Gandalf the Istar was about 2,000 years old and had the appearance of an old man.
That is a lot of time to be walking the earth. A lot for a 'human' brain to take in. The Istari seem to have some human failings: Saruman has greed and lust for power, Gandalf seems rather fond of pipe weed. Do these mortal weaknesses extend to forgetfulness?
Forgetting things would seem to be a bit of a disadvantage to someone so old. There are a couple of times this seems to occur:
In Moria, Gandalf gets to a junction and says "I have no memory of this place at all" This could just be as they are disorientated in the darkness.
When discussing the other wizards Gandalf doesn't know the names of the blue wizards (this may be just in the films, and a reference to them being unnamed)
Do the Istari in their earthly forms forget things?
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