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• In The Silmarillion, also a Tolkien work, there are seven Lords of the Valar, and seven Ladies of the<br />
Valar; Fëanor, a central character, has seven sons: Maedhros, Maglor, Celegorm, Curufin, Caranthir,<br />
Amrod, and Amras.<br />
• In Galician folklore, a seventh son will be a werewolf. In other folklores, after six daughters, the<br />
seventh child is to be a son and a werewolf. In other European folklores, the seventh son of a seventh<br />
son will be a child with special powers of healing and clairvoyant seeing, and in other cultures that<br />
seventh son of a seventh son would be a vampire.<br />
• In Fist of the North Star (Hokuto no Ken), the main character, Kenshiro, is also known as "the man<br />
with seven wounds" for the seven scars on his body in the shape of the Big Dipper.<br />
• Aleksis Kivi's "Seven Brothers", the most famous book of Finnish literature.<br />
• Seven Pillars of Wisdom, a book written by T. E. Lawrence.<br />
• The Secret Seven, name of a children's adventure book by Enid Blyton.<br />
• The book Seven Years in Tibet.<br />
• The manga Eureka Seven, based on the anime series.<br />
• The character 7 (Nana) and the organisation Septimal Moon in Loveless (manga).<br />
• The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, a book by Stephen Covey.<br />
• Team 7 consists of the main characters in Naruto: Naruto Uzumaki, Sasuke Uchiha, Kakashi Hatake,<br />
and Sakura Haruno. Later in the series, Sai joined team 7 after Sasuke left Konohagakure.<br />
• In the One Piece series, the Shichibukai (literally, "Seven Military Seas", known in the English<br />
versions as the "Seven Warlords of the Sea") are seven powerful pirates who work for the government.<br />
• In the InuYasha series, the Shichinintai are, as their name says, a band of seven mercenaries.<br />
• In the Nana series, there are many recurrent instances of the number seven ("nana" is the Japanese<br />
numeral for the English "seven"), including the name of both main characters.<br />
• In George R. R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire, seven gods, the Mother, the Father, the Warrior, the<br />
Crone, the Smith, the Maiden, and the Stranger, are worshipped in the land of Westeros, which is<br />
made up of seven former kingdoms and often called the Seven Kingdoms. The Seven are the primary<br />
deities of Westeros.<br />
• In Neil Gaiman's Sandman series, there are 7 Endless: Destiny, Death, Dream, Destruction, Despair,<br />
Desire and Delirium.<br />
• The Saga of Seven Suns, a series of seven novels by Kevin J. Anderson.<br />
• In W.E.B. Du Bois's book The Souls of Black Folk, he refers to "the Negro" as "the seventh son".<br />
• In Septimus Heap Book one Magyk. Septimus Is the seventh son of a seventh son, 7 is believed to be<br />
the most magykal number.<br />
• In the first of the three Deltora Quest series of books by Emily Rodda, the protagonist must collect the<br />
seven gems of the fabled Belt of Deltora: topaz, ruby, opal, lapis lazuli, emerald, amethyst, and<br />
diamond. Each of the seven gems are guarded by one of seven guardians located in one of the seven<br />
locations around Deltora: The Forests of Silence, Lake of Tears, City of the Rats, The Shifting Sands,<br />
Dread Mountain, Maze of the Beast, and Valley of the Lost.<br />
• The Seven Rings of the Vongola Family in Katekyo Hitman Reborn: Sky, Storm, Rain, Sun, Thunder,<br />
Mist, and Cloud.<br />
• 'The Seven Dials Mystery' by Agatha Christie<br />
• In 'The Tales of Alvin Maker', an alternate history fantasy series by Orson Scott Card, seventh sons<br />
are imbued with special powers, referred to as "knacks", over the physical world. The powers of a<br />
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