| Olorin was Gandalf's Istari name. Mithrandir was his elvish name.
It was either Mablung or Maglor who possessed it last.
Which elvish person appeared twice in Tolkien's myth, despite the overlooked fact that he had died in his first appearance?
__________________ "Who has it in his power to have such a motive present to his mind that his will shall be influenced to believe? Who can welcome in his mind something which does not give him delight? But who has it in his power to ensure that something that will delight him will turn up? Or that he will take delight in what turns up? If those things delight us which serve our advancement towards God, that is due not to our own whim or industry or meritorious works, but to the inspiration of God and to the grace which he bestows." -St. Augustine "So then it is not of him who wills, nor of him that runs, but of God that shows mercy." - Romans 9:16 |