objectRingObjects · SymbolsA loop worn on a finger or used as a token. Oaths, seals, and later fairy-gifts have used rings without sharing one meaning.Ring is associated with Fate.A ring can seal an oath or a gift. Later stories treat some rings as binding luck; the token is older than the fairy-tale.associated with · interpretive · culturally specificRing is associated with Gold.Many rings are gold. The metal’s price and the token’s job are different.associated with · interpretive · culturally specificCeltic traditionRing appears in Celtic tradition.Welsh and Irish stories give rings as recognition-tokens and gifts. The object is a plot device in those literatures, not a Roman wedding-law.from Anonymous (Welsh prose); Sioned Davies (translation) · The Mabinogion, medieval Welsh manuscripts; Davies trans. 2007appears in · partially sourced · culturally specificsourcesThe Mabinogion · Anonymous (Welsh prose); Sioned Davies (translation)The Mabinogion, trans. Sioned Davies.