Posted: September 20, 1999 at 21:04:51: by Michael Martinez
: I think Seanith is trying to make Tom be a Maia because he has
: a similar characteristic to a wizard in Roverandom. Michael I
: believe will side with me when I say that Tolkien really didn't
: have a very clear idea (if he had an idea at all) about the
: Maia, Valar, etc at the time he wrote Roverandom. So while I
: commend Seanith with coming up with the idea, I don't think it
: really works, even if Tolkien did come up with the idea to give
: Tom the feather. I'm not sure if I should side with anyone. :) It's entirely possible that Bombadil's blue feather (which apparently was part of the doll) influenced Tolkien's idea of wizards in ROVERANDOM, which was originally composed in 1925 (when Michael was in possession of the doll). The first attempt at a Bombadil story dates to this same time period.
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