Gandalf is far from the only name this wizard used in Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings. Everywhere he went, kingdoms and cultures gave him a new one.

Sauron is a wonderfully tricky and deceitful enemy who takes on a new “fair-looking” form as Annatar, “Lord of Gifts” before tricking the elves of Middle-earth into forging the Rings of Power.

Gandalf is a divine spirit clothed in a mortal form. In Middle-earth parlance, he’s a creature known as a Maia (plural: Maiar). The Maiar are sort of like demigods, in that they serve a higher ...

Questioning Gandalf’s wizardry talent isn’t new — some have argued he was only a fifth-level wizard — but we don’t recall hearing a fan theory calling ... He’s a Maiar in physical form.

Yes, in the official timeline (at least in the appendices to The Lord of the Rings, which the show is based on), Gandalf and the other Wizards don’t show up until a thousand years into the Third ...

The idea behind this Young Gandalf in Rings of Power theory seems to be this - the trailer scene in question is showing Gandalf having just crashed down from the heavens into Middle-earth.

Is Gandalf in 'The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power'? What J.R.R. Tolkien and 'The Rings of Power' showrunners say about the Istari coming to Middle-earth in the Second Age.

Gone was Gandalf’s innate Maiar ability to seamlessly change forms as he once did in Valinor, where he inspired the hearts of the elves. Now he had to fear being slain by the servants of evil.

Actor Ian McKellen returns to Middle-earth this weekend in "The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug," as the 7,000-year-old wizard Gandalf the Grey -- the role he has played since Peter Jackson first ...