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Originally Posted by Lalwendė
It begs the question of whether the Rings were made specifically for certain races. One one hand (not an intentional pun  ) Gandalf was not an Elf but was able to wear one the Elven rings, but on the other hand, the Ring Verse seems to imply that the rings were created for specific races. And they did seem to work in certain ways according to those races which bore them; the rings of Men worked on their lust for power and immortality, the rings of Dwarves on their lust for Gold and treasure (I think each ring was associated with a horde). |
Its possible. Of course, its also possible that the Rings brought out/enhanced the 'faults' in each race. Most likely they were designed by Elves for Elves.
(On another board someone mentioned the odd 'coincidence' that Tolkien died is 1973. 1=the One Ring, 9=the 9 Rings for Men, 7=the 7 Rings for the Dwarves & 3=the 3 Rings for the Elves. I suppose one could further point out that TH was published in 1937. )