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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 | TB - Excellent spirit | TB - Guests, Hosts ... | Tolkien's Holy Spirit | Religious Bibliography | Tolkien's Koala | TB - Powers (Video) | TB - The Mystery Solved (Video) | TB - Who is? Part 1 (Video) | TB - Who is? Part 2 (Video) | TB - Who is he really? (Video) What J.R.R. Tolkien (1892-1973) Middle-earth character has the ability to manipulate and control the mind like Obi Wan Kinobi in Star Wars ; meditate for hours on end like a Tibetan monk; is unaffected by the One ring of power such that he is able to make it disappear; twice saves the party of hobbits led by Frodo Baggins at the beginning of their journey to Mordor; resurrects the hobbits following their death at the hands of a Barrow-wight; is the oldest living being in Middle-earth, yet seemingly not of Middle-earth; spe