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