An Unlikely Theory: Blue Wizards as Tom and Golberry - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Sardy · 04-06-2006, 02:19 PM

While there's certainly nothing in Tolkien's work to support this theory, it's an entertaining one, I think. What if the Blue Wizards never were lost in the East, as Tolkien surmised (he never gave a definite answer on their fates, only guessed that they might've gone east and started magic cults)...

What if, instead, they "went native" (surely Radagast sets a precedent for the potential for Istari to fall in love with the wild and eschew the Free Peoples).

What if Tom Bambadil and Goldberry are indeed Alatar and Pallando gone native to the point of possibly having "forgotten" their Istari identities (which were only nom de plumes taken on when entering Middle-earth, to begin with...)

04-06-2006, 02:19 PM	#1
Sardy Wight Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Hudson Valley, NY Posts: 111	An Unlikely Theory: Blue Wizards as Tom and Golberry While there's certainly nothing in Tolkien's work to support this theory, it's an entertaining one, I think. What if the Blue Wizards never were lost in the East, as Tolkien surmised (he never gave a definite answer on their fates, only guessed that they might've gone east and started magic cults)... What if, instead, they "went native" (surely Radagast sets a precedent for the potential for Istari to fall in love with the wild and eschew the Free Peoples). What if Tom Bambadil and Goldberry are indeed Alatar and Pallando gone native to the point of possibly having "forgotten" their Istari identities (which were only nom de plumes taken on when entering Middle-earth, to begin with...) __________________ www.scottchristiancarr.com They passed slowly, and the hobbits could see the starlight glimmering on their hair and in their eyes. Last edited by Sardy; 04-06-2006 at 03:02 PM.