One cover of The Adventures of Tom Bombadil
The Adventures of Tom Bombadil is a collection of poetry by J.R.R. Tolkien, published in 1962 (ISBN 0044407262). The book contains 16 poems, only two of which deal with Tom Bombadil, a character who is 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 book was illustrated originally by Pauline Baynes and later by Roger Garland.
Editions
2014 Edition
The 2014 release can be seen as a kind of special edition as it not only includes the main published poems and artwork, but also a new Introduction, 'commentary' section that discusses the history of each poem, and secondary early versions of the poems. It also includes an appendix with an unreleased fragment of prose story about Tom Bombadil, and two additional poems: Once Upon A Time and An Evening in Tavrobel.
Canon
The book, like the first edition of The Fellowship of the Ring, is presented as if it is an actual translation from the Red Book of Westmarch, and contains some background information on the world of Middle-earth which is not found elsewhere. Examples are the name of the tower at Dol Amroth and the names of the Seven Rivers of Gondor. There is some dispute about its canonical status since the information presented about the secondary world is considered only as folklore among the Hobbits.
Tom Bombadil can best be seen as a small, poetic venture into Tolkien's imagination.
Translations around the World
| Foreign Language | Translated name |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Die Avonture van Tom Bombadil |
| Albanian | Aventurat e Tom Bombadil |
| Arabic | مغامرات توم بومباديل |
| Armenian | Թոմ Բոմբադիլ արկածները |
| Azerbaijani | Tom Bombadilin macəraları |
| Basque | Tom Bombadil abenturak |
| Belarusian Cyrillic | Прыгоды Тома Бамбадзіла |
| Bengali | টম বোম্বাদিলের অ্যাডভেঞ্চার ? |
| 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 | Eventyr af Tom Bombadil |
| Dutch | De avonturen van Tom Bombadil |
| Esperanto | La Aventuroj de Tom Bombadil |
| Estonian | Tom Bombadil seiklused |
| Filipino | Ang mga pakikipagsapalaran ni Tom Bombadil |
| Finnish | Tom Bombadilin seikkailut |
| French | Les Aventures de Tom Bombadil |
| Frisian | De Aventoeren fan Tom Bombadil |
| Galician | As aventuras de Tom Bombadil |
| Georgian | ტომ ბომბადილის თავგადასავლები |
| German | Die Abenteuer des Tom Bombadil |
| Greek | Οι περιπέτειες του Τομ Βομβαδιλ |
| Gujarati | ટોમ બોમ્બદિલ ઓફ એડવેન્ચર્સ |
| Haitian Creole | Avantur yo nan Tom Bombadil |
| Hausa | Da Kasadar Tom Bombadil |
| Hebrew | הרפתקאות תום בומבדיל |
| Hindi | 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 |
| Latvian | Tom Bombadil piedzīvojumi |
| Lithuanian | Tom Bombadil nuotykiai |
| Luxembourgish | D'Abenteuer vum Tom Bombadil |
| Macedonian Cyrillic | Авантурите на Том Бомбадил |
| Malay | 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 |
| 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 |
| Scottish Gaelic | Na Tachartasan aig Tom Bombadil |
| Serbian | Авантуре Том Бомбадила (Cyrillic) Avanture Tom Bombadila (Latin) |
| Sesotho | Liketsahalo tsa Tom Bombadil |
| Sindhi | ٹام بمعدل جو مہم جوئی ? |
| Sinhalese | ටොම් බොඹදිල් ඇඩ්වෙන්චර්ස් |
| Slovenian | Pustolovščine Tom Bombadil |
| Slovak | Dobrodružstvo Tom Bombadil |
| Somalian | Hawlaha ee Tom Bombadil |
| Spanish | Las aventuras de Tom Bombadil |
| Swedish | Tom Bombadills äventyr |
| Tamil | டாம் பொம்பாடுல் அட்வென்ச்சர்ஸ் |
| Telugu | ది అడ్వెంచర్స్ ఆఫ్ టామ్ బొమ్బదిల |
| Thai | การผจญภัยของทอมบอมบาดิล |
| Turkish | Tom Bombadil'in Maceraları |
| 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 |