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[–] [email protected] 24 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I raise you the "Grand elf"

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Gandalf is the name of a dwarf in the Norse Poetic Edda (from which Tolkien borrowed a bunch of names, mostly dwarves). He supposed – probably accurately – that it meant "wand-elf", but he originally gave the name to Thorin.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago

Oh nice! That's interesting to know!