Blue Wizards
The Blue Wizards (S. Ithryn Luin) were two notoriously mysterious Wizards of the five of Middle-earth. The two Wizards were sent to the East.
Their names in Valinor were Alatar and Pallando, and they served the Vala Oromë.[1] The title "Blue Wizards" was given for their sea-blue colored robes.
They are said to have arrived not in the Third Age, but in the Second, around the year 1600, the time of the forging of the One Ring. Their mission was to weaken the forces of Sauron and it is said that the Wizards had a pivotal role in the victories of the West at the end of both the Second and the Third Ages.[2]
It is possible, although not known for sure, that they went into the East and ultimately abandoned their roles and became founders or beginners of secret cults and "magic" traditions that outlasted the fall of Sauron.[3]
Etymology
The Sindarin name Ithryn Luin consists of ithryn ("wizards"; plural of ithron) and luin ("blue").[4]
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References
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), Unfinished Tales, "The Istari"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Peoples of Middle-earth, Last Writings
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien; Humphrey Carpenter, Christopher Tolkien (eds.), The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien, Letter 211, (dated 14 October 1958)
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), Unfinished Tales, Index
