In today’s video, we look at the legendary wizard Gandalf, his powers, and what makes him so great!
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00:00 – Intro
01:11 – Gandalf Arrives in Middle-earth
00:00 – Gandalf’s Mental Abilities
06:30 – The Powers of Gandalf
10:08 – The Spells of Gandalf
14:31 – The Rank of Gandalf
15:43 – Conclusion
17:22 – QotD & Thank you’s.
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Gandalf also shows his powers by defending the company against the wargs in 'Journey in the Dark'.
Ahsoka Tano. She’s inspired me and she’s basically Gandalf of the Star Wars universe.
To discuss Olórin without mentioning Nienna seems a bit of an oversight. For from Nienna, Olórin learns both pity and patience. Pity is key to understanding others while patience is key to self-restraint. Pity and patience are what I most associate with Gandalf.
Tolkien has been a part of my life for 46 years, since I read the Hobbit at 8 years of age. Of all the literary works of mankind, his give me the deepest sense of satisfaction & comfort. What can you say about Gandalf the grey? A mentor of compassion & deep sense of humility who's largest shortcoming is self doubt. For me it's as he & Tolkien are one in the same. Both casting their spells of enchantment through the word. They have inspired me so much I even attempted to write my own Silmarillion with an indigenous flair. I have uploaded the 4 chapters I have completed in a video format on to my YouTube channel, yet I am no Tolkien. Still I suppose one has to start somewhere, So the road goes ever on.
I always felt the ability of “the wise” to foresee events had less to do with magic or actual seeing into the future and was more about, well… wisdom. It was their ability to look at what was going on and predict the likely outcomes.
TIME TO JUMP OFF THE DEEP END ,
will you follow me to explore the idea, that it was the ring of fire , that allowed gandalf to rekindle such bravery in hobbits because he knew it was subtle and devious enough to make them do what he could not ,
he could not touch the one ring , so his fire ring forced though subtle and devious traits to make the hobbits choose the most dangerous path , and that he knew all along that BilBo would meet golum and being naturally sneaky the ring of fire encouraged Bilbo to steal what was most precious , maybe he knew that the One ring would be drawn to another that had been touched by its kindred and so doing , Gandalf dangled Bilbo like bait to draw out the one ring and he would then use Frodo to dispose of it using the same control over their desire to do the right thing to put themselves in the most dangerous Peril< credit me with a shout out and feel free to make a video on this idea ,
His friendliness
Always enjoy your content and the way it helps me get away for the time it lasts
an immortal good guy who reminds to never forget i am evil and flawed. to never forget to keep my self in my cage. and fireworks 🙂
I have a small silver ring with the name Bilbo inscribed on it. It brings me great comfort at difficult times.
If I had to sum up Gandalf in one word:
Compassion
Gandalf in the Shire: "A wizard is never late!"
Gandalf in Orthanc: "I, uh, probably shouldn't have said that…"
The first thing that comes to mind when I think of Gandalf is his love and support for all that is good. He's like that friendly and supportive grandfather we all wish we had. On the subject of inspiration, absolutely Tolkien inspired me to write fantasy genre stories and invent writing and language systems. Tolkien inspired me to explore worlds of imagination in Dungeons and Dragons roleplay as well as reading other fantasy novels and much later playing fantasy games like WoW, LOTRO and Guild Wars. Tolkien created an entire genre of fantasy. So many stories since then reuse the ideas of medieval level technology with magic, elves, dwarves, orcs and other elements introduced by Tolkien.
he's so hot
Thinking that Tolkien's experience during the terror of the Great War led to this amazing story is inspiring. Also, British officers were trained do be inspiring to their troops, this unfortunately led to a lot of them dying but is probably what inspired Tolkien on how to write Gandalf.
LORD OF THE RING IS THE ONE EPIC FANTASY NOVEL TO RULE THEM ALL
When I think of Gandalf I think of wisdom 👍🏻
"a wizard arrives exactly when he wants to"
very true with the sun rising at Helm's Deep
I would love to have a poem on the conversation between Gandalf and Bombadil.
I always think of him and Bilbo and that epic conversation..
The first thing I think of when I think of Gandalf is his kind eyes and gentle wisdom.
Frodo did not fail; his task was only to bring the Ring to the Cracks of Doom successfully, no more or less, which was a great and nigh-impossible task in itself. He succeeded in that task, though he did need Sam's help to carry him the last few steps. It was not Frodo's fate to destroy the Ring – that was Smegol's doom.
Frodo failed and Gollum is the true hero of the story.
An inspiration from Tolkien of mine isn't one I see mentioned- A LOTR tarot deck was created and while I enjoy it, both the Major and Minor Arcana are depicted using solely LOTR characters. Fantastic artwork and thought put into it's creation.
