- The
Wizards or
Istari in J. R. R. Tolkien's
fiction were
powerful angelic beings, Maiar, who took the form of Men to
intervene in the
affairs of Middle-earth...
- R. Tolkien's
fantasy novel The Lord of the Rings. He is
leader of the
Istari,
wizards sent to Middle-earth in
human form by the
godlike Valar to challenge...
- knowledge, not by
ruling them with fear and force. They were
known as the
Istari or Wizards, and
included Gandalf the Grey (Olórin or Mithrandir,
later Gandalf...
-
Bicyclus istaris, the
velvet bush brown, is a
butterfly in the
family Nymphalidae. It is
found in Guinea,
Sierra Leone, Liberia,
Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo...
- "Wizard King", and
considered making him
either a
renegade member of the
Istari, or an
immortal Maia,
before settling on
having him as a Man, a mortal,...
-
novels The
Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. He is a wizard, one of the
Istari order, and the
leader of the
Fellowship of the Ring.
Tolkien took the name...
-
Elvish ships could still reach it). In the
Third Age, the
Valar send the
Istari (or wizards) to Middle-earth to aid in the
battle against Sauron. The names...
-
Versions of such tales,
including the
origins of
Gandalf and the
other Istari (Wizards), the
death of
Isildur and the loss of the One Ring in the Gladden...
-
unsuccessfully auditioned for the role. Ian
McKellen as
Gandalf the Grey: An
Istari wizard and
mentor to Frodo. Sean
Connery was
approached for the role, but...
-
fictional city in the
Dungeons &
Dragons game i*, a
software modeling language Istari, the
wizards in J. R. R. Tolkien's
fictional world Hubei Istar F.C., a Chinese...
