Tolkien’s Koala: From Bingo to Frodo
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
