Did Gandalf visit Tom Bombadil?

The suggestion that Gandalf was visiting Tom Bombadil to speak with the "Master" is the most logical one. As he says to the hobbits upon their parting company: "I am turning aside soon.
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Why does Gandalf say to not give the Ring to Tom Bombadil?

While this seems to demonstrate that he has unique and mysterious power over the Ring, the idea of giving him the Ring for safekeeping is rejected in the Council of Elrond as Gandalf says, rather, that "the Ring has no power over [Tom Bombadil]...", and believed that Tom would not find the Ring to be very important, ...
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Who is older Gandalf or Tom Bombadil?

"...within the Old Forest his power was absolute and no evil was strong enough to touch him." Tom Bombadil is the oldest, as are other Maiar and Varda listed above.
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Who is more powerful Gandalf or Tom Bombadil?

More powerful than Gandalf and more ancient than Galadriel, Tom Bombadil is actually Lord of the Rings' most powerful being. When it comes to powerful beings in Lord of the Rings, characters such as Gandalf, Saruman, Galadriel and, of course, Sauron are discussed at great length.
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Will Tom Bombadil be in the LOTR show?

Tom Bombadil is one of few Lord of the Rings characters around during Amazon's upcoming TV show.
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Why was Tom Bombadil left out of LOTR?

Peter Jackson has explained his decision to omit Tom Bombadil from The Lord of the Rings movie trilogy, claiming that the character's contribution to The Fellowship of the Ring bore little relevance to the overall plot and did nothing to advance the main story.
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Why didnt the ring affect Tom Bombadil?

The Ring has no effect on him because the Ring has nothing to offer him; time is already immortal, and neither good nor evil. He has no real concern because his existence will still be around whether or not Sauron gets the Ring back.
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Is Tom Bombadil a God?

Tom Bombadil Is God

Though he's not mentioned in The Lord of the Rings or The Hobbit, Tolkien's world is presided over by a God known as Eru. This primordial entity shares many traits with the monotheistic gods of the real world, and was responsible for creating all life with the help of his first children, the Ainur.
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Is Tom Bombadil in The Hobbit?

Tom Bombadil is an NPC in the MMORPG game The Lord of the Rings Online, serving as a main character in Book 1 of the epic quests. Tom Bombadil also appears as a playable character in the LEGO The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit video games.
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Is radagast Tom Bombadil?

Radagast the Brown is a wizard kinsman to Gandalf who forgot his calling and can never leave Middle Earth. And finally there's the cheery, enigmatic Tom Bombadil, who can put the Ring on his finger and not vanish. These are men of magic and of ancient wisdom and Tolkien's finest creations.
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Is Tom Bombadil stronger than Sauron?

Sauron is all-powerful. Unless he is destroyed he is unbeatable and unstoppable. The destruction of the ring (and Sauron's native power which is VERY considerable) is the only way to defeat him. Tom Bombadill is not so much powerful as outside the power game that is being played out in the war of the ring.
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Is Treebeard Tom Bombadil?

We don't know how old exactly Treebeard is, but it's completely possible that he was among the first generation of ents. Now, we know that Tom Bombadil predates the elves, and the trees themselves (which definitely existed before the ents.) So he's definitely older than Treebeard.
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Is Tom Bombadil a Valar?

While it is conceivable that his personality could have reversed in these ways, there is no reason to think that it did. There is other evidence that Bombadil is not one of the Valar. In "In the House of Tom Bombadil", Tom says of himself, "He was here before the Kings and the graves and the Barrow-wights.
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What's the point of Tom Bombadil?

RELATED: LOTR: What Did Galadriel's Gifts To The Fellowship Of The Ring Mean? Tom Bombadil is said to be able to control and bend his surroundings to his own will. This includes influence over both the forest itself as well as those who live within it.
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Did Tom Bombadil create Eru?

[edit] Tom as a nature sprite

Bombadil could have been created as a side-effect of the Music of the Ainur and that would explain why he was there in the beginning. His Elvish name "Eldest Fatherless" can support this notion: since he is only a part of creation, he has no "father", while the Ainur have (Eru).
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What happens when Tom Bombadil puts on the Ring?

When Frodo shows Tom Bombadil the Ring, he amazes the Hobbits by putting the Ring on without disappearing. The reason that Tom Bombadil is not subject to the power of the Ring is that he really, truly does not desire power or ownership over any one thing.
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Is Gandalf a Valar?

In Valinor, Gandalf was called Olórin. He was one of the Maiar of Valinor, specifically, one of the people of the Vala Manwë; he was said to be the wisest of the Maiar. He was closely associated with two other Valar: Irmo, in whose gardens he lived, and Nienna, the patron of mercy, who gave him tutelage.
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Is Tom Bombadil the Witch King?

The theory states that Tom Bombadil is the Witch King of Angmar, who takes another form to find some peace with the tiny fragment of good left in him.
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Can Tom Bombadil take Ring to Mordor?

He would neither venture from his land nor be reliable enough to carry the Ring to Mordor. Gandalf says that, if asked, he would not have even come to Rivendell.
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Who is Tom Bombadil quote?

“Old Tom Bombadil is a merry fellow, Bright blue his jacket is, and his boots are yellow. None has ever caught him yet, for Tom, he is the Master: His songs are stronger songs, and his feet are faster.”
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Is Tom Bombadil in the rings of power?

Like we just said, Tom has no real bearing on the story. There is a quick nod to Old Man Willow in the extended editions of The Fellowship of the Ring, but other than that, Tom's presence is fully absent.
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Why are Elronds sons not in the movies?

Elrond's sons, Elrohir and Elladan

Some characters were left out because they would have stolen focus and screen time from other members of the Fellowship. Adding in a new character takes time, and explaining their backstory can take even more.
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Is Galadriel a Maiar?

Galadriel possessed a tremendous amount of magical powers, and was said to be the greatest of the Ñoldor after Fëanor. When she still lived in the Undying Lands, she had been a pupil of Yavanna and Aulë, and she later became a friend of Melian the Maia.
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Who is older Gandalf or Legolas?

Gandalf has a younger form in Middle-Earth who is appeared to be about 60 but in reality he is 2019 making him older than Middle-Earth. Legolas was not born in TA 87, that date was made up for a reference book to the films. His actual date of birth is unknown.
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Is Fangorn older than Gandalf?

We know for certain (from Gandalf) that Treebeard the Ent is the oldest living creature on Middle Earth: "Treebeard is Fangorn, the guardian of the forest; he is the oldest of the Ents, the oldest living thing that still walks beneath the Sun upon this Middle-Earth."
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