Parallels between Gandalf and Glorfindel

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Originally Posted by Thinlómien

Old threads for Legate and everyone else interested:
Parallels in LotR
Paired characters in LotR

Anyway, back to Gandalf and glorfindel. There are also other similarities. Didn't they both drive the Witch-King of Angmar away? (Glorfindel when Angmar attacks, Gandalf in Minas Tirith.) Don't they both have a steadfast, magnificient and fast, great steed? I never thought there was this much!

Yes, I mentioned the Witch King above. This is a good argument for why the movie screwed up the final encounter between the Witch King and Gandalf. In fact, it seems the chief weapon of the Nazgul (along with the Witch King) is the fear of the dead. As Tolkien stated with respect to the Nazgul in The Fellowship of the Rings, the Nazgul hold less fear for the Elves because they live in both the living and undying worlds simultaneously. So the chief weapon of the Witch King holds little threat to somebody like Glorfindel, and by the same token, Gandalf...It is really only mortals who are going to be greatly affected by the Nazgul...