誰是「指環王」

考證：託爾金書名《The Lord of the Rings》意指何人。

在原著中，佛羅多於幽谷醒來，他與甘道夫有如下一段對話：

`Then you knew of the Riders already-before I met them?’

‘Yes, I knew of them. Indeed I spoke of them once to you; for the Black Riders are the Ringwraiths, the Nine Servants of the Lord of the Rings. But I did not know that they had arisen again or I should have fled with you at once. I heard news of them only after I left you in June; but that story must wait. For the moment we have been saved from disaster, by Aragorn.’

‘Yes,’ said Frodo, `it was Strider that saved us. Yet I was afraid of him at first. Sam never quite trusted him. I think, not at any rate until we met Glorfindel.’

原著明確寫道：九位戒靈是 the Lord of the Rings 的僕從。故「指環王」指魔君索倫。