Tom Bombadil is a Titan

The Mythological Russel’s Paradox: The biggest circle still has its border.

Jemas Whalen
Nov 5 · 7 min read

If you’re a big enough Tolkien fan to read the books, you’ve wondered what Tom Bombadil IS. Tolkien goes out of his way to say that he’s too short for a man, too tall for a hobbit, and too granola loving to be a dwarf. More importantly, to those of us who read our Silmarillion instead of just putting it out in our office at Thiel Capital trying to impress the boss, Bombadil is too old to be any of those things. He’s older than the Angels (Maiar), and clearly not…

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Jemas Whalen

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Martial Arts, Law, Science, Philosophy文武双全, body hacking, dyslexia

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