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Basically, Tolkein liked the invisibility ring bit in Sky Island and decided to rip it off for The Hobbit. Then, when he made a sequel to The Hobbit he threw in a bunch of important-sounding bullshit to paper over the fact that his macguffin needed to do a bunch of completely different things than what it had been established to do earlier.
Apparently it worked.
No, I'm pretty sure the One Ring was inspired by the Kalevala — but it's ok. You don't have to like Tolkien's work.