Tom Bombadil as The Hobbit

 At least hear me out. Tom Bombadil is the physical manifestation/spirit of  The Hobbit  (the book) within  The Lord of the Rings . I have laid out the various sections of evidence and will explain in each how it connects back to Bombadil as  The Hobbit . 1. Eldest and Fatherless To begin with, this is the one element of Tom's character that I find has not been truly satisfyed in the other theories on Bombadil. He is literally described as the oldest and first. On the surface, this might seem to suggest Bombadil as Eru Illuvatar (God). But we know for a fact this is not  the case because Tolkien himself directly said so in Letter 181: 'There is no embodiment of the One, of God, who indeed remains remote, outside the World, and only directly accessible to the Valar or Rulers...()...There is no ‘embodiment’ of the Creator anywhere in this story or mythology.' There simply seems to be no reason why Bombadil would be described this way if he were merely one of these many ancien