Why did Gandalf have a ring? - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Texadan · 05-29-2006, 05:57 PM

This may have been asked before. I did not go through all 78 pages of topics but I did browse back 11 pages and didn't see it.

I only fairly recently discovered that Gandalf was Maia. When I thought him a wizard but a man I wondered why he was given Narya and I think the question still stands. The Three were made by and for elves. That is repeated so often that it is beyond dispute. But Gandalf wasn't an elf. Why was he offered it? And why, as a Maia, did he accept it?

05-29-2006, 05:57 PM	#1
Texadan Animated Skeleton Join Date: May 2006 Location: East Texas Posts: 38	Why did Gandalf have a ring? This may have been asked before. I did not go through all 78 pages of topics but I did browse back 11 pages and didn't see it. I only fairly recently discovered that Gandalf was Maia. When I thought him a wizard but a man I wondered why he was given Narya and I think the question still stands. The Three were made by and for elves. That is repeated so often that it is beyond dispute. But Gandalf wasn't an elf. Why was he offered it? And why, as a Maia, did he accept it?