the image that springs to mind is likely similar to Gandalf from The Lord of the Rings: an elderly, bearded man wearing long robes and a pointed, wide-brimmed hat, usually with a wooden staff in ...

Ancient depictions of Odin often showed him with a long beard, a cloak and a wide-brimmed hat, which influenced Tolkien's descriptions of Gandalf. However, unlike Odin, Gandalf served higher ...