GANDALF
Name: Gandalf
In J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium, Gandalf is a central character in The Hobbit
and The Lord of the Rings, where he appears as an archetypal wizard, taking a
key role in the latter books' War of the Ring. He is a member and later the head,
after Saruman's betrayal and fall, of the order known as the Istari, as well as
leader of the Fellowship of the Ring and the army of the West.
The name Gandalf was originally ascribed by Tolkien to the character who would
later become known as Thorin, and is taken from the same source as all the other
dwarf names - the Völuspá. The wizard character that was to become Gandalf was
originally named Bladorthin. Throughout the early drafts, and through to the
first edition of The Hobbit Bladorthin/Gandalf is described as being a 'little
old man', distinct from a dwarf, but not of the full human stature that would
later be described in The Lord of the Rings.
Name: Gandalf
In J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium, Gandalf is a central character in The Hobbit
and The Lord of the Rings, where he appears as an archetypal wizard, taking a
key role in the latter books' War of the Ring. He is a member and later the head,
after Saruman's betrayal and fall, of the order known as the Istari, as well as
leader of the Fellowship of the Ring and the army of the West.
The name Gandalf was originally ascribed by Tolkien to the character who would
later become known as Thorin, and is taken from the same source as all the other
dwarf names - the Völuspá. The wizard character that was to become Gandalf was
originally named Bladorthin. Throughout the early drafts, and through to the
first edition of The Hobbit Bladorthin/Gandalf is described as being a 'little
old man', distinct from a dwarf, but not of the full human stature that would
later be described in The Lord of the Rings.