On the wearing of rings, the English wear both engagemant and wedding rings on the ring finger of the left hand, and the index finger, in english, is the one nearest the thumb.
If the elves apparently never re-married, what about Finwë, who remarried afer Miriel's spirit "passed in silence to the Halls of Mandos", or is this the exception which was hinted at above?
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