fair guess
IMHO.
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John Cowan http://www.ccil.org/~cowan cowan@ccil.org
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