Tom Bombadil was a mysterious entity that lived for much of the world's history, known in the Third Age to dwell in a valley of the Withywindle in the depths of the Old Forest, east of Buckland, and close to the dangerous Barrow-downs. His domain was of modest size, but he seemed to possess an unequaled power over the land around his dwelling. He lived in a small house with his wife, Goldberry, between the Barrow-downs and the Dingle of the Old Forest, far from any other settlement.
