This article refers to the collection of in-universe poems. For other namesakes, see The Adventures of Tom Bombadil (disambiguation). |
The Adventures of Tom Bombadil and Other Verses from the Red Book is a collection of poetry by J.R.R. Tolkien, published in 1962. The book contains 16 poems, only two of which deal with Tom Bombadil, a character most famous for his encounter with Frodo Baggins in The Fellowship of the Ring, the first volume in Tolkien's best-selling The Lord of the Rings. The rest of the poems are an assortment of bestiary verse and fairy tale rhyme.
The collection is included in Tales from the Perilous Realm (published in 2008) alongside many of Tolkien's stories for children, with illustrations by Alan Lee. An audiobook of this was produced in 2010, narrated by Sir Derek Jacobi.
A 2014 edition prepared by Christina Scull and Wayne G. Hammond features Pauline Baynes' original artwork, along with a new Introduction, a 'commentary' section discussing each poem's history, and early versions of the poems. An appendix includes an unreleased fragment of a prose story concerning Bombadil, and two additional poems: "Once upon a Time" and "An Evening in Tavrobel".
Contents[]
- Introduction
- About the Artist
- Preface
- Commentary
- Gallery
- Appendix
- I. Tom Bombadil: A Prose Fragment
- II. Once upon a Time and An Evening in Tavrobel
- Footnotes
Canon[]
The character Tom Bombadil, named originally after a child's toy[1], appeared in these poems before his inclusion to the mythology of Arda and The Lord of the Rings.
Like the first edition of The Fellowship of the Ring, The Adventures of Tom Bombadil is presented in the pretense of an actual translation from the Red Book of Westmarch, and contains some background information on Middle-earth not found elsewhere. Examples are the name of the tower at Dol Amroth and the names of the Seven Rivers of Gondor. The book serves as a small, poetic venture into the types of creative works that Hobbits made. In short, each poem is a Secondary World within a Secondary World.
Translations[]
Foreign Language | Translated name |
Afrikaans | Die Avonture van Tom Bombadil |
Albanian | Aventurat e Tom Bombadil |
Amharic | የቶም ቦምባዲል ጀብዱዎች |
Arabic | مغامرات توم بومباديل |
Armenian | Թոմ Բոմբադիլ արկածները |
Assamese | টম বম্বাডিলৰ দুঃসাহসিকতা |
Asturian | Les Aventures de Tom Bombadil |
Azerbaijani | Tom Bombadilin macəraları |
Basque | Tom Bombadil abenturak |
Belarusian Cyrillic | Прыгоды Тома Бамбадзіла |
Bengali | টম বোম্বাদিল এর এডভেন্ঞার ট্যুরিজম |
Bosnian | Pustolovine Toma Bombadila |
Bulgarian Cyrillic | Приключенията на Том Бомбадил |
Catalan | Les aventures de Tom Bombadil |
Chinese | 湯姆·龐巴迪歷險記 |
Corsican | L'avventura di Tom Bombadil |
Croatian | Avanture Tom Bombadila |
Czech | Příhody Toma Bombadila |
Danish | Tom Bombadils Eventyr |
Dari | ماجراجویی های تام بومبادیل |
