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ANyone ever noticed that in all of Tolkien's works that certain numbers keep coming up? U know, 9 rings, 3 elven rings, 3 pearls of Osse? etc

Can anyone find some others?

7 stars and 7 stones and one white tree

there are a few more uses of the number 7( besides days of the week) that can be found in TOlkien's writings

is seven significant?

Oh man, SB beat me to this thread.

Ok we'll add then

Hey Morgoth got stabbed in foot 7 times TOO

Sauron had nine fingers and so did Frodo..of thats any help

3-7-9

the most common number in Tolkien's story....is their a hidden meaning? what is the correlation to these numbers?

if you add these numbers together you get 19, then add 1+9=10, 1+0=1

1? could that mean, the ONE ring? dun dun duuuuuuun

That's too far

yeah, it was a bit of a stretch.....but is it? ?

Only Tolkien knows, and he's 9 feet under lol.

that's pretty dang deep

deep, lol. Makes me think of all kinds of things.

get yer mind outta there

The strangest thing is still the fact that the order in which the rings are mentioned in the verse of the rings is 3-7-9-1 and Tolkien died in 1-9-7-3

Originally posted by Exabyte
The strangest thing is still the fact that the order in which the rings are mentioned in the verse of the rings is 3-7-9-1 and Tolkien died in 1-9-7-3

That's just a oincidence.

but a craaaaazy one

I like numbers except....not in math class...hee

Exa is too smart.

Math, physics, chemistry nooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

Diiiiiiie...

Actually, I like physics. our teacher rocks lots....

I'm talking about university level physics... nooooooooooooooooooooo

It is a fact, but it cannot be brought up in a conversation as a solid one.

hey dont knock the physics. I'm doing a double major in it.

I know that some of these numbers have no connection with other things but i thought i would add afew more:

20 rings altogether
Bilbo was 111 when he left the shire
Farmer Maggot had 3 dogs
3 dwarves of the company of Thorin dissapered in Moria
There were 14 Valar
Treebeard had 7 toes
Denethor was the 26th Steward
The Goblins of the Misty Mountains sand ''15 birds in 5 fir trees''
7 gates blocked the mighty ravine of Orfalch Echor
There were 7 Palantir kept in 7 different places
Nirnaeth Arnoediad means 'The Battle of Unnumbered tears'
Thorins company consisted of 14 people
There are 4 farthings of the Shire
2 Dark Lords
9 in the Fellowship
9 Ringwraiths
The 2 trees: Laurelin and Telperion
The 2 Towers
Feanor created 3 Silmarils
Feanor had 7 sons
Bilbo was expected at the Green Dragon at 11 am
The anniversary for the knife-wound of the morgul lord was October 6th
Battle of the 5 armies
Gollum had 6 teeth
3 trolls got turned into stone
3 films
6 parts of the book
Erchamion means 'One-handed'
Frodo was 33 when Bilbo left the Shire
5 wizards
Tolkien was born in the 19th century
Sam had 7 children

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There were 3 great peaks above Moria
There were 5 mortal bearers of the Ring
8 Aratar
4 Hobbits in the Fellowship
2 Men in the Fellowship
4 races of Northmen
The Battle of the Pelennor Fileds was fought on :15th March TA 3019
The 2 warchers had 3 heads each
It was 25 leagues from Minas Tirith where Faramir and Frodo parted
Eomer reckoned that it would take 7 hours fpr Ghan to lead the 1st Rohan to Minas Tirith
Angbor was expected to have 4000 men at Minas Tirith
Bregil brought 6 leaves of Kingsfoil to Aragorn
Strider said it would take 2 weeks to get to Rivendell
10 dwarves survived the Battle of the Five Armies
7 of them remaines there
Gildor saw Bilbo twice after leaveing Bag End
The Horn call of Buckland had not ben souinded for 100 years
Frodo was asleep for 4 days in Rivendell
The Hobbits left Bree with 1 pony
4 meals a day is ideal for a Hobbit
In FOTR it had been 60 years since Bilbo returned with his treasure
The Hobbits spent 2 nights at Toms house
The pony at Bree cost 12 silver pennies

Ok, i could go on forever here Should i stop or would you like me to carry on?

Sam didn't have 7 children!!!!!!!!!!!!!.
hehe

Oops, thats a mistake, i no why i put that now: i meant Samwise was 1 of 6 children of Bell and Hamfast and he and Rosie had 13 children

and don't forget:

Fiiiiiiiive golden rings.
4 calling birds
3 french hens
2 turtledoves
and a partridge in a pear tree.

okay...offtopic

and the reign of Aragorn is the 4th age. of the fellowship that lived and died in middle-earth is 5. those that left to the undying land is 4.

you forgot the 1 worm in the pear in the pear tree.

no...he lived in a deep dank dark cave hording golden treasure.

You really trhink of everything. I'm sorry I've ever doubt you.

sadly my friend, you are alone in this