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Why din't Tolkien tell _us_ what Tom was? Could the answer be found from the letters of JRRT?
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And even in a mythical Age there must be some enigmas, as there always are. Tom Bombadil is one (intentionally).
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Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien, no 144
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`A blunderbuss, was it?' said he, scratching his head. `I thought it was horseflies!'
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