Im a Lord of the Rings failure!!
 

Its been so long since ive read them, so i have another question [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] and my brother stole all the books

Gandalf was a maiar, but which Valar did he serve?I forget!

I know this one, I know who it is, but I just can't seem to remember what his name is. He is the head god, so to speak the brother of Melkor, so if you can remember who that is, he was the head god.

The Encyclopaedia of Arda says he served Manwe (the 'head god' of whom you speak) and his spouse Varda.
But perhaps I read somewhere that he was a Maia of Lorien (that is, the home of the god of dreams in Valinor)

He was a Maia of Manwe, but a pupil of Nienna (?). Well, a pupil of one of the Valar other than Manwe.

Yes indeed, Meela, he was taught pity and patience by Nienna although he lived in Lorien. And Morgoth Bauglir, I'm sure you're not a failure, not by a long shot. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]
Peace

[ June 09, 2003: Message edited by: Yavanna228 ]

Oh yeah, it waaaaaas Manwe. I don't happen to own a copy of The Silmarillion, and that I am working on, so forgive me.

ok good i thought so!Im still a failure though lol!I remembered that part where manwe tells him to go and help defeat sauron. and then he pussies out and tells manwe hes scared and too weak [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] and then manwe says thats all the more reason to go

thanks everyone!

Didn't Yavanna teach him discipline

Maybe I'm Wrong

So Gandalf was a Maiar of Manwë, of a sort anyway. He was taught much by Nienna, including discipline.

Yavanna did not interact with Olorin all that much. Aiwendil was the pupil of Yavanna.

[ June 12, 2003: Message edited by: Beren87 ]

Maia of Manwë, honestly.

[ June 13, 2003: Message edited by: Sophia the Thunder Mistress ]

Hey, Gandalf may have Multiple-Personality Disorder. He could be more than one person.

Thanks [img]smilies/tongue.gif[/img]