Dutch | De avonturen van Tom Bombadil |
Esperanto | La Aventuroj de Tom Bombadil |
Estonian | Tom Bombadil seiklused |
Faroese | Ævintýrini hjá Tom Bombadil |
Filipino | Ang mga pakikipagsapalaran ni Tom Bombadil |
Finnish | Tom Bombadilin seikkailut |
French | Les Aventures de Tom Bombadil |
Frisian | De Aventoeren fan Tom Bombadil (Western) |
Galician | As aventuras de Tom Bombadil |
Georgian | ტომ ბომბადილის თავგადასავლები |
German | Die Abenteuer des Tom Bombadil |
Greek | Οι Περιπέτειες του Τομ Μπόμπαντιλ |
Gujarati | ટોમ બોમ્બદિલ ઓફ એડવેન્ચર્સ |
Hebrew | הרפתקאות תום בומבדיל |
Hindi | को टॉम बमडेल के एडवेंचर्स |
Hungarian | Bombadil Toma kalandjai |
Icelandic | Ævintýri Tom Bombadil |
Indonesian | Petualangan Tom Bombadil |
Italian | Le avventure di Tom Bombadil |
Japanese | トム・ボンバディルの冒険 |
Kannada | ಟಾಮ್ ಬೊಮ್ಬದಿಲ ಅಡ್ವೆಂಚರ್ಸ್ |
Korean | 톰 폭탄 박람회의 모험 |
Laotian | ເລື່ອງຮາວທີ່ແປງຂອງ ຖໂມ ບໂມບະດິລ |
Latin | Adventurae Tom Bombadilis |
Latvian | Tom Bombadil piedzīvojumi |
Lithuanian | Tom Bombadil nuotykiai |
Luxembourgish | D'Abenteuer vum Tom Bombadil |
Macedonian Cyrillic | Авантурите на Том Бомбадил |
Maithili | टॉम बम्बडिल के रोमांच |
Malaysian | Pengembaraan Tom Bombadil |
Maltese | L-avventuri ta 'Tom Bombadil |
Marathi | टॉम बोंबाडिलचा एडवेंचर्स |
Mongolian Cyrillic | Том Бомбадилын адал явдал |
Nepalese | एडवेंचर्स टॉम बोम्बदिल |
Norwegian | Eventyrene til Tom Bombadil |
Occitan | Las Aventuras de Tom Bombadil |
Persian | ماجراهای تام بمبادیل |
Polish | Przygody Toma Bombadila |
Portuguese | As Aventuras de Tom Bombadil |
Romanian | Aventurile lui Tom Bombadil |
Russian | Приключения Тома Бомбадила |
Samoan | O Mea tutupu a Tom Bombadil |
Sardinian | Sas Aventuras de Tom Bombadil |
Scottish Gaelic | Na Tachartasan aig Tom Bombadil |
Serbian | Авантуре Том Бомбадила (Cyrillic) Avanture Tom Bombadila (Latin) |
Sicilian | Li Avvinturi di Tom Bombadil |
Sindhi | ٹام بمعدل جو مہم جوئی ? |
Sinhalese | ටොම් බොඹදිල් ඇඩ්වෙන්චර්ස් |
Slovenian | Pustolovščine Tom Bombadil |
Slovak | Dobrodružstvo Tom Bombadil |
Somali | Hawlaha ee Tom Bombadil |
Spanish | Las aventuras de Tom Bombadil |
Swedish | Tom Bombadills äventyr |
Tajik Cyrillic | Саргузаштхои Том Бомбадил |
Tamil | டாம் பொம்பாடுல் அட்வென்ச்சர்ஸ் |
Telugu | ది అడ్వెంచర్స్ ఆఫ్ టామ్ బొమ్బదిల |
Thai | การผจญภัยของทอมบอมบาดิล |
Turkish | Tom Bombadil'in Maceraları |
Turkmen | Tom Bombadiliň Başdan geçirmeleri |
Ukrainian Cyrillic | Пригоди Тома Бомбадила |
Uzbek | Том Бомбадилнинг саргузаштлари (Cyrillic) Tom Bombadilning sarguzashtlari (Latin) |
Vietnamese | Cuộc phiêu lưu của Tom Bombadil |
Welsh | Anturiaethau o Tom Bombadil |
Xhosa | Kwiintlanga zeTom Bombadil |
Yiddish | די אַדווענטורעס פון טאָם באָמבאַדיל |
Yoruba | Awọn Iṣẹlẹ ti Tom Bombadil |
References[]
- ↑ Tales from the Perilous Realm, Introduction, xi
External link[]
- Additions and corrections to the book made by Wayne Hammond and Christina Scull