Sorry, there were 18: nine women and nine men. There were nine nazgul, nine for the fellowship and many more nines. Yes, tolkien had something with nine.
The silmarillion states that the number of maiar is unknown, so you can't find it out. Balrogs for example were maiar too, and nobody knew their number.
I think numbers are important, but less important than other things.
Sauron probably was trying to imitate Eru, as was Morgoth.
Don't you all think that 5 was a major number in tolkien as well:
5 elven-sorts, 5 major powers, the battle of the 5 armies, name it..
[ November 17, 2002: Message edited by: Dúnethalath Taurendor ]
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