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One is the change in the seemingly-crippled King Théoden of Rohan, when Gandalf visits his hall, Edoras, and lifts him out of the control of the traitor Wormtongue, who has been controlling Rohan on behalf of the Wizard Saruman. Gandalf gets the King to straighten up, stand, and walk outside his hall, and to grasp his own sword.
The name Gandalf is found in at least one more place in Norse myth, in the semi-historical Heimskringla, which briefly describes Gandalf Alfgeirsson, a legendary Norse king from eastern Norway and rival of Halfdan the Black. [8] Gandalf is also the name of a Norse sea-king in Henrik Ibsen's second play, The Burial Mound.
The first is the Wizard Gandalf's freeing of King Théoden of Rohan from the dark insinuations of the traitorous Wormtongue, who has become a servant of the evil Wizard Saruman. In Steed's words "After rebuking Wormtongue, Gandalf raises his staff, at which point thunder rolls and the hall falls into darkness, except for the shining figure of ...
The name was also used for a Norse king in the Heimskringla. [3] In his fictional writings, J. R. R. Tolkien eventually named his wizard Gandalf after the Dvergr, [2] but initially used the name for the head of the dwarf party (ultimately to be called Thorin Oakenshield). [4]
Gandalf's original name of "Bladorthin" was not entirely lost though, as Tolkien eventually used it to name an ancient king, later in the books. Welcome to Know Your LotRO Lore, a new weekly ...
Wizards like Gandalf were immortal Maiar, but took the form of Men.. The Wizards or Istari in J. R. R. Tolkien's fiction were powerful angelic beings, Maiar, who took the form of Men to intervene in the affairs of Middle-earth in the Third Age, after catastrophically violent direct interventions by the Valar, and indeed by the one god Eru Ilúvatar, in the earlier ages.
As fantasy series go, J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings saga has a relatively low barrier to entry. There are only four books in the main series, and none of them are too terribly long. But ...
At the end of the series, Aragorn returns to Gondor and is named its official king. Along with Gandalf (sage/prophet) and Frodo Baggins (saviour/priest), Aragorn completes the triune representation of Christ in the series as its king. [26] Gandalf the wizard in the novel The Lord of the Rings and Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings (film series).