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Maltalidenta Kwuitidherali wrote:

3. It is stated that Olorin is the wisest of the Maiar. Not once is it stated in the complete versions that they are the same person. Actually, it is stated that Olórin is Gandalf. "Many are my names in many countrieshe said Mithrandir I was to the Elves, Tharkûn to the Dwarves; Olórin I was in my youth in the West that is forgotten, in the South Incánus, in the North Gandalf; to the East I go not."

- The Two Towers: Windows on the West