can you describe the character?
Tolkien once described Gandalf as an angel incarnate; later, both he and other scholars have likened Gandalf to the Norse god Odin in his "Wanderer" guise. Others have described Gandalf as a guide-figure who assists the protagonist
Gandalf
Tolkien once described Gandalf as an angel incarnate; later, both he and other scholars have likened Gandalf to the Norse god Odin in his "Wanderer" guise. Others have described Gandalf as a guide-figure who assists the protagonist, comparable to the Cumaean Sibyl who assisted Aeneas in Virgil's "The Aeneid", or to Virgil himself in Dante's "Inferno"; and as a Christ-figure, a prophet.
who played gandolf in the lord of the rings UNANSWERABLE where did the name come from? Tolkien derived the name "Gandalf" from "Gandálfr".  In Old Norse, the name means "staff-elf". who is he? Gandalf is a protagonist in "The Hobbit" and "The Lord of the Rings". He is a wizard, one of the "Istari" order, and the leader and mentor of the Fellowship of the Ring.
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Gandalf [SEP] Introduction
He is associated with fire, his ring being Narya, the Ring of Fire, and he both delights in fireworks to entertain the hobbits of the Shire, and in great need uses fire as a weapon. As one of the Maiar he is an immortal spirit, but being in a physical body on Middle-earth, he can be killed in battle, as he is by the Balrog from Moria. He is sent back to Middle-earth to complete his mission, now as Gandalf the White and leader of the Istari. Tolkien once described Gandalf as an angel incarnate; later, both he and other scholars have likened Gandalf to the Norse god Odin in his "Wanderer" guise.