Indeed, this thread refutes firmly the notion of Tolkien's percieved misogyny - the Ring chooses which fingers get to go in. A direct indicator of the gender power-balance in the mythology.
Consider also the Two Trees, phallic in their sturdy uprightness, which failed over time - pulled down by the brooding female figure of Ungoliant no less - to be replaced by two giant ovi...
All these concepts are swallowed, of course, by the gaping maw of the Ring's final destination. A return to mother indeed.
[ September 17, 2002: Message edited by: Rimbaud ]
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