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lady_branwyn) wrote2011-03-17 05:01 pm
lady_branwyn) wrote2011-03-17 05:01 pm
B2MeM Day 16 (late): The Truth About Tom Bombadil
Researchers at the "Tolkien Sarcasm Page" have discovered the truth about Tom Bombadil. Mere coincidence or something more sinister? You decide for yourself.
Edit: As a bonus, here is their review of Bakshi's Lord of the Rings.
Edit: As a bonus, here is their review of Bakshi's Lord of the Rings.
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Although actually I love this one in particular- I've been sitting here singing it!
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We're Anglo-Saxon to the core although we fight on horses proud
Hee! I've read essays claiming that since the Rohirrim were a horse culture, they couldn't be modeled on the Anglo-Saxons. My theory is that Tolkien put the Rohirrim on horses because he himself had trained with a cavalry unit (King Edward's Horse) while an undergrad at Oxford. His understanding of non-mechanized warfare (this was a few years before WW1) was probably influenced by his experiences as a cavalryman. Also, he is supposed to have had a natural affinity for horses, and that is easy to believe based on how he wrote about them.
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Coming from somewhere with a Celto-Viking history we only touched on the Anglo-Saxons in history lessons, that I remember. When I first read LotR I saw the Rohirrim as simply being horse-born Vikings.
Oddly, one of the things I remember about Anglo-Saxons is that they were very like the Vikings and that their basic war-bands were usually about 30 strong - much the same size as their basic boat crews.
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I never did like Tom. Now I know why :>)
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