The Hobbit and LOTR Trivia

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as Tolkien seemed to like 7 (the sons of Feanor, the portal of Gondolin...)<hr></blockquote>
7 is generally held to be a sacred and magical number.
Genesis.. creation in 7 days and the Mystic Arts; in that repetition of something 7 times (incantations etc.) holds that it is representative of infinity as two glaring examples.

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