The following quote is from a rejected part of Turambar's Tale in Christopher's comments:
But Linwe hearing that curse cause the gold to be cast into a deep pool of the river before his doors, and not for very long did any see it again save for the Ring of Doom [emended to: The Necklace of the Dwarves] ...
As far as I have read Christopher does not comment on this very startling appearance of the Ring of Doom in the Lost Tales. Do you think this is the first germ of the One Ring of Power in the Lost Tales? Can anybody throw some light on this?
But Linwe hearing that curse cause the gold to be cast into a deep pool of the river before his doors, and not for very long did any see it again save for the Ring of Doom [emended to: The Necklace of the Dwarves] ...
As far as I have read Christopher does not comment on this very startling appearance of the Ring of Doom in the Lost Tales. Do you think this is the first germ of the One Ring of Power in the Lost Tales? Can anybody throw some light on this?