The Ring of Truth: And Other Myths of Sex and Jewelry

by Wendy Doniger

Book Overview

Why are sex and jewelry, particularly rings, so often connected? Why do rings continually appear in stories about marriage and adultery, love and betrayal, loss and recovery, identity and masquerade? What is the mythology that makes finger rings symbols of true (or, as the case may be, untrue) love?

The cross-cultural distribution of the mythology of sexual rings is impressive--from ancient India and Greece through the Arab world to Shakespeare,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0190267119
• ISBN13: 9780190267117
• Release Date: May 2017
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 424 Pages
• Weight: 1.58 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.5" x 9.4"