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07-27-2001, 11:44 PM
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Number 9
What is it about the number 9. Tolkien seems to have a preference for this number. Nine rings, nine Nazguls, nine walkers, Frodo nine-fingers...
I was just wondering if there is more to that than coincidence... |
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07-27-2001, 11:46 PM
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Re: Number 9
1 Ring to Rule them All
9 Rings for Mortal Men 7 Rings for Dwarves 3 Rings for the Elven Kings = 1973, the year Tolkien died. Clearly he was a prophet  (Yes I know this was posted on this forum awhile ago) |
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07-28-2001, 08:39 AM
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Re: Number 9
well, i think that 9 nazgul follows inmediatly to 9 rings for mortal men. the number of the walkers of the Fellowship was also taken from the 9 nazgul that were seeking the ring.
may it have some intent that Frodo ended with 9 fingers like Sauron? |
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07-29-2001, 02:28 PM
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Re: Number 9
I'd say 7 was his favorite number.
7 Rings 7 walls of Minas Tirith 7 Fathers of Dwarves 7 Lords of the Valar 7 Queens of the Valar 7 hours of glory for each of the Two Trees 7 stars in the Valacirca 7 sons of Fëanor Ossiriand, the land of Seven Rivers 7 Gates to pass to reach Gondolin Fingolfin struck Morgoth 7 times I can go on and on. Nine fingers is just ten minus one. |
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08-09-2001, 11:12 PM
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Re: Number 9
Let's not forget that there were 9 Companions on the quest.
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08-10-2001, 12:04 AM
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Re: Number 9
One for each of the nine Nazgul.
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08-10-2001, 06:05 PM
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Re: Number 9
Platform 9.
And three-quarters. Oh wait, wrong book... |
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08-10-2001, 07:11 PM
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Re: Number 9
I recently had a conversation with someone who said that the bible says three is the holiest number, because it occurs in teh bible the most. Fact is it doesn't, neither does seven. I forget what number it is, I think it's something in the fourties. Nine only occurs multiple times in LOTR because the fellowship had to match the nazgul.
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06-27-2007, 11:00 AM
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uhm btw souron didnt have 9 fingers about 3 or 4 fingers got cut of his hand...
so another nine dead^^ oh and dont think im stipit i know this forum died 6 years ago lets give it back life again^^ Last edited by guardiangi : 06-27-2007 at 11:02 AM. |
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06-28-2007, 12:39 PM
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Hi guardiangi! Welcome to Entmoot
 I think you're confusing the book and the movie. It was multiple fingers in the movie. In the book, it says that Sauron had 9 fingers because Isildur cut the ring (and finger) off after Sauron had fallen, and Gollum mentions that Sauron has 9 fingers. I'd have to agree about all the 9's - it was 9 rings, therefore it had to be 9 nazgul, etc., and the walkers were chosen to correspond to the riders (Nazgul).
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