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In-universe, is there any reason Gandalf considered the number thirteen to be unlucky?
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In the first chapter of The Hobbit, Gandalf says this about choosing a hobbit for the fourteenth member of the party:
“Of course there is a mark,” said Gandalf. “I put it there myself. For
very good reasons. You asked me to find the fourteenth man for your
expedition, and I chose Mr. Baggins. Just let any one say I chose the
wrong man or the wrong house, and you can stop at thirteen and have
all the bad luck you like, or go back to digging coal.”
Now, I know why thirteen is an unlucky number to somebody like Tolkien. But all of the reasons for that would have to do with real, Earth history, and to my knowledge none of it applies to Middle Earth.
Is there some in-universe reason Gandalf would consider thirteen to be inherently unlucky?
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In the first chapter of The Hobbit, Gandalf says this about choosing a hobbit for the fourteenth member of the party:
“Of course there is a mark,” said Gandalf. “I put it there myself. For
very good reasons. You asked me to find the fourteenth man for your
expedition, and I chose Mr. Baggins. Just let any one say I chose the
wrong man or the wrong house, and you can stop at thirteen and have
all the bad luck you like, or go back to digging coal.”
Now, I know why thirteen is an unlucky number to somebody like Tolkien. But all of the reasons for that would have to do with real, Earth history, and to my knowledge none of it applies to Middle Earth.
Is there some in-universe reason Gandalf would consider thirteen to be inherently unlucky?
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In the first chapter of The Hobbit, Gandalf says this about choosing a hobbit for the fourteenth member of the party:
“Of course there is a mark,” said Gandalf. “I put it there myself. For
very good reasons. You asked me to find the fourteenth man for your
expedition, and I chose Mr. Baggins. Just let any one say I chose the
wrong man or the wrong house, and you can stop at thirteen and have
all the bad luck you like, or go back to digging coal.”
Now, I know why thirteen is an unlucky number to somebody like Tolkien. But all of the reasons for that would have to do with real, Earth history, and to my knowledge none of it applies to Middle Earth.
Is there some in-universe reason Gandalf would consider thirteen to be inherently unlucky?
tolkiens-legendarium the-hobbit
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In the first chapter of The Hobbit, Gandalf says this about choosing a hobbit for the fourteenth member of the party:
“Of course there is a mark,” said Gandalf. “I put it there myself. For
very good reasons. You asked me to find the fourteenth man for your
expedition, and I chose Mr. Baggins. Just let any one say I chose the
wrong man or the wrong house, and you can stop at thirteen and have
all the bad luck you like, or go back to digging coal.”
Now, I know why thirteen is an unlucky number to somebody like Tolkien. But all of the reasons for that would have to do with real, Earth history, and to my knowledge none of it applies to Middle Earth.
Is there some in-universe reason Gandalf would consider thirteen to be inherently unlucky?
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