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Elthir
Grey Havens
Nov 25 2012, 4:16pm
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... again I don't call them the Blue Wizards as Tolkien seems to later doubt that they had distinctive colours (letter 211).
But Rómestámo, Morinehtar, Rómestar, Alatar, Pallando -- are all Quenya, which to my mind suggests that they are external variations (Tolkien trying to come up with a Quenya name for each wizard), instead of internal variations, like the names of Gandalf in various languages, from various places.
There's also a notable gap in years between the text with the names Alatar and Pallando -- and the other three names, and Christopher Tolkien implies that his father possibly could not find the earlier text -- which might mean he couldn't remember the earlier names, and so he invented new ones.
So Olorin/Gandalf is not the same (in my opinion) as these alternate draft names for the other two wizards -- which look to me more like Tolkien trying to invent a Quenya name for each wizard at different points in the external timeline.
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iandea14
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Nov 24 2012, 4:57pm
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Millions!
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DanielLB
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Nov 24 2012, 5:04pm
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"If ever-a-wever" :D
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Ethel Duath
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Nov 25 2012, 3:42am
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Why don't the blue wizards have two names?
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sherlock
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Nov 25 2012, 11:05am
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They do, I just could t remember them.
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DanielLB
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Nov 25 2012, 11:12am
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The names of the other two...
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Elthir
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Nov 25 2012, 4:16pm
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well... let me see...
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Magpie
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Nov 24 2012, 5:38pm
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I would say in Middle-earth...
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Elthir
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Nov 25 2012, 12:27am
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5 that we know of
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Faenoriel
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Nov 25 2012, 1:44pm
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