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Ghâshgûl · 11-09-2001, 11:49 AM

I don't think there is any symbolic sense in the One Ring which has been intended by Tolkien.

But perhaps he unconsciously choosed a ring because it is very near to the archetypos of the Ring Snake (Ouroboros), a snake which bites its own tail. This is one of the oldest symbols of our collective unconsciousness. This symbol is known all over the world and in all time periods, from ancient rock art to modern tatoos.

Moreover it is a well known alchemistic symbol - and wasn't Sauron kind of an alchemist when he forged the One RIng?

(For details on the Ouroboros see for example this web page or this web page)

Ghâshgûl

[ November 09, 2001: Message edited by: Ghâshgûl ]

11-09-2001, 11:49 AM	#11
Ghâshgûl Pile O'Bones Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Kehl, Germany Posts: 25	I don't think there is any symbolic sense in the One Ring which has been intended by Tolkien. But perhaps he unconsciously choosed a ring because it is very near to the archetypos of the Ring Snake (Ouroboros), a snake which bites its own tail. This is one of the oldest symbols of our collective unconsciousness. This symbol is known all over the world and in all time periods, from ancient rock art to modern tatoos. Moreover it is a well known alchemistic symbol - and wasn't Sauron kind of an alchemist when he forged the One RIng? (For details on the Ouroboros see for example this web page or this web page) Ghâshgûl [ November 09, 2001: Message edited by: Ghâshgûl ] __________________ Hobbits and Orks, Elves and Ringwraiths, Gandalf and Saruman, Aragorn and Sauron, Lorién and Mordor, Peace and War, Light and Darkness, White and Black, Good and Evil - did you really think it was so simple?