

This kind of ring linked to a sacred place is the one that keeps a secret or a treasure. In this context, the symbolism of the ring is strongly linked to that of the circle, which also encloses and protects against external influences. The ring is a magical link surrounding a part of the body, it locks it up by its natural power and prevents it from acting in the outside world while protecting it from the same outside world. But the ring is not only the one that unites the love of a couple, it unites at all relational levels. The ring is the linker par excellence, a sacred term, because even the Gods are often called "binders". In a couple who get married, the ring is the expression of the covenant and the vow between a man and a woman, it connects, it knot, it unites two beings who swear loyalty to each other. It is the magical symbol of an alliance, a community, or an associated destiny. The ring, whether it is a ring or a bracelet, has always marked a link, an attachment. The God Odin is the bearer of the greatest ring in the universe, and undoubtedly of the most beautiful, so is the symbolism of this ring and like its bearer: he is divine. The most famous Ring nowadays is undoubtedly the one of Tolkien's film trilogy, (" The Lord of the Rings").īut this ring is not from these films, nor from Tolkien's imagination, his symbolism is as old as the world and finds its great and true origin in the Ásatrú religion.
