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 pThe cross-cultural distribution of the mythology of sexual rings is impressive--from ancient India and Greece through the Arab world to Shakespeare, Marie Antoinette, Wagner, nineteenth-century novels, Hollywood, and the De Beers advertising campaign that gave us the expression, A Diamond is Forever. Each chapter of emThe Ring of Truthem, like a charm on a charm bracelet, considers a different constellation of stories stories about rings lost and found in fish forgetful husbands and clever wives treacherous royal necklaces fake jewelry and real women modern women's revolt against the hegemony of jewelry and the clash between common sense and conventional narratives about rings. Herein lie signe