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Originally Posted by Bęthberry
I don't suppose these websites explained just how 'god' made clear his preference, did they?
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Some people have lots of fun counting how many times seven is used in various works considered sacred.
Regarding the Christian bible, seven does show up quite a bit. (I haven't counted.) Revelation in particular is 7-heavy.
In the Old Testament twelve is a very popular number, but Tolkien didn't seem too taken up with that one.
Generally speaking, I think Tolkien was more worried about the spirituality of his characters than the spirituality of the numbers he used. Since so many of his themes/ motifs are myth-based I would expect some of his number games to be myth based as well.
I just think it's fun arranging
seven stars around one white tree.