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Did Gandalf know he was a Maia?
Almost certainly. In the Two Towers (The Window on the West), Faramir quotes Gandalf as saying
Many are my names in many countries ... Mithrandir among the
Elves; Tharkun to the Dwarves; Olorin I was ...
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