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Society makes it seem like the most powerful
ring is an engagement ring.
In reality, that’s probably the most overrated.
Hey, don’t kill the messenger, all I’m
saying is there have been many, much more
powerful rings if we look at mythology.
From the Talmud to sagas from Iceland, Mongolia
and all over the world, rings have held all
kinds of strength and given to those who wear
them.
So today, we’re about to break down the
10 Most Powerful Rings of Mythology.
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10.
King Solomon’s Ring
In Jewish mythical literature, a ring bears
its power due to its divine inscription.
In the Zohar, God even has a signet ring.
In the Babylonian Talmud, King Solomon had
a magic ring which allowed him to talk to
animals and control spirits and demons.
One day, King Solomon lost his ring in the
waters of the River Jordan.
Who goes into the river Jordan with the most
powerful item they have?
Also, who goes into the River Jordan period?
Anyways, it’s said that a fisherman returned
it to him.
If that man wasn’t showered in rewards,
I don’t even know what honor is anymore.
Solomon took the ring with him to his tomb,
which nobody has found yet, but it is said
that he who does will rule the world!
9.
The Kingmoor Ring
This ring and its replica are a total mystery.
The ring was, according to legend, found at
Greymoor Hill.
Its finding was rather ordinary.
A young man was working on a fence in the
early 1800s and found it in the ground.
The ring was gold, of about 27 mm in diameter.
He turned it to historians thinking little
of it.
However, another ring, called the Bramham
Moor Ring, was found in West Yorkshire in
the early 18th century and the inscriptions
on them both have been impossible to decipher.
Overall there’s something very magical about
them.
Their inscription may have something that
refers to stopping bleeding, which could talk
about some kind of healing power the ring
may have.
Overall the existence of the two rings can’t
be found much of anywhere, and maybe that’s
the most powerful part of it all.
8.
Sir Yvain Medieval Ring
In the 12th Century Romance “The Knight
of the Lion”, a ring is given to Sir Yvain
by a maiden.
The ring can be adjusted to allow the wearer,
as we saw in cases previous, invisibility.
All the Knight had to do was turn the ring
with the stone on the inside, facing the palm
when the hand was in a fist.
It was given to Yvain so that he’d have
no reason not to come back to his lover, Laudine,
unless that reason was that he did not love
her anymore.
That sure takes the guessing game out of love,
doesn’t it?
Faith is also important in the ring’s operation
because the user must trust in the maiden’s
words – before he puts the ring on there
is no direct evidence that the ring will work
as she stated.
Courage is necessary because while the wielder
is invisible, he is not ethereal, and he needs
to remain still to not give himself away.
7.
Gareth’s Ring
In the 15th century epic, Le Morte d’Arthur
or “The Death of Arthur,” a character
named Gareth is given a ring which makes him
not just invincible, but actually invulnerable
to losing any blood at all.
This would be a top-selling medical device,
I’ll tell you that.
The Dame said to him “I will lend you a
ring, but I would pray you as you love me
heartily let me have it again when the tournament
is done, for that ring increaseth my beauty
much more than it is of himself.
Also who that beareth my ring shall lose no
blood, and for great love I will give you
this ring.”
It seems to be a trend that a lot of damsels
have really powerful rings they’re using
for beauty that could be used in battle.
Do you think this could be some sort of metaphor?
6.
Perceval’s Ring
This ring is definitely one you want to have
in your jewelry box.
In Sir Perceval of Galles, a 14th Century
tale, the hero, of course, Perceval, takes
a ring from the finger of a sleeping woman,
and replaces it with a ring he had on his
finger.
Maybe as a glass slipper situation, like a
“come get your ring” type of excuse to
see this woman again?
He then goes off on some adventures that include
defeating an entire Saracen army in a Land
of Maidens.
Spoiler alert: he realizes towards the end
of the story that he does not actually have
crazy skills, it was just his ring that made
him invincible.
Sounds like the sleeping maiden got the raw
end of that deal.
5.
Howard Carter’s Ring of Protection
Howard Carter may not seem like a mythological
name, and well, that’s because it’s not.
It’s a very real name of the archaeologist
who discovered the tomb of King Tut in 1922.
King Tut’s tomb was supposed to have a curse,
which people were surprised did not affect
Carter.
How could it be?
Was the curse not real at all?
Well, that’s a mystery, but he had been
wearing a ring he found in the tomb of a priest
called Jua in Assuan.
Some say the ring, later bought in 1860 by
an Egyptologist, was what protected him through
what many said was a curse of sure death.
The ring had geometric figures on it and was
meant to be used as protection from danger,
curses, and black magic.
Do you think it worked in the case of Howard
Carter?
4.
Draupnir
In Norse mythology, Draupnir is a gold ring
possessed by the god Odin with the ability
to multiply itself: Every ninth night, eight
new rings 'drip' from Draupnir, each one of
the same size and weight as the original.
Draupnir was forged by the dwarven brothers
Brokkr and Eitri.
Brokkr and Eitri made this ring as one of
a set of three gifts which included Mjöllnir,
or Thor's Hammer, and Gullinbursti, a boar
which had bristles in its mane that glowed
in the dark.
3.
Charlemagne’s Love Ring
Charlemagne, The King of Franks and Holy Roman
Emperor fell in love with a German woman so
deeply that he started neglecting his other
affairs to be with her.
When the woman died, he kept worshipping her
dead body and refused to bury her.
It's said that the love was unnatural, that
no great man could love this fiercely, leaving
aside his responsibilities.
One day, when Charlemagne was away, Turpin,
an Archbishop, entered the room and took a
precious ring he found on the hand of the
corpse.
Once the ring was gone, the dead body was
no longer kept fresh, and Charlemagne returned
to a body he no longer wanted.
He buried it, but then strangely turned his
attention to the Archbishop, who shocked,
threw the ring in the lake.
According to legend, Charlemagne fell in love
with the lake and built a large palace near
it.
Now that’s what I call a powerful ring!
It made the great Charlemagne fall in love
with two people and a lake!
2.
The Ring of Gyges
Harry Potter fans are sure to like this ring
as Plato said in his second book of The Republic
that the Ring of Gyges gave invisibility to
the person who wore it.
What would you do wearing an invisibility
ring?
You might be like the Shepherd Gyges who,
after finding it in a cave, used it to seduce
the queen.
That’s pretty bold.
I wonder if he tried anything else before
heading straight to the castle.
Like, spy on a neighbor first or something,
get some practice, then go for the big bucks?
Who knows.
Regardless, in the story, after seducing the
queen, he actually killed the king and replaced
him as ruler.
1.
Genghis Khan Ring
Genghis Khan ruled over Mongolia in the 12th
century.
He had a ring with a ruby engraved with a
symbol that some believe to be magic.
He and his nephew both wore it on their right
hand, on the forefinger.
Genghis Khan was a man without education but
ended up leading an empire.
There are theories out there that this couldn’t
have been done without the ring.
The symbol on it, some say, is from the long
lost continent of Hyperborea.
It’s a dextrogyre swastika, which though
used by Hitler long after, was a symbol meant
for positive effects.
Genghis Khan’s ring has never been found,
but archaeologists are still looking for it.
