FRODO, SAM, GOLLUM, ARE OFTENTIMES THE SAME PERSON, SAM AND FRODO ARE OFTENTIMES THE SAME PERSON, AND FRODO GOING OFF IN THE SHIP AT THE END SAYS MORE ABOUT THE AUTHOR, IT IS NOT PROPHECY, IT WILL NOT HAPPEN. IT IS QUITE COMPLEX, LOTR, TO REWRITE THE BIBLE, AS A CHILDREN’S STORY, TO MAKE IT ENTERTAINING, AND BRING EMOTIONAL INTEREST IN THE READER. THE BIBLE BEING FULL OF SO MUCH THIS BEGET THAT AND THAT BEGET THIS AND THIS BEGAT, AND THE ELVES BEING SORT OF ANGELS BEFORE THE GARDEN OF ADAM AND EVE. AND, THE RING IN LOTR LOOKS LIKE A TEAR, THE ENGLISH BEING STIFF-UPPER LIP AND ALL. SO, TO DESTROY SATAN HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH A RING! :($!