
The Lord of the Rings describes the hobbit Frodo Baggins's quest to destroy the Ring.Ĭritics have compared the story with the ring-based plot of Richard Wagner's opera cycle Der Ring des Nibelungen Tolkien denied any connection, but at the least, both men drew on the same mythology. Tolkien changed it into a malevolent Ring of Power and re-wrote parts of The Hobbit to fit in with the expanded narrative. It first appeared in the earlier story The Hobbit (1937) as a magic ring that grants the wearer invisibility. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings (1954–55). The One Ring, also called the Ruling Ring and Isildur's Bane, is a central plot element in J. Plain gold ring glowing inscription appears when ring is placed in flames can change in size by its own will
