Interesting facts about the number 9:
– In Chemistry, 9 means pure.
– Important Buddhist rituals usually involve nine monks.
– In the Christian angelic hierarchy there are 9 choirs of angels.
– Nine is strongly associated with the Chinese dragon, a symbol of magic and power. There are nine forms of the dragon, it is described in terms of nine attributes, and it has nine children.
– Nine justices sit on the United States Supreme Court.
– There are nine circles of Hell in Dante’s Divine Comedy.
– Nine Unknown Men are, in occult legend, the custodians of the sciences of the world since ancient times.
– In Middle Earth, there are nine rings of power given to men, and consequently, nine ringwraiths.
– The nine muses in Greek mythology are Calliope (epic poetry), Clio (history), Erato (erotic poetry), Euterpe (lyric poetry), Melpomene (tragedy), Polyhymnia (song), Terpsichore (dance), Thalia (comedy), and Urania (astronomy).
And here I thought it was about 7.
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