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- From: mvoorhis@granite.WPI.EDU (Michael C Voorhis)
- Newsgroups: alt.fan.tolkien
- Subject: Re: Gandalf as Olorin (was Re: Bombadil etc.)
- Date: 31 Dec 92 17:47:35
- Organization: Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA 01609-2280
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- In-reply-to: bafta@ucscb.UCSC.EDU's message of 31 Dec 1992 21:56:57 GMT
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- In article <1hvqb9INNg55@darkstar.UCSC.EDU> bafta@ucscb.UCSC.EDU (dragon-monster) writes:
- > I seem to recall that Saruman is identified with an Elvish named Maia
- > but as I am at work I cannot possibly recall where. In the Silmarillion
- > appendix, mayhap, or possibly the LoTR appendix.
-
- The Unfinished Tales name Saruman as the Maia Curumo. It is in the section
- of that book called `the Istari'. I'm not immediately aware of any
- references to this name in LoTR. The elves called him Curunir.
-
- Mike.
- (mvoorhis@wpi.wpi.edu)
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