De la réception des anneaux de pouvoir par leurs destinataires

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Il faut noter que le don de Celebrimbor à Durin III n'est pas une certitude (Tolkien n'insiste pas là-dessus, au contraire) mais une croyance des seuls Nains de le Moria :

Of this Ring something may be said here. It was believed by the Dwarves of Durin's Folk to be the first of the Seven that was forged; and they say that it was given to the King of Khazad-dûm, Durin III, by the Elven-smiths themselves and not by Sauron, though doubtless his evil power was on it, since he had aided in the forging of all the Seven.
App. A, III

Laquelle croyance n'est pas cohérente avec le récit "officiel", qui ne la reprend pas :

This Celebrimbor revealed, because neither the Seven nor the Nine did he value as he valued the Three; the Seven and the Nine were made with Sauron's aid, whereas the Three were made by Celebrimbor alone, with a different power and purpose. [It is not actually said here that Sauron at this time took possession of the Seven Rings, though the implication seems clear that he did so. In Appendix A (III) to The Lord of the Rings it is said that there was a belief among the Dwarves of Durin's Folk that the Ring of Durin III, King of Khazad-dûm, was given to him by the Elven-smiths themselves, and nothing is said in the present text about the way in which the Seven Rings came into possession of the Dwarves.]
CLI 2, 4, Galadriel et Celeborn

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Seven Rings he gave to the Dwarves
Le Silmarillion, Les Anneaux de Pouvoir

Noter le "by the elven-smiths" et non "par Celebrimbor". En revanche, on sait que les Nains de Durïn sont les seuls à s'être rangés contre Sauron lors de l'Ultime Alliance :

All living things were divided in that day, and some of every kind, even of beasts and birds, were found in either host, save the Elves only. They alone were undivided and followed Gil-galad. Of the Dwarves few fought upon either side; but the kindred of Durin of Moria fought against Sauron.
Silm., Les Anneaux de Pouvoir

Durin III aida aussi les Elfes au moment où Sauron ravagea l'Eregion :

He would indeed have been overwhelmed had not Sauron host been attacked in the rear; for Durin sent out a force of Dwarves from Khazad-dûm, and with them came Elves of Lórinand led by Amroth.
SdA 2, 4

Quoi qu'il en soit, il faudrait aussi faire référence au discours tenu à Dáin et rapporté par Gloïn au Conseil d'Elrond, d'après lequel Sauron aurait proposé aux Nains de récupérer trois de leurs anneaux en échange de leur coopération pour retrouver l'Unique :

Find it, and three rings that the Dwarf sires possessed of old shall be returned to you, and the realm of Moria shall be yours for ever.
SdA, II, 2

Vraisemblablement, au moment de la Guerre de l'Anneau, Sauron ne se serait pas déplacé pour donner un ou trois anneaux : il aurait plutôt fait confiance à ses Nazgûl, puisqu'ils auraient même été capables de ramener l'Unique sans le prendre pour eux-mêmes.

Concernant les anneaux des Hommes :

Khamûl est seulement désigné comme : "the Black Easterling" et "the Shadow of the East". (CLI 3, 3+4)

Pour les autres Hommes,

Yet Sauron was ever guileful, and it is said that among those whom he ensnared with the Nine Rings three were great lords of Númenórean race. And when the Úlairi arose that were the Ring-wraiths, his servants
Akallabeth

Grands seigneurs de race numenoréenne : et non "de Numenor", ce qui suggérerait en effet les bastions établis en TdM.

Those who used the Nine Rings became mighty in their day, kings, sorcerers, and warriors of old. They obtained glory and great wealth, yet it turned to their undoing.
Anneaux de Pouvoir

Ils "devinrent" et non "ils étaient déjà".

Il est possible que les Sept et les Neuf aient été seize anneaux forgés de façon indifférenciée, et renommés par la suite seulement du fait de leur dispersion parmi les Nains et les Hommes : on sait qu'ils portaient chacun une gemme (comme les Trois) (SdA, II, 2)