However… Looking at the entire realm and legendarium there are much more fitting characters between the Valar, Maiar, the High Elves and Numernorans, etc (sp)… for example Yavanna is a beautiful embodiment of The Empress found in the Major Arcana.
It's more of a fun, side passion project of mine but definitely Tolkien inspired!
The first thing that comes to my mind when I think of Gandalf has got to be his appearance: an old man with a long beard as white as the hair on his head, bushy eyebrows that stuck out farther than the brim of his shady blue hat, dressed in grey robes, a silver scarf, immense black boots, and leaning on a thorny staff.
Such a striking appearance for such an amazing character!
In the times when I still used to write stories, I wrote a story that was inspired heavily by Norse mythology and The Silmarillon. Today, that story and my poems are the only two things I have left from my writing days. A long time ago, an aggresive computer virus deleted almost all the stories and screenplays I had back then. I only managed to save my poems and that one story 🙁
What is the first thing that comes to mind when thinking of Gandalf? For me, he is the archetypical grandfatherly figure. He can party with the Hobbits and put on beautiful fireworks. He is always helpful to anybody who needs it. One can easily underestimate him, like Alfred in Lake Town did, or like the Hobbits often do. But he knows much, has seen much and done much. He has hidden strength and wisdom, both of which come to light unexpectedly for the people around him, if the need arises. He rarely shares his true nature and power with anybody. To me, Gandalf is like a Miyagi-type in The Karate Kid. The ideal grandfather or friend whom everyone of us would like to have 🙂
Gandalf is a character I heavily identify with because I try to be calm and gentle but I am quick to anger. Also, Tolkien has greatly inspired me to write my own fantasy trilogy and I'm hoping to release the first novel in 2024. As for what I think of first when I think of Gandalf? Easily his "Fool of a Took" line.
Frodo didn’t fail. Tolkien says he didn’t. Stop spreading Frodo slander
Did Saruman take the Ring of Fire from Gandalf when he was captured or did he hide it in his prison wallet?
I thought the journey thru the mountain pass was made impossible by the ancient spirit of the mountain itself, not Saruman or Sauron
Gandalf, the first thing that comes to mind is a long smoking pipe and deep contemplation.
The 1st thing that comes to mind when thinking of Gandalf? His comments about Bilbo showing pity to Gollum, showing us that not is Gandalf extremely powerful, but also compassionate.
I'm currently working on my 2nd poetry collection, which will be poems inspired by the works of The Professor.
Tolkien himself, more than Gandalf, inspired me. Watching PJs version of frodo being carried off by the eagle after the ring was destroyed was one of the most emotional moments I've ever experienced via cinema. Even more so, especially, by the fact that at the time I was struggling with heroin addiction and the one ring was a perfect personification of the drugs power and evil. And to see it overcome, light vanquishing darkness, was overwhelming and quite inspirational
Gandalf has similarities with Christ. His strength, his compassion with the lesser beings, his doubts of the struggle and with the evil, his wisdom. Might add that he also has a good sense of humor too, which only makes him morse likeable. Thanks for good telling.
The entire LotR story and my extended trip to New Zealand were big inspirations for my fantasy meditation game! In it, players are sent on a quest to save the Realms by the Elven Wizard (my Avatar). The Elcen Wizard carries qualities of Gabdalf, but is more deeply connected to trees and nature, elf-like. So grateful for the video and insights!
Yeah I was Inspired to write, I did so and now I am talking to Ai Dungeon Support about basically 3/4 of ALL of my work from last year up to two weeks ago are all gone. I am done.
I think you mistook the ring of barahir for the elessar or elf stone
My favorite thing about Gandalf is that it's heavily implied that all his magic is actually just little tricks and trinkets he uses to do things those around him see as magic powers. And can be read to just be a wise and tricky figure always a step ahead rather than having real magic
What if Frodo succeeded in his mission and destroyed the one ring and if Gollum had survived, would he have been offered a seat on the boats leaving middle earth? As a former bearer of the one ring?
Remember, Gandalf is the wielder of the Fire of Anor. Instead of the dark fire of shadow that burns and destroys, his fire is one that kindles. His fire inspires and kindles hope and courage. His fire illuminates in the form of wisdom and knowledge.
Can you do a video on tree beard and the ents? I have a question about why didn’t the ents attack before merry and pippin arrived? Seeing how sarumon destroyed the trees and when treebeard did a rallying call it seemed that the trees appeared instantaneously. Was it because that their language take so long to speak that word of the trees demise would take year’s? Just my thought. Was it like that just for the movie or was it different in Tolkien’s story?
Hi just to let you know the ring 💍 of barahir wasn’t given to Galadriel by Gandalf this ring was passed down via lines of numenor it was the Elassor this was a stone etc or brooch that was given to Galadriel