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Who does Bombadil think of at the Barrow Downs in the Fellowship of the Ring?
Hey Tolkien fans! It's been a long while since I read the Silmarillion and the other 'background' books. I don't have any of them handy anymore to look this up... But anyhow, I was re-reading Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring again and wonder if anyone can tell me of whom Tom Bombadil may be thinking of as he picked out a brooch from the Barrow Wights' treasure before sending the hobbits off to Bree? The passage reads:
"He chose for himself from the pile a brooch set with blue stones, many-shaded like flax-flowers or the wings of blue butterflies. He looked long at it, as if stirred by some memory, shaking his head, and saying at last:
'Here is a pretty toy for Tom and for his lady! Fair was she who long ago wore this on her shoulder. Goldberry shall wear it now, and we will not forget her!'"
Thanks, wildwolf and James. Maybe there isn't an answer for it, but I was curious since it sounds like if she is in the background books (Silmarillion or Books of Lost Tales), then she might be identifiable by that brook. I'm having a good time rereading LotR, nonetheless. :)
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- Anonymous1 decade agoFavorite Answer
I don't know but i found this which might answer your question:
- keefLv 44 years ago
once you're merely finding to pass to the financial ruin the place issues get good, then i'm sorry, yet you will think of that this could be a foul e book. The Fellowship of the hoop is definitely the toughest of the three Lord of the jewellery books to get into, even though it under no circumstances 'will become' epic, as such. The writing form is previous shaped, and it may quite be seen dreary by modern-day readers. That under no circumstances is going away. Appreciation for The Lord of the jewellery comes from an in intensity know-how of the superb plot and quite a few different subplots of the series. once you think of roughly each and all of the characters and their relationship with the international- with Tolkien's international- you start to work out the 'epic' nature of the e book, and what makes it so specific. whilst examine at the same time with Tolkien's different books (by and super the Silmarillion) the 'epicness' merely intensifies. The Lord of the jewellery is a international pushed tale, no longer a character pushed one.
- AtS- AbraxasLv 71 decade ago
cracking question.
i remember that tom was the first, before the elves even, and as such would have met an awful lot of folk, and seen a lot of things. perhaps he was recalling an old lover.
