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10-31-2001, 09:26 PM | #1 |
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who is oldest?
Ok., I know this thread has been on here a hundred different times, but who is the oldest? is it treebeard? or is it Bombadil? I think It's one of them. That may just be in midle Earth. So are there any other oldests you'de like to share? oldest in middle earth. Oldest anywhere. Oldest from other ages, first or second. person that lived longest ago that isn't alive (maybe they talk about where everything started) I don't know much about history as I've only read half of LOTR so far, and the hobit and no others. thanks.
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11-01-2001, 01:23 AM | #2 |
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I think its bobadil. (but im no historian. im prob wrong)
remember how he said he saw all the things come? the elves and the trees and stuff. |
11-01-2001, 01:29 AM | #3 |
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Well, Eru would certainly be the oldest, as he created everything else. But if you mean mortal or elf or other, I have to say I forgot.
(I've only read half of the Silm. ...I have to save the other half until after quarter exams.)
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11-01-2001, 01:41 AM | #4 |
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eru
Eru huh. sounds interesting. So is he in the Silmarillion? any other ideas about who is oldest? maybe a better historian (not that you guys don't know your stuff)
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11-01-2001, 05:54 PM | #5 |
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"Treebeard... is the oldest living thing that still walks beneath the sun upon this Middle Earth" (The Two Towers, 488)
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11-01-2001, 06:31 PM | #6 |
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well, Mr. Bombidil said he was the oldest thing around, though, didn't he? I think he did anyway...
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11-01-2001, 06:41 PM | #7 |
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Bombadil, hand's down.
The ents learned to speak from the elves, didn't they? So even though they were created by yavanna (sort of) I don't know if they were older than elves. In any case, there is a very good argument that Bombadil was in Arda before even Melkor. That makes him the oldest.
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11-01-2001, 07:17 PM | #8 |
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"When the Children awake, then the thought of Yavanna will awake also," (The Simarilion, 46)
The "thought of Yavanna" = the ents. This means that the elves and the ents were born at the same time. If Bombadil is an elf (I don't know. Is he?) then Fangorn and Bombadil could be the same age. |
11-01-2001, 08:17 PM | #9 |
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wow
wow, I didn't expect much controversy. But any other thoughts on bombadil and treebeard?
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Bombadil is eldest, he is not an elf,
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11-01-2001, 11:56 PM | #11 |
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Maybe Bombadil and Treebeard were created at the exact same time...that would explain how they both are "eldest."
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11-02-2001, 01:31 AM | #12 |
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what exactly is bombadil?
i know he is the master of the woods and whatever but i mean like is he a eru typ of thing? or is he just old? |
11-02-2001, 01:50 AM | #13 |
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well, it seems that the comp ate my post...
(supposed to be earlier in the thread, but my original post fell into a black hole)
i get the impression Bombadil is a creature of the world, similar to the Elves but older - but the Ainur were around BEFORE the world, so for oldest in ME it'd be a competition between Olorin, Saruman (can't remember his other name), Sauron, etc. etc. unless my personal Bombadil theory is wrong & he really IS Eru or a Vala or a Maia... the Bombadil debate will never end. according to various theories, he is a Vala (i've heard Aule, which makes little sense; & Irmo, which makes slightly more); a Maia (maybe of Yavanna), Eru himself, a forest-spirit similar to an Ent, a rare breed of Elf/Man/Hobbit (?!?!?!), the alter-ego of the Witch-King (long live the Tolkien Sarcasm Page!)... there's a thread about Bombadil in the LotR section, try looking there for explanations personally i agree with JRRT: in every world there are enigmas, and Bombadil is one of them. (source: a Letter, #200-something) and to whoever asked about Eru - he is the creator of the world, began the music of creation which made the ainur, he through the ainur created arda. see the ainulindale (sp?) at the beginning of Sil. aryne * Last edited by arynetrek : 11-02-2001 at 01:56 AM. |
11-02-2001, 07:09 PM | #14 |
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As I've said before, Tom as Eldest + Treebeard as oldest living thing = Tom is not a living thing, but a spirit. In the Lord of the Rings, the oldest characters are of course Radagast, Saruman, Gandalf, the Balrog and Sauron.
Please, we've been through the Bombadil debates too many times. I personally would greatly appreciate it if you wondered about Bombadil's identity in one of the old threads that deal with this.
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11-02-2001, 11:10 PM | #15 |
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sorry
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11-02-2001, 11:49 PM | #16 |
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I'm not angry or anything. I didn't say it as a mod., but a very frightened human being.
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11-03-2001, 08:04 PM | #17 |
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that's OK, i just had negative-time to respond to that thread (hence the shortness).
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11-04-2001, 03:23 PM | #18 |
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Oldest Elf?
I think I have seen that Cirdan was probably the eldest Elf at about 7.000 years. Could this be correct?
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11-04-2001, 09:17 PM | #19 |
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if we're going to talk about eldest Elves...
i think Galadriel is around 8000 when she leaves ME.
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Re: if we're going to talk about eldest Elves...
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