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Tolkien’s Koala: From Bingo to Frodo

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Tom Bombadil: Dead Hobbits & Barrow-wights | TB Playing Cards | Tom Bombadil (TB) - Evolution 2017 | TB - Excellent spirit 2020 | TB - Guests, Hosts & Holy Ghost 2022 | Tolkien's Holy Spirit 2021 | Religious Bibliography | The Rings of Power 2024 | Tolkien's Koala | TB - Powers (Video) 2022 | TB - The Mystery Solved (Video) 2021 | TB - Who is? Part 1 (Video) 2022 | TB - Who is? Part 2 (Video) 2022 | TB - Who is he really? (Video) 2022 | Abstract : The lead hobbit character in J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings trilogy of 1954-5 was originally named Bingo Baggins after Bingo Bear, a toy Australian koala owned by the author’s daughter Priscilla and often referred to at the time as a koala bear. Tolkien, during the course of writing The Lord of the Rings , went on to change the lead from Bingo Baggins, son of Bilbo Baggins, to Frodo Baggins, his nephew. Bears were ...
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An Excellent Spirit: Tom Bombadil, Goldberry and the Showing of Enigmas

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Tom Bombadil: Dead Hobbits & Barrow-wights | TB Playing Cards | Tom Bombadil (TB) - Evolution 2017 | TB - Excellent spirit 2020 | TB - Guests, Hosts & Holy Ghost 2022 | Tolkien's Holy Spirit 2021 | Religious Bibliography | The Rings of Power 2024 | Tolkien's Koala | TB - Powers (Video) 2022 | TB - The Mystery Solved (Video) 2021 | TB - Who is? Part 1 (Video) 2022 | TB - Who is? Part 2 (Video) 2022 | TB - Who is he really? (Video) 2022 | Daniel Côté Davis and Michael Organ The role of the Holy Spirit in J.R.R. Tolkien's prophetic writing style is brought to the fore in The Lord of the Rings through the characterisation of Tom Bombadil and his ‘River-daughter’ wife Goldberry as an apotheosis of the Divine Energy that inspired his vision. The dreams, visions, spiritual refreshment and charismatic gifts granted through their two enigmatic personas can be traced to b...
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The evolution of Tom Bombadil: From the Oxford and Berkshire countryside to Middle-earth and beyond

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Tom Bombadil: Dead Hobbits & Barrow-wights | TB Playing Cards | * Tom Bombadil (TB) - Evolution 2017 * | TB - Excellent spirit 2020 | TB - Guests, Hosts & Holy Ghost 2022 | Tolkien's Holy Spirit 2021 | Religious Bibliography | The Rings of Power 2024 | Tolkien's Koala | TB - Powers (Video) 2022 | TB - The Mystery Solved (Video) 2021 | TB - Who is? Part 1 (Video) 2022 | TB - Who is? Part 2 (Video) 2022 | TB - Who is he really? (Video) 2022 | [In 2015 the present author began a journey of discovery regarding Tom Bombadil, the enigmatic character in J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings . That journey revealed Tom to be the Middle-earth manifestation of the Holy Spirit , the third person of the Catholic Blessed Trinity (i.e. God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit). Tom is the Secret Fire / Flame Imperishable element of Tolkien's Eru - an all powerful, immor...
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