[Facts] Correction
Gandalf is Old Norse, though the Old English form would have been almost identical. In the Old Norse epic the Poetic Edda there is a dwarf named Gandalf, apparently Tolkien's influence for the name of his wizard. Several other character names from the Hobbit were taken from the Prose Edda.
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Sauron, Saruman, Gandalf  ·  Sauron  ·  11/20/2001, 11:34 PM
Re: Sauron, Saruman, Gandalf  ·  Mike C  ·  11/21/2001, 1:42 AM
Correction  ·  Mike C  ·  11/21/2001, 1:53 AM
Re: Correction  ·  Lars Larsen  ·  1/10/2002, 2:25 PM
Re: Correction  ·  Per-Allan  ·  1/16/2002, 10:43 AM
Re: Correction  ·  smokeymcpot  ·  1/23/2002, 11:31 AM