User blog comment:SunflashtheAwesome/Who was Tom Bombadil?/@comment-200.115.238.142-20120502011212

I believe Bombadil is Eru, as Tolkien intended this figure to be alike to his idea of God. There are many parallels between the Ainulindale and the Creation in Judeo-Christian tradition. In this way, Bombadil is powerful, inside the world and yet outside, homely and yet unknown. He is before all things, as is Eru, and is master but not owner. In my opinion, Goldberry is another facet of this same being.

Melnariel