Timeline for Why were there 3-7-9 Rings of Power?

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Apr 22, 2022 at 14:56	history	edited	DavidW	CC BY-SA 4.0	Add accents
Sep 21, 2016 at 13:31	comment	added	PoloHoleSet		20 rings, one for each finger and one for each toe?
Jan 2, 2013 at 11:37	comment	added	user8719		@DVK - you're not going to get the answer you're looking for here for the simple reason that no such answer exists - Tolkien never wrote anything indicating the significance of the number chosen for men. I'll dig out quotes on the 7 Dwarves from HoME later on.
Dec 29, 2012 at 12:17	history	edited	DVK-on-Ahch-To	CC BY-SA 3.0	added 13 characters in body
Dec 29, 2012 at 12:04	comment	added	spiceyokooko		@MikeScott sigh NO, 19 rings were made by the Elves and 16 were taken back by Sauron. The Elves never made the One Ring, Sauron made that himself to control all the others.
Dec 29, 2012 at 11:56	comment	added	DVK-on-Ahch-To		Could you please provide more details (quotes) on "7 houses of the Dwarves goes way back in the Silmarillion tradition" part? Thanks!
Dec 29, 2012 at 9:55	comment	added	Mike Scott		20 rings, not 19. You're forgetting One.
Dec 29, 2012 at 0:49	comment	added	Andres F.		This makes some sense, if the 7 Dwarf houses (hey, I thought just occurred to me: seven dwarfs! :) and 3 Elvish kindreds already existed before the plot. But what about the 9 for mortal men? 19 rings is an odd number to make up. Was Tolkien just winging it? :P
Dec 28, 2012 at 15:54	vote	accept	DVK-on-Ahch-To
Dec 28, 2012 at 14:57	comment	added	spiceyokooko		Yes, the three Elven rings were Narya, Ring of Fire, Nenya, Ring of Water and Vilya, Ring of Air.
Dec 28, 2012 at 14:47	history	edited	user8719	CC BY-SA 3.0	added 157 characters in body
Dec 28, 2012 at 14:39	history	answered	user8719	CC BY-SA 3.0