query: If Gandalf was a Maia, why couldn't he change form?
positive_passages.docid: 26823
positive_passages.text: Why didn't Gandalf carry the Ring in Maia form?
negative_passages.docid: 30182
negative_passages.text: When a creature changes form is its melded equipment still burdensome?
negative_passages.docid: 121526
negative_passages.text: Why were the Elvish Rings of Power not made by Sauron?
negative_passages.docid: 83348
negative_passages.text: Why didn't Sauron fight in the final battle?
negative_passages.docid: 53054
negative_passages.text: How did Gandalf elude and puzzle Sauron?
negative_passages.docid: 147022
negative_passages.text: Why does Sauron (in the movieverse) attack Erebor instead of, say Gondor or the Woodland Realm?
negative_passages.docid: 158073
negative_passages.text: Would the One Ring have stayed hidden if Bilbo hadn't turned up?
negative_passages.docid: 125514
negative_passages.text: Why didn't Gandalf or Frodo Fly to Mount Doom?
negative_passages.docid: 4611
negative_passages.text: Could Gandalf have killed the Witch-king?
negative_passages.docid: 57701
negative_passages.text: Can a clone of a double-sided planeswalker transform?
negative_passages.docid: 67847
negative_passages.text: Why did Arwen have to become mortal to marry Aragorn if they were both half-elven?
negative_passages.docid: 52477
negative_passages.text: What are the size limitations of Odo's ability to shape shift?
negative_passages.docid: 45688
negative_passages.text: Why did Sméagol turn into a 'creature' when addicted to the ring, but not Bilbo Baggins?
negative_passages.docid: 73404
negative_passages.text: Why didn’t they just take the ring to Valinor?
negative_passages.docid: 116935
negative_passages.text: Why was Gandalf involved with the Dwarves' quest to rob Smaug?
negative_passages.docid: 12120
negative_passages.text: The Half-Elven and their choices
negative_passages.docid: 17546
negative_passages.text: Does an Animagus's animal form change along with their Patronus?