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| character_race = Maia | date_created = | Book(s) = ''The Hobbit'' (1937) ''The Fellowship of the Ring'' (1954) ''The Two Towers'' (1954) ''The Return of the King'' (1955) ''The Silmarillion'' (1977) ''Unfinished Tales'' (1980) }} Gandalf is a fictional character in J. R. R. Tolkien's novels ''The Hobbit'' and ''The Lord of the Rings''. He is a wizard, member of the ''Istari'' order, as well as leader of the Fellowship of the Ring and the army of the West. In ''The Lord of the Rings'', he is initially known as Gandalf the Grey, but returns from death as Gandalf the White. ==Characteristics== Tolkien discusses Gandalf in his essay on the Istari, which appears in the work ''Unfinished Tales''. He describes Gandalf as the last of the wizards to appear in Middle-earth, one who: "seemed the least, less tall than the others, and in looks more aged, grey-haired and grey-clad, and leaning on a staff". Yet the Elf Círdan who met him on arrival nevertheless considered him "the greatest spirit and the wisest" and gave him the elven Ring of power called Narya, the Ring of Fire, containing a "red" stone for his aid and comfort. Tolkien explicitly links Gandalf to the element Fire later in the same essay: 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Gandalf」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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