Niveau af troldmænd i ringenes herre?
Wizard (Middle-earth)
Troldmændene i Midgård var Maiar: ånder af samme orden som Valar, men med mindre magt:389 De første tre af disse fem troldmænd var kendt på de mandiske sprog i Ringenes Herre-serien som Saruman "mand af dygtighed" (Rohirric), Gandalf "stavens elver" (nordmennesker) og Radagast "dyrenes kælenavn" (muligvis Westron).:390-391 Tolkien har aldrig givet ikke-elviske navne til de to andre; en tradition giver deres navne i Valinor som Alatar og Pallando,:393 og en anden som Morinehtar og Rómestámo i Midgård. Hver troldmand i serien havde en karakteristisk farve: hvid for Saruman (den øverste og mest magtfulde af de fem), grå for Gandalf, brun for Radagast og havblå for Alatar og Pallando (som derfor kaldes de blå troldmænd). Gandalf og Saruman spiller begge to vigtige roller i Ringenes Herre, mens Radagast kun optræder kortvarigt. Alatar og Pallando optræder ikke i historien, da de siges at være rejst langt mod øst efter deres ankomst til Midgård. 390
Wizard (Middle-earth)
The wizards of Middle-earth were Maiar: spirits of the same order as the Valar, but lesser in power.:389 The first three of these five wizards were known in the Mannish tongues of the Lord of the Rings series as Saruman "man of skill" (Rohirric), Gandalf "elf of the staff" (northern Men), and Radagast "tender of beasts" (possibly Westron).:390–391 Tolkien never provided non-Elvish names for the other two; one tradition gives their names in Valinor as Alatar and Pallando,:393 and another as Morinehtar and Rómestámo in Middle-earth. Each wizard in the series had robes of a characteristic colour: white for Saruman (the chief and the most powerful of the five), grey for Gandalf, brown for Radagast, and sea-blue for Alatar and Pallando (known consequently as the Blue Wizards). Gandalf and Saruman both play important roles in The Lord of the Rings, while Radagast appears only briefly. Alatar and Pallando do not feature in the story, as they are said to have journeyed far into the east after their arrival in Middle-earth.:390
Wizard (Middle-earth)