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Ring of Invisibility (The)

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which belonged to Otnit, King of Lombardy, given to him by the queen-mother when he went to gain in marriage the soldan’s daughter. The stone of the ring had the virtue of directing the wearer the right road to take in travelling. (The Heldenbuch.) (See Gygesʹ Ring.)

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Ring
Ring
Ring (The)
Ring
Ring
Ring Down
Ring Finger
Ring Posies
Ring a Ding-ding
Ring in the Ear
Ring of Invisibility (The)
Ring One’s Own Bell (To)
Rings Noted in Fable
Ringing Changes
Ringing the Changes
Ringing Island
Ringleader
Riot
Rip (A)
Rip
Rip Van Winkle