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Radagast, like the other Wizards, came from Valinor around the year 1000 of the Third Age of Middle-earth and was originally one of the Maiar. His name as a Maia was Aiwendel, meaning bird-friend in Quenya. The Vala Yavanna forced SarumanSaruman is a fictional character from J. Tolkien's universe, Middle-earth. Saruman the White Curunir Lan in Sindarin) was the first of his order of Wizards (or Istari) who came into Middle-earth as Emissaries of the Valar in the Third Age. He was the lead to accept Radagast as a companion, which may have been one of the reasons SarumanSaruman is a fictional character from J. Tolkien's universe, Middle-earth. Saruman the White Curunir Lan in Sindarin) was the first of his order of Wizards (or Istari) who came into Middle-earth as Emissaries of the Valar in the Third Age. He was the lead was contemptuous of him.

Radagast was unwittingly used by SarumanSaruman is a fictional character from J. Tolkien's universe, Middle-earth. Saruman the White Curunir Lan in Sindarin) was the first of his order of Wizards (or Istari) who came into Middle-earth as Emissaries of the Valar in the Third Age. He was the lead to lure Gandalf to OrthancTolkien's fictional universe of Middle-earth, Orthanc is the black tower of Isengard. Its name is Sindarin for "Mount Fang". Orthanc was built during the Third Age by the Numenoreans of Gondor out of a single piece of stone by an unknown process and then, where Gandalf was captured; however Radagast also unwittingly helped rescue the grey wizard by alerting the eaglesTolkien's fictional universe of Middle-earth, the eagles were immense flying birds that were sentient, and could speak. The eagles are said in The Silmarillion to have been "devised" by Manwe Sulimo, leader of the Valar, and were often called Eagles of Ma of Gandalf's journey there.

It is not known when or if he left Middle-earth. Tolkien writes that he forsook his mission as one of the Wizards by becoming too obsessed with animals, so presumably he failed, and might not be allowed (or choose) to return with honour.

According to the essay "The Istari" from the Unfinished TalesUnfinished Tales (full title Unfinished Tales of Numenor and Middle-earth is a collection of stories by J. Tolkien that were never completed during his lifetime, but were edited by his son Christopher Tolkien and published in 1980. Unlike The Silmarillion, the name Radagast means "tender of beasts" in AdûnaicIn the fiction of J. Tolkien, Adunaic ("language of the west") was the language of the men of Numenor during the Second Age. Adunaic derived from the related Beorian and Hadorian tongues collectively called Taliska of the Atani , and during the Second Age, the language of NúmenorNumenor is a fictional location from J. Tolkien's universe of Middle-earth and is intended to be his version of Atlantis. From the Quenya Numenor "West-land", which Tolkien translated as Westernesse (it was Anadun in the Numenorean language). Numenor was. However, in a later note Tolkien said that the name is in the language of the Men of the Vales of the Anduin, and that its meaning is not interpretable.

The name Radagast may actually be Anglo-Saxon. The word gast means "ghost, spirit, angel." The element rad could be derived from rudu, meaning "ruddy, reddish." If this is the case, his name could be translated as "Ruddy Angel." Since the Maiar are Tolkien's 'lesser angels', Radagast would mean simply "Ruddy Maia", perhaps in reference to his cloak's color (brown, or perhaps ruddy brown). But this may be too much speculation. See Radagast (god) for meaning of the name in Slavic languages from which Tolkien possibly drew the name.

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