Fisher Blue was a Kingfisher and one of the Forest-folk[1] in the poem Bombadil Goes Boating.
History
One day Fisher Blue was flying above a river when he came across Tom Bombadil in his boat. He asked Tom to bring back tidings of the place Tom was going. Tom did not want to answer back. This angered Fisher Blue very much that he threatened to tip over Tom's boat. Not very pleased at hearing this Tom said he would cut Fisher's beak off and use it as a weather vane. After that Fisher Blue left.
Later the Otter-folk found Tom's boat, docked it along side the shore and loosed it with the help of Fisher Blue, Willow-wren, and Old Swan. They waited for Tom to come and look for it, but he was already heading for home by the time they loosed his boat, and so they waited for a long time.[1]
References
| Legendary races of Arda | |
| Animals: | Dumbledors · Gorcrows · Hummerhorns · Pards · Swans of Gorbelgod · Turtle-fish · Wise-fish |
|---|---|
| Dragon-kind: | Sea-serpents · Spark-dragons · Were-worms |
| Other: | Badger-folk · Ettens · Giants · Great beasts · Half-trolls · Hobgoblins · Lintips · Mewlips · Nameless things · Ogres · Otter-folk · Snow-trolls · Spectres |
| Individuals: | Badger-brock · Bill Butcher · Farmer Hogg · Fastitocalon · Fisher Blue · Fíriel · Grip · Hunter and Rider · The Lady of the Sun · Lonely Troll · Man in the Moon · Mee · Mrs. Bunce · Old Swan · Peeping Jack · Perry-the-Winkle · Pott the Mayor · Talking Gurthang · Talking purse · River-woman · Shee · Tarlang · Tim · Tom · Whisker-lad · White cow · Willow-wren |