You are definitely not asking too much. [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]
This question is actually answered in another thread
here.
But to give you a quick answer:
The Wizards are the
Istari, Maia that were sent from Valinor to combat the threat of Sauron. They took on flesh and the limits that go with it. They were Curumo the White (called Curunir and Saruman), Olorin the Gray (called Gandalf, Mithrandir, Incanus and Tharkun), Aiwendil the Brown (called Radagast), and Alatar and Pallando the Blue. The
Ithryn Luin, or Blue Wizards, do not even enter into
Lord of the Rings and are barely mentioned anywhere else.
[ February 16, 2002: Message edited by: Bruce MacCulloch ]
[ February 16, 2002: Message edited by: Bruce MacCulloch